minimalism...

[ActiveFaith]

Excuse me. I'm trying to get 50 posts! Limited to what I can do the site without them. Tryed talking to people but i get no repsponse.
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[stonetoflesh]

Have you heard Gavin Bryars? His most famous work is perhaps "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet", which is based on a looped recording of a homeless guy he found singing the song on a London street. The story and an audio excerpt is availalble at:

http://www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/jesus_blood_never_failed_m.html

I haven't heard a lot of Bryars' work, but little bits here and there. I'll look around for the piece you describe and any others...

 

[stonetoflesh]

Excuse me. I'm trying to get 50 posts! Limited to what I can do the site without them. Tryed talking to people but i get no repsponse.
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Wow, 11 identical posts in a row! Not quite what I was expecting, but since the thread is about minimalism I guess it kinda fits...
What's the hurry to get 50 posts?

 

[Multi-Elis]

Maybe he is trying to hint somthing about minimalism.

 

[PandaBear]

I think I've got a CD by Bryars...yes, "A Man in a Room, Gambling." I got it in a bargain bin, or free somewhere, I think, and I'm embarrassed to say I haven't really listened to it. If I remember correctly, I listened to the beginning, and realized that it would really command a lot of focus, so I decided to listen to it later. Maybe it's time to actually do so.

Whether or not Philip Glass is overrated is not for me to say; I am not ashamed to say I love how his work fits so nicely in Koyanisquaatsi and Kundun and other films. Outside of that, I'm not really familiar, nor do I have much to compare him to. So I like him so far!

PB

 

[Multi-Elis]

I just checked out an Arve Part CD from my library. I regret not having remembered to check out one by Raich. Well that will be for next time.

 

[Multi-Elis]

I checked out City Life by Reich. I really like it. Nobody in my family can stand it. But I really like the mixture of instruments and regular recordings of noises. I really like the "tune".

I also discuvered two exceptionally nice pieces by Arvo Part: ...Which Was the Son of ... (2000) Luke 3: 23-38 set to music, and I Am the True Vine (1996) John 15: 1-14 set to music. The latter is ideal for meditation.

 

[stonetoflesh]

I also discuvered two exceptionally nice pieces by Arvo Part: ...Which Was the Son of ... (2000) Luke 3: 23-38 set to music, and I Am the True Vine (1996) John 15: 1-14 set to music. The latter is ideal for meditation.

What's the name of the album(s) containing those Part pieces?

 

[Multi-Elis]

Well this is what it says on the cover:

Triodion

Arvo Part

Polyphony

Stephen
Layton

Hyperion
If you can make out what the title is, then this will be helpfull to you.

 

[Rising_Suns]

best minimalistic CD of all time;

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000024HL1/qid=1107608889/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7083022-5964755?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846

 

[Multi-Elis]

I'll look for it in the library next trip I make there (which should be in a week or two)

 

[Dewi Sant]

I love Philip Glass' works! His Naroquatsi (I hope I spelt it right) is really good. I especcially love the piece called Religion.

 

[Rising_Suns]

I love Philip Glass' works! His Naroquatsi (I hope I spelt it right) is really good. I especcially love the piece called Religion.

I like that one too. I especially like the first track, Naqoyqatsi. Those vocals are so erie.

I also like his Solo Piano CD. I know it was used on a soundtrack in some movie, but I can't place the name of the movie for the life of me.

 

[stonetoflesh]

Just found out that Terry Riley will be performing in San Francisco on April 23...
Ellen Fullman and Robert Rich also have performances!
http://www.justintonation.net/concerts.html

 

[The Theory]

Ah, this thread warms my soul.

I'm a huge Reich fan... particularly Dessert Music being my favorite. Though that could be because it was the first one I checked out.

 

[Multi-Elis]

best minimalistic CD of all time;

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...ssical&n=507846http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...ssical&n=507846http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...ssical&n=507846

Checked it out of the library. It's nice. I've listened to it three times and what I find interesting is that you don't get bored of it despite its minimalist character

 

[MusicalProgrammer]

Have you heard Gavin Bryars? His most famous work is perhaps "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet", which is based on a looped recording of a homeless guy he found singing the song on a London street. The story and an audio excerpt is availalble at:

http://www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/jesus_blood_never_failed_m.html

I love that work; I had to hold back tears when we listened to it in class a few years ago.

Other than that, minimalism is kind of blah to me; too much eastern mystic influence.

 

[Multi-Elis]

too much eastern mystic influence.

How do you see the eastern mystic influence expressed in minimalism?

 

[MusicalProgrammer]

How do you see the eastern mystic influence expressed in minimalism?

A lot of it is based on chanting, and often trance music falls into the category of minimalism. Also, most of those composers are New Age or Buddhist -- for example, Philip Glass's latest symphony (No. 5 'Requiem') was performed at my school last year. In the work, texts from the Bible, the Koran, the Mayan Popul Vuh, a Japanese Noh play, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Zuni and African myths, the Bhagavad Gita and the Buddhist saint Shantideva are spun together to form one "univeral message of truth."