Steve Reich
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Steve Reich: Roundhouse, London
Live Review by Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 12 February 1977
OSTENSIBLY, the two Steve Reich concerts at London's Roundhouse last Sunday and the Sunday before reversed the natural order of things, starting with a complete ...
Steve Reich: Music For 18 Musicians
Review by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 11 November 1978
A MAJOR new work by Steve Reich, a 42-year-old composer and performer from New York. Music For 18 Musicians was conceived in May 1974 and ...
Steve Reich: 9th Street Crossing Festival, Pension Building, Washington DC
Live Review by Paul Yamada, Washington Review, February 1983
FOR SEVERAL years now Steve Reich has been labeled one of the three "minimalists" to name drop, listen to, and even to take seriously. ...
Steve Reich: "As if I were writing directly before God"
Interview by Mark Dery, High Performance, 1984
His latest and largest, Steve Reich's The Desert Music at BAM is also his most lush to date ...
Overview by Ian MacDonald, The Face, March 1987
WHAT IS THE USE OF MINIMALISM? ...
Guide by Tim Page, Details, January 1994
Modern minimalist composers find an audience beyond academia ...
Steve Reich: Electronic meditations
Interview by Mike Barnes, The Wire, November 1996
In his sixtieth year, composer Steve Reich is still looking to the future, incorporating sampling, environmental sound and video art into the fabric of recent ...
Steve Reich: Barbican Hall, London
Live Review by Mike Barnes, The Wire, March 2005
ANTICIPATION WAS high at Ensemble Modern's UK premiere of Steve Reich's new piece, You Are (Variations), which earned enthusiastic press when first performed in the ...
Math-Rock Family Tree: Exploring the roots of Foals
Guide by Mike Diver, Drowned in Sound, 24 April 2008
BACK IN FEBRUARY, one DiS messageboarder was moved to say to the masses: "I challenge you to prove to me that math-rock is real". Responses ...
Steve Reich: Musicians, Composers and Artists pay tribute
Interview by Mike Barnes, The Guardian, 5 May 2011
STEVE REICH is a major influence on today's musicians, artists and film-makers. As the Barbican pays tribute, we ask some of them why – and ...
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