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A guide to post-classical music, tracing its lineage from Erik Satie and Arvo Part to Max Richter, Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds, Johann Johannsson, and Hauschka, with 10 essential albums and tips for listening.
How did minimal music evolve after Steve Reich? Trace the structural shifts and listening order across Adams, Glass, Nyman, Richter, and Frahm.
A detailed guide to Ryuichi Sakamoto's 2017 solo album async, covering the tsunami piano, New York recording sessions, and all 14 tracks in full.
A listening guide to Steve Reich's 1976 minimalist landmark Music for 18 Musicians, exploring its 11 chord pulses, phase shifting, and ensemble breath.
Explore how Toru Takemitsu's philosophy of ma and the river of sound shaped Japanese environmental music through Hiroshi Yoshimura and Satoshi Ashikawa.
Explore Steve Reich's minimal music, from 1960s tape phase shifting to Music for 18 Musicians and Different Trains, with a 3-step listening map.
Conceived as music not to be listened to, Erik Satie's Furniture Music premiered in 1920 and was rediscovered half a century later by John Cage and Brian Eno. Trace Satie's life, key works, and 10 essential recordings.
A guide to minimal music, exploring the four founders (La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass), core techniques of phase shifting, additive process, and drone, 10 essential works, and a 7-step listen…