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>>36959180
>I just stumbled over him.

What was he doing on the floor?

>>36959189
Recording another album.

bump

>>36959207
>>36959189
Aha!

>>36959207
lel

>>36959180
I'm not a fan, but have a bump.

>>36959605
CLT what do you think of minimalism, specifically in regards to droning minimalism and the less droning minimalism ala philip glass, steve reich etc?

Rubric and Island are my favourites tracks on that one.
He my bro

>>36959180
Funny. The first time I have heard the second track I turned it off.

I like it now though

>>36959423
>bump
That's what he said

Dear God.

>>36959674
you would be depressed too if you understood how truly shit the world has become

well, at least he's not as depressed as the guy from Oval. then again, I'd be pretty depressed too if I started a group and everyone but me gave up on it before the first album dropped.

>>36959674
>tfw he, la monte young, steve reich and terry riley are all going to die within the next ~5 years

>>36959698
>how truly shit the world has become
He was born in 1937, It was worse when he was younger friend. I hope you aren't how of those everything was better back then lelsovintage people.

>>36959698
you mean contrary to the magical wonderland that was industrialization?
I'm sure being a factory laborer without any worker protection laws exposed to unreasonable conditions at hilariously low pay was jolly good fun.
or the middle ages?
complete with abysmal hygene and rejection of medical advancement?
or the time of the roman empire?
where every non-roman was a potential slave and raping young boys was a past time activity?
or ancient greece?
where raping young boys was a tradition?

>>36959639
It isn't my favorite branch, but it was absolutely necessary for something like it to develop at around the time it did. And sometimes it's exactly what I want to listen to and it hits the spot.

>specifically in regards to droning minimalism
Like LMY and Tony Conrad and that whole clique? They're probably my favorites, all told.

>and the less droning minimalism ala philip glass
Never done anything for me.
>steve reich
I like.

I think he's great.
His opera trio is wonderful, highly recommend it OP.
All of his collaborations are beautiful too.

>>36959895
Can you recommend any albums of Steve Reich or Tony Conrad to begin with?

>>36959674
and on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, there's this cheerful ol' coot.

>>36959931
Different Trains, Drumming, Music for 18 Musicians, and Desert Music from Reich.

>>36959872
You're forgetting one part

>ignorance is bliss

Kinda interested in this. Anybody got a link to download?

>>36959967
He's probably the most famous minimalist composer. Find it yourself, it's easy.

>>36959967
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=philip+glass+glassworks+mediafire

>>36959180
saw einstein on the beach in its entirety recently. It's my sincere opinion that this music doesn't properly make sense until you see it live. it completely bent my head.

>>36959931
Piano Phase and Outside The Dream Syndicate, I guess? Just grab a few from each, since pieces in this style can often be hit or miss.

music to listen to with headphones in front of a ventilator

>>36959967
don't bother Einstein on the Beach and his string quartets are all better than this pop crap

>>36959942
How do I get into this dude? I've only heard A Rainbow in Curved Air.

I have everything he's recorded, more or less. This is my favourite.

>>36960078
>not liking glassworks
>recommending einstein on the beach and calling something else 'pop crap'

>>36960106
>liking glassworks
>that gif
>>>/v/

>>36960097
In C is one of his most famous works, try that (its aleatoric, so there will be different versions)

>>36960104
looks like the money store cover

>>36960125
Thanks.

>>36960125
wait
hold on there
In C is an indeterminate composition, performers can effectively change the composition and the instrumentation of the piece. I do not think the original recording featuring Terry Riley and Steve Reich as performers is particularly good, I personally would recommend the Ictus Ensemble's performance and the Bang on a Can performance, both are sound very different due to the indeterminacy but don't just grab a random performance from rutracker because it will probably be shit

This is a really neat piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CvtZCawxw0

he is great. simple as that

>>36959180
Shitty Sufjan knock-off

This is all you need to know about Philip Glass (jk I haven't heard much of him). I think I listened to this entire thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYnDg7W6GpE

>>36960166
Downloading Ictus and Bang on a Can, I appreciate the help.

