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Live / Electric Music
Classical · 1968 · 2 tracks · 41m

Live / Electric Music

Steve Reich

1968 · Columbia Masterworks

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A rigorous, mathematical intensity that borders on the hallucinatory.

Tracklist · 2 Tracks · 41m
01
Violin Phase
23:37
02
It's Gonna Rain
17:35
Moments Worth Listening For
The unsettling instant in It's Gonna Rain where the voice splits into a rhythmic canon, losing all linguistic meaning.
The gradual emergence of a third 'ghost' melody in Violin Phase as the two live tracks drift a fraction of a second apart.
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