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I just got this cd... listening now... very beautiful so far! its amazing... the way he orchestrated this, makes acoustic instruments sound like synths almost. lots of rich overtones etc, make it sound pad like awesomeness! |
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As I said at watmm, it's my favourite piece of music. So beautiful and powerful. I've never heard anything more amazing than Music For 18 Musicians, and I doubt I ever will. |
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then you should listen to Three Tales, his last album. a masterpiece ! |
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i like Reich's minimalism in this piece very much, but it's the only one that have impressed me... his newer stuff (90´s? city life?) seemed pretty lacking in taste. (= cheesy traffic noises played on keyboard sampler etc...) |
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forget Reich, i am the best |
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Yeah, City Life was mediocre. |
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"city life" is not one of my favorites either, but he has many other fantastic works. "tehillim," "eight lines," "six marimbas," "music for large ensemble" are some favorites that come to mind. "music for eighteen musicians" is one of my all time favorites. he performed it live with bang on a can within a ten minute walk of my apartment, but i only heard about it until after the performance. unfortunately i haven't been able to hear his most recent recording. |
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Tehillim is pretty sweet. The Desert Music and Different Trains are also up there. |
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damn, im listening to it again, this is fuuucking amazingggg! |
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Yes- I reckon his stuff is the first to have the composition style of what has become"electronica", before synths were commonplace. I think the reedy quality of the instruments makes them sounds like synths. He's also one of the few people IMO that can make heavy use of marimbas without it sounding like some cheesy "world music" cliche. |
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wow! i got this yesterday and i'm lovin' it! i already had city life/eight lines and variations, but i think this beats'em both, the woman in the store was all enthusiastic about me buying it, she loved it herself too, but, she told me, she couldn't play it in the store 'cause customers would complain that it'd make them nervous :) |
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I love City Life. beats music for 18 musicians, I think. it has more edge. I love his use of samples, not cheesy at all. he treats them as what they are - samples, does not try to hide this fact. also, the samples are seen as an instrument of their own, not some kind of support for the "real" instruments. |
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