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UK Mall 1 - Music for 18 Musicians
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List Price: £14.99
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Manufacturer: Ecm
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0042282141729
Label: Ecm
Manufacturer: Ecm
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Ecm
Release Date: 1988-07-01
Running Time: 57
Studio: Ecm
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Summary: The door to the last 30 years
Comment: When you hear this album, you cannot help but be taken in by its hypnotic building and sequencing of sounds upon and around one another. You also cannot help but notice how much an absolute myriad of artists that have emerged over the last 30 years are in debt to Reich.
From, as other reviews have stated, Eno to Aphex to almost any innovative electronic musician - parallels can be drawn to Reich. A lot of jazz fans will also find huge rewards here. The riffing on a theme that Reich works to perfection is the essence of jazz, be it more traditional work or more avant garde artists, such as Deathprod and Nils Petter Molvaer.
One point to note is that this album really opened up for me after I listened to it on headphones. I'd listened to it a few times through speakers and enjoyed it, but hearing it through headphones enables it to really take control of you for the hour or so of its running time, and its so much more rewarding as a result of this. You can hear so many more of the subtle tonal variations that are worked into the album. As a corollary, 18 Musicians definitely needs to be listened to as a whole. It's a modern symphony, and as such needs to be treated with the respect that is normally reserved for classical artists.
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Summary: A modern masterpiece
Comment: This was played to our class by our enlightened music master when I was a 14 year old schoolboy. I did not rediscover the work until I was in my 30s.
The intricate pattern of sounds Reich creates will repel some, but weave a sonic web around those who are prepared to listen and absorb. The subtle shifts in rhythmic and harmonic themes are fascinating, a bit like walking through a huge muted kaleidoscope of sound that changes in increments. I find it impossible not to sing or tap along, even hours after the CD is finished. It is never monotonous, just rewarding each time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Haunting!!
Comment: A truly seminal piece of work. While listening to this you will understand where modern artists like Chicane and Tangerine Dream obtained their inspiration from. Melodic, haunting, goose-bump-inducing!
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Summary: The Definitive Recording of a Masterpiece
Comment: The early Pulse music of Steve Reich is a wonder for those who have not yet encountered it. Music for 18 Musicians is a seminal piece. It is ambitious, monumental in scale and perfectly realised. If you are new to the 'minimalist' music of the 70s, this work will astound you with its originality. It is not easy music, but its rewards are limitless. This kind of work, sometimes called repetitive or trance music, tends to provoke the extremes of appreciation - you either love it or you hate it - and it is not the kind of music you can just allow to wash over you. However, if you allow yourself to enter fully into the aesthetic, the experience it offers can approach the sublime. It develops a meditative quality, as your engagement with the flow of sound becomes total. This music can be as moving and profound as Beethoven, as long as you're in the right mood! This recording is by the original Steve Reich and Musicians ensemble and was recorded soon after the work's composition. As usual, the performance by the ensemble is flawless. The concentration and stamina required for such a piece is enormous, but on this recording Steve Reich and Musicians present a tempo and note perfect delivery. Since this recording of Music for 18 Musicians has been available on CD, it has been possible for the listener to enjoy the piece in its continuous entirety without the fading in and out of the vinyl original. Here it is played as the composer fully intended it to be, and it strongly evokes the spirit of the time in which it was composed. Steve Reich is a giant of modern composition and performance and this is a disc that cannot be absent from any decent collection of progressive music. It is also very entertaining to have a disc with only one track of nearly an hour's duration!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ahead of its time.
Comment: I have only recently discovered the work of Steve Reich and his importance in modern music cannot be underestimated.
This is one of the most accessible of his works and is hauntingly repetitive and very beautiful. Reich has preempted techno and ambient music and his influence on modern electronic music cannot be underestimated.
Buy this CD and allow its magic to overwhelm you.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The door to the last 30 years
Comment: When you hear this album, you cannot help but be taken in by its hypnotic building and sequencing of sounds upon and around one another. You also cannot help but notice how much an absolute myriad of artists that have emerged over the last 30 years are in debt to Reich.
From, as other reviews have stated, Eno to Aphex to almost any innovative electronic musician - parallels can be drawn to Reich. A lot of jazz fans will also find huge rewards here. The riffing on a theme that Reich works to perfection is the essence of jazz, be it more traditional work or more avant garde artists, such as Deathprod and Nils Petter Molvaer.
One point to note is that this album really opened up for me after I listened to it on headphones. I'd listened to it a few times through speakers and enjoyed it, but hearing it through headphones enables it to really take control of you for the hour or so of its running time, and its so much more rewarding as a result of this. You can hear so many more of the subtle tonal variations that are worked into the album. As a corollary, 18 Musicians definitely needs to be listened to as a whole. It's a modern symphony, and as such needs to be treated with the respect that is normally reserved for classical artists.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A modern masterpiece
Comment: This was played to our class by our enlightened music master when I was a 14 year old schoolboy. I did not rediscover the work until I was in my 30s.
The intricate pattern of sounds Reich creates will repel some, but weave a sonic web around those who are prepared to listen and absorb. The subtle shifts in rhythmic and harmonic themes are fascinating, a bit like walking through a huge muted kaleidoscope of sound that changes in increments. I find it impossible not to sing or tap along, even hours after the CD is finished. It is never monotonous, just rewarding each time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Haunting!!
Comment: A truly seminal piece of work. While listening to this you will understand where modern artists like Chicane and Tangerine Dream obtained their inspiration from. Melodic, haunting, goose-bump-inducing!
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Definitive Recording of a Masterpiece
Comment: The early Pulse music of Steve Reich is a wonder for those who have not yet encountered it. Music for 18 Musicians is a seminal piece. It is ambitious, monumental in scale and perfectly realised. If you are new to the 'minimalist' music of the 70s, this work will astound you with its originality. It is not easy music, but its rewards are limitless. This kind of work, sometimes called repetitive or trance music, tends to provoke the extremes of appreciation - you either love it or you hate it - and it is not the kind of music you can just allow to wash over you. However, if you allow yourself to enter fully into the aesthetic, the experience it offers can approach the sublime. It develops a meditative quality, as your engagement with the flow of sound becomes total. This music can be as moving and profound as Beethoven, as long as you're in the right mood! This recording is by the original Steve Reich and Musicians ensemble and was recorded soon after the work's composition. As usual, the performance by the ensemble is flawless. The concentration and stamina required for such a piece is enormous, but on this recording Steve Reich and Musicians present a tempo and note perfect delivery. Since this recording of Music for 18 Musicians has been available on CD, it has been possible for the listener to enjoy the piece in its continuous entirety without the fading in and out of the vinyl original. Here it is played as the composer fully intended it to be, and it strongly evokes the spirit of the time in which it was composed. Steve Reich is a giant of modern composition and performance and this is a disc that cannot be absent from any decent collection of progressive music. It is also very entertaining to have a disc with only one track of nearly an hour's duration!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ahead of its time.
Comment: I have only recently discovered the work of Steve Reich and his importance in modern music cannot be underestimated.
This is one of the most accessible of his works and is hauntingly repetitive and very beautiful. Reich has preempted techno and ambient music and his influence on modern electronic music cannot be underestimated.
Buy this CD and allow its magic to overwhelm you.
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