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offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-02-25 06:33 [#02054994]
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I've gone on a bit of a John Adams binge, and I'd just like
to recommend him to all you beautiful xltronickers. It's
mostly very fun and exciting music, although I find his
newer stuff less enjoyable and sometimes even a bit dull.
Check out the cd with "Harmonielehre", "The Chairman Dances"
and "Two Fanfares"; I think they're his most enjoyable
works.

It's a bit more romantic and full-on and less minimalist
sounding then composing-people like Mr.Reich and Terrence
Riley and Phil Glass.


 

offline Combo from Sex on 2007-02-25 07:54 [#02055004]
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I like his music.
Attached picture

 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-02-25 09:58 [#02055073]
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That picture is awful.

 

offline clint from Silencio... (United Kingdom) on 2007-02-25 12:12 [#02055119]
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I've been listening to the generic Naxos cd of his quite a
lot recently. Shaker Loops is really interesting. And the
opera piece, The Wound Dresser - there's something really
haunting about that. I recommend that piece very very much.
Not so interested in the Short Ride for a Fast Machine which
people seem to like a lot...

I've heard his 9/11 piece was a bit shit.

CS2x, do you know anything of his that is like Shaker Loops
(if you've heard that one?)?


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2007-02-25 12:15 [#02055120]
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How did you make that picture?

 

offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-02-25 16:36 [#02055229]
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Yeah, I got a CD with some orchestral Steve Reich works and
"Shaker Loops" on it too, and I love that piece. It's quite
simple in comparison to his other stuff, but it has a really
wonderful, forward-moving optmistic atmosphere. I love to
listen to it while I'm driving or on the train. :-)


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-02-25 16:37 [#02055232]
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Wasn't he a President of the USA along with his son Quincy?

 

offline mrgypsum on 2007-02-27 20:28 [#02056012]
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they are both buried in a church in my home town

 

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