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Stephen Michael Reich (/ r aɪ ʃ / RYSHE; [1] [2] born October 3, 1936) is an American composer best known as a pioneer of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. [3] [4] [5] Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons.
Reich was asked to edit down tape footage into a form of collage for a benefit for the Harlem Six and Come Out was a byproduct of the collage's production. [1] The Harlem Six were six black youths arrested for a murder of Margit Sugar, a Hungarian refugee, in Harlem in the weeks following the Little Fruit Stand Riot of 1964. [ 2 ]
Composer Steve Reich. Radio Rewrite is a 2012 musical composition by the American composer Steve Reich, [1] inspired by two songs by the British rock band Radiohead: "Jigsaw Falling into Place" and "Everything in Its Right Place". It is the first time that Reich has reworked material from western pop or rock music.
Music for 18 Musicians is a minimalist album by composer Steve Reich recorded between April–December 1976 and released on the ECM New Series in April 1978—his first of three releases for the label. The ensemble features eighteen musicians, including Reich himself playing the part of piano and marimba, playing Reich's titular composition. [1 ...
Steve Kuhn Quartet Last Year's Waltz: ECM 1214 1982 James Newton: Axum: ECM 1215 1982 Steve Reich Tehillim: ECM New Series; see: Tehillim: ECM 1216 1982 Pat Metheny Group Offramp: ECM 1217 1982 Lask Lask: ECM 1218 1982 Steve Tibbetts: Northern Song: ECM 1219 1982 David Darling Cycles: ECM 1220 1982 Mike Nock: Ondas: ECM 1221 1982 Adelhard ...
At age 86, composer Steve Reich is going strong with a collaboration with painter Gerhard Richter and other recent works at the L.A. Phil, among other projects.
Reich Remixed is a remix album of music by the American composer Steve Reich. [1] It was released in 1999 by Nonesuch Records and features tracks produced by various American, British, and Japanese DJs.
Besides the Kronos Quartet's version of Triple Quartet, the album contains three other Reich pieces. Electric Guitar Phase, one of Reich's "phase pieces," is played by New York guitar player Dominic Frasca. The composition is an updated version of the 1967 Violin Phase arranged for guitar and tape (or four guitars).