Reich is a minimalist composer who used tape loops/repetitive sounds to create phasing patterns.Stasi wrote: Hmmm, 'Steve Reich' doesn't ring a bell. Is he another minimalist composer? Anyway, if you're into art films, you'd probably find Mishima to be interesting. In any case, Glass' music for the film was very good.
"A Forest (Exor Remix)" - Blank & Jones
Check out his site - http://www.stevereich.com/
"Different Trains" is my favourite album - hauntingly beautiful and very powerful. The percussive railway noises and ubiquitous steam whistle effects are nostalgic reminiscences of train journeys. A dreamy affair with the past.... and then suddenly 10 minutes into the piece the tempo increases and distant voices echo dates - 1940, 1941 - the intensity of the notes rise and the dreamy affair turns into a chilling realization that we are reliving the experience of Jews on their way to the death camps.
Reich's recorded speech integration into a musical performance is a very powerful journey.
Try and get a copy of this album.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_Trains
Goldfrapp - 'Utopia' (The only decent track they have created)
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