>favourite minimalist composer
>not eric satie

>>36960106
srsly though Glassworks is just a pop album Philip Glass made when he sold out, Einstein on the Beach is his masterpiece and was an early work, at the apex of his skill, when he had finished experimenting with compositional process experiments and had started using them to make something greater than just an experiment, but before he sold and started writing shitty pop music to appeal to the public and in shitty films that want an oh so emotional soundtrack.
>>36960249
>satie
>minimalist
oh ho ho

>>36960120
>recommending einstein on the beach and calling something else 'pop crap'
>implying I browse /v/

>>36960249
Yeah that's right I went there.

>>36960278
What is pop about Einstein on the Beach? It's a four and a half hour minimalist opera.

>>36960294
Nothing, don't listen to this retard anon.

His album with Ravi Shankar is probably the best thing he's done

>>36960330
scaruffi gave it one star

>>36960345
who?

>>36960345
cool someone else's opinion, bro

>>36960345
That's the same guy who doesn't like Beatles?

>>36960330
>>36960407 (You)
>>36960397 (You)
>>36960381 (You)
samefag

>>36960249
ambient? yes. minimalist? you're mixing up minimalism with modernism, perhaps.

>>36959994
jelly as fuck

>>36960440
>>>/b/

>>36960440
Different anon here. Scaruffles is a try-hard wannabe.

>>36960512
Srsly anon, you're going to have to do better than that.

The album was critically panned by every single respected critic in the world and you're claiming that means nothing because that's someone else's opinion. Your opinion is against the general consensus among experts, who actually know what they're talking about rather than just being some faggot neckbeard who's listened to 5 Philip Glass albums (all soundtracks) and one by Steve Reich too. So why do you think it is the best Philip Glass album? Can you actually back up your opinion because the burden of proof rests on you to argue your opinion when your opinion is far-fetched and against exert opinion.

>>36960545
Thanks for sharing, I value your opinion.

>>36960574
I enjoyed Passages.
Why do you hold other people's opinions so highly?

>>36960607
Thanks for the argument it's been nice talking to you but I can see you don't actually want to present any logical arguments that imply your conclusion.

>>36960574
>general consensus among experts
I had to laugh at this. This there a university you can go to earn this title?

>Can you actually back up your opinion? I'm not really sure what you're expecting me to prove to you or how you want me to do it. I have pretty much everything Glass and Shankar have released and I think it's a great album.

I'm not sure why you would place so much importance on critics. I've never read a single review of the album in question, it never occurred to me to wonder what 'experts' think of it.

>>36960645
see >>36960625

>>36960625
>logical arguments
>opinions of whether you like an album or not
I know you're trying to look clever but you're not succeeding

>>36960659
Ok retard, great response

>>36960574
Different anon here.
I'm studying music and in my opinion most so called experts are just a bunch of pretentious tryhards who think "my taste > your taste".
Kinda like /m/ actually.

You gotta stop taking cover behind others or parrot their opinions and form your own, if you want to be taken seriously.

Have you ever listened to Akhenaton it's his best work by far. The minimalism isn't as prevalent as you'ld think but instead builds up to something almostbmind expanding.

>>36960574
why don't you tell us, in your own words, why you think it is a bad album? There are more people in this thread who have said it is a good album than saying it's not so the burden of proof falls on you, you're the minority so far.

>>36960773
He's a troll who doesn't have his own opinions, he's probably never even heard it.

>>36960233
I think somebody needs to listen to this. It's fucking hilarious.

>>36960765
I've heard it but it's far from being my favourite of his works.

>>36960860
it's hilarious if you're listening to it while browsing portraits of him on google image search

>not mentioning the godfather of minimal

>>36959189
Walking the dinosaur.

>ctrl + f
>no Koyaanisqatsi OST

get on my level