Hog Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Simple but beautiful compositions. Just bought the soundtrack to "The Hours". Anyone else like him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Simple but beautiful compositions. Just bought the soundtrack to "The Hours". Anyone else like him?Is he not a bit Un-Metal for you? Or am I just falling on stereotypes? Yeah, Glass is interesting, to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifta23 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Huge admirer of Glass but I don’t rate his work with synthesisers they just sound a bit naff.Symphony 5 and solo piano works I can highly recommend.Should check out the films Koyaanisqatsi & Powaqqatsi that he soundtrackedhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007DWRI/qid=1138191797/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_18_1/203-2885166-2111133 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Is he not a bit Un-Metal for you? Or am I just falling on stereotypes? .I am a big fan of Tom Waits, Ulver, Enya etc so yeah, not just metal Mr Disko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Borlax Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 you can get solo piano and glassworks in one cd case at fopp for quite cheap,two of my favorite minimalist albumsphillip glass is brilliant i was gutted that i missed his interview on the culture show (saw david lynchs tho ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 His stuff can be pretty interesting. Check out the compilation called Maximum Minimalists which has some Reich, Glass and Adams compositions...Of course Alvin Lucier should also be investigated if you like more hardcore minimalism!Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I also recommend all the names cited by ragudave. Plus Gavin Bryars - his 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' makes me cry every time I listen to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I also recommend all the names cited by ragudave. Plus Gavin Bryars - his 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' makes me cry every time I listen to it.what part? ho ho...I've got that disc, and I need to be in a "very special mood" to listen to it...I've not heard the Donkey Rhubarb CD (Glass and Aphex Twin)...anyone got it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 what part? ho ho...I've got that disc' date=' and I need to be in a "very special mood" to listen to it...I've not heard the Donkey Rhubarb CD (Glass and Aphex Twin)...anyone got it?[/quote']Heard some Glass/Aphex Twin from Myspace. If you do a search on Philip Glass there is some stuff:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I've not heard the Donkey Rhubarb CD (Glass and Aphex Twin)...anyone got it?Yeah, I've got that somewhere. Haven't listened to it for years though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I've not heard the Donkey Rhubarb CD (Glass and Aphex Twin)...anyone got it?YEah, I've got it on 12". Got pretty much all the early Aphex Twin stuff including most of the side projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I like the aforementioned 'Koyaanisqatsi'. Mesmerising film. You might like Terry Riley too, Hog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josef k Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Forget Star Wars. Forget Lord of the Rings. Try his mammoth operatic trilogy: Akhnaten; Satyagraha and Einstein On The Beach. These three operas cover the topics of religion; politics and science respectively. Though exceptionally long, the music is breathtakingly stunning throughout.Though openly criticised for being populist - even on the aforementioned Culture Show interview ( she, the interviewer, was well out of her depth. Glass was on a completely different intellectual plane and simply confounded her) - his music is amongst the greatest written last century.There is also a third film to compliment Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi. It is Naqoyqatsi (life as War). It features the beautiful cello playing of Yo-Yo Ma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted January 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 I would actually be up for checking out that Trilogy Josef. Certainly wish I saw that interview you are talking about. Similar artist (sort of) Carter Burwell. I know that Hynes from Project Ven Hell likes his stuff. The sound track to the movie "The man who wasnt there" is amazing. Actually, it is a really good film. It features Billy Bob Thornton and is in black and white.Alan, who is this Terry Riley?Cheers for recommendations guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted January 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 YEah' date=' I've got it on 12". Got pretty much all the early Aphex Twin stuff including most of the side projects.[/quote']I love the ambient stuff. What is the ambient album called Mr Disko? I only downloaded a couple of tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balvack Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Terry Rileywho is this Terry Riley?For info about Terry Riley' date=' there's an overview here "California composer Terry Riley launched what is now known as the Minimalist movement with his revolutionary classic "In C" in 1964. This seminal work provided the conception for a form comprised of interlocking repetitive patterns that was to change the course of 20th century music and strongly influence the works of Steve Reich, Philip Glass and John Adams as well as rock groups such as The Who, The Soft Machine, Curved Air, Tangerine Dream and many others. In the 60's and 70's he turned his attention to solo works for electronic keyboards and soprano saxophone and pioneered the use of various kinds of tape delay in live performance resulting in another set of milestone works, "A Rainbow in Curved Air", "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band", "The Persian Surgery Dervishes" and "Shri Camel". These hypnotic, multi-layered, polymetric, brightly orchestrated, eastern flavored improvisations set the stage for the New Age movement that was to appear a decade or so later." and a whole site on the man and his works at http://www.terryriley.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted January 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 For info about Terry Riley' date=' there's an overview here "California composer Terry Riley launched what is now known as the Minimalist movement with his revolutionary classic "In C" in 1964. This seminal work provided the conception for a form comprised of interlocking repetitive patterns that was to change the course of 20th century music and strongly influence the works of Steve Reich, Philip Glass and John Adams as well as rock groups such as The Who, The Soft Machine, Curved Air, Tangerine Dream and many others. In the 60's and 70's he turned his attention to solo works for electronic keyboards and soprano saxophone and pioneered the use of various kinds of tape delay in live performance resulting in another set of milestone works, "A Rainbow in Curved Air", "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band", "The Persian Surgery Dervishes" and "Shri Camel". These hypnotic, multi-layered, polymetric, brightly orchestrated, eastern flavored improvisations set the stage for the New Age movement that was to appear a decade or so later." and a whole site on the man and his works at http://www.terryriley.com/Thanks Balvack *goes and checks the site**edit* yey! Skullets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Alan' date=' who is this Terry Riley?Cheers for recommendations guys.[/quote']He's an American composer...very early minimalist stuff from the mid 60s. The 'classics' are 'In C' and 'A Rainbow in Curved Air'. For 'In C' he gathered together heaps of pals and got them playing simple note patterns in the key of C, but as they all drop out and re-enter it gently changes sound...mesmerising listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 He's an American composer...very early minimalist stuff from the mid 60s. The 'classics' are 'In C' and 'A Rainbow in Curved Air'. For 'In C' he gathered together heaps of pals and got them playing simple note patterns in the key of C' date=' but as they all drop out and re-enter it gently changes sound...mesmerising listening.[/quote']edit....whoops...didn't realise there was a page 2, and that Balvack had already answered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 maybe check out Henry Flynt as well http://www.locustmusic.com/henryflynt.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 There is also a third film to compliment Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi. It is Naqoyqatsi (life as War). It features the beautiful cello playing of Yo-Yo Ma!Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi double DVD set is currently a tenner in Fopp if anyone wants to check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josef k Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 I would actually be up for checking out that Trilogy Josef. Certainly wish I saw that interview you are talking about. .Try HMV, they've been selling them on the cheap for the last couple of years. Einstein on the Beach is a 4cd set used to be 40, but you may pick it up now for about 15 or less.I'll be in town tomorrow so will have a look and see if I spot them.Just 'googled' Carter Burwell. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 You can get the whole trilogy from Amazon for 13.94. Sounds like a bargain to me. Go to the URL bifta23 previously quoted and go down to the 'Perfect Partner' bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josef k Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 You can get the whole trilogy from Amazon for 13.94. Sounds like a bargain to me. Go to the URL bifta23 previously quoted and go down to the 'Perfect Partner' bit.The dirty bastards....Ah well, C'est la vie! Good spy. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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