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Music for 18 Machines reimagines Steve Reich’s piece with 18 synths

3390 days ago
Nialler9 Do you like synths? Music for 18 Machines is a reimagining of Steve Reich’s minimal 1976 piece Music for 18 Musicians on its 40th anniversary and is a co-present between Note Productions and Synth Eastwood and was conceived by Simon Cull... more info

Steve Reich’s Minimalist Music, Dark and Bright

3390 days ago
New York TimesUsing kinetic streams of repeated musical cells, Mr. Reich built positive and propulsive music, along with dark and bitter works. more info

Five of the best... new classical concerts

3423 days ago
Guardian MusicLes Siècles | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group: Remembering The Future | Hebrides Ensemble: The Iris Murder | Murray Perahia | BBC Symphony Orchestra: The American SublimeFrançois-Xavier Roth’s orchestra is one of the most versatile p... more info

Vale of Glamorgan festival review – excursions into ecstasy and the ethereal

3441 days ago
Guardian MusicHoddinott Hall, CardiffBBCNOW under Edwin Outwater explored the relationship between soloist and orchestra in works by Pēteris Vasks and John MetcalfLatvian Pēteris Vasks and John Metcalf are this year celebrating their 70th birthdays and, to... more info

Facing the music: Steven Osborne

3441 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom Joni Mitchell, Steve Reich, Svetlanov and Mackerras to John McEnroe and the Mr Men – the pianist on the people in his musical life, past and presentWhat was the first ever record you bought?How embarrassing is this? I think it was the nov... more info

From Steve Reich to rock: why 1976 was a big year for minimal music

3457 days ago
Guardian MusicIt was the year of the Sex Pistols, Stevie Wonder and perfect Swedish pop, but 1976 was also the annus mirabilis of minimalism If you can remember 1976, you will remember the summer: the hottest and driest in the UK since records began, with standpip... more info

Stuck on repeat: why we love repetition in music

3465 days ago
Guardian MusicMusic of every genre, every culture and every period employs repeated phrases for effect. Why do we love to listen to the same things again and again? “It is a principle of music to repeat the theme. Repeat and repeat again as the pace mounts.Ã... more info

Iggy Pop 2016-04-22 Iggy Confidential

3470 days ago
Core News“Iggy Pop continues to serve up a sonic cocktail to kick the weekend off. This week he’s spinning tracks by the likes of Arca, Keith Richards, Sarah Vaughan and Steve Reich. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll’s alt... more info

Proms 2016 to feature performance on top floor of Peckham car park

3481 days ago
Guardian MusicProms director David Pickard reveals new series called ‘Proms at ...’ which will see music performed away from Albert HallThe minimalist music of Steve Reich will be performed on the top floor of Peckham’s municipal multi-storey car park as par... more info

Dance review: 'Fase' a mesmerizing Minimalism map to Steve Reich's music

3634 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentIn "Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich," which Flemish choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker brought to Royce Hall on Tuesday night, one plus one equals two, allowing for an almost imperceptible margin of error. The amount of error i... more info

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