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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
PostPosted: Thu February 11, 2021 5:46 pm 
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From Jóhann Jóhannsson's 2004 album, Virðulegu Forsetar



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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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Listening to the original recording of this today, but it's not on youtube so here's a link to a live version:



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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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Philip Glass honestly might be my favorite artist as an adult, which is so weird to me.


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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Weather starting to turn here, so I'm going hard on minimalist stuff again. Just scored an OP Reich's Octet on Discogs in NM condition for $35. :heartbeat:

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At some point the title track got a name change to Eight Lines, but anyway this is it. The other two tracks are also stellar.

Octet/Eight Lines:


Music For a Large Ensemble (Newer recording/performance):


Violin Phase:


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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I have a set of Reich's complete ECM recordings and that is my favorite disc :)


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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Yeah I remember you got that set and now I’m wondering if it’s available on vinyl?


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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Not that I'm finding. That said, it's only a 3CD set, so if you have "Octet" then it's just "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Tehillim" you'd have still to get.

It's a great collection of work, I seriously love every piece.


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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I don’t love Tehillim, but an OP of the original recording of 18 Musicians is on my birthday wishlist ;-)


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Dang trag didn’t realize you hadn’t listened to much SOTL.


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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There are parts on Tehillim where I'm just floored by the melody. But I agree that, of the three ECM albums, it's the one that demands the most specific mood.


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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little baffled by can & neu!’s inclusion in a thread about minimalism

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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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Why? Both bands have lots of minimalist material: repeated simple motifs, drone stuff…Krautrock is just a descendent of minimalist music.


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But by all means, launch an argument! Any action for this thread is exciting for me.


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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Oh also, once upon a time this was two different threads, and the OP shows that I did try to delineate between sub genres just a little bit (see the defunct thread topic)


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism, krautrock, etc
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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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The 10 Best Minimalist Music Works (from Yes Classical Music)
https://yesclassicalmusic.com/the-10-be ... sic-works/


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tragabigzanda wrote:
Why? Both bands have lots of minimalist material: repeated simple motifs, drone stuff…Krautrock is just a descendent of minimalist music.


i'd just put them in a krautrock thread. i'm not saying there are not some similarities between minimalism & krautrock, but they are clearly discrete entities

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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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deerhunter incorporate repetition, droning, etc.

but they are rock band. i think can & neu! fall into that category, too -- krautrock!

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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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Dammit malloy, see my OP where I designated this as a catch-all thread for both minimalist music and krautrock. I agree they are not the same! But for me, they both tap into similar veins of tension/release through their focus on simple, repetitive melodies and rhythms, and empty space. I think a band like Can is a couple degrees from someone like John Adams, and about a thousand degrees from someone like Pearl Jam.


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 Post subject: Re: Minimalism in Music
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or maybe a more compelling argument is that I think Sonic Youth has more in common with Pearl Jam than with Glenn Branca!


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