In this video, via castlelizard, composer and performer Terry Riley discusses his 1950-1960 experiments with reel to reel recorders and tape loops.
Riley’s tape looping was an important aspect of his 1963 work Music For The Gift and later recordings, like his 1969 release, A Rainbow In Curved Air.
The influence of Riley’s tape loop pieces can be seen in Brian Eno’s early ambient albums, Robert Fripp’s Frippertronics and directly and indirectly in the work of many other looping artists.
The video is from Doug Aitken’s Station to Station project.
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This guy wouldn’t last 5 fives in Star Trek with that shirt on.
There’s lots of Terry Riley to be found on UBUWEB and YouTube.
(lights spliff, sits back to watch)
I want a puff of what he’s been smoking, so I can hear what the cockroaches are saying about me!
I’d like to hear the ideas of Steve Reich on tape loops: that’s the way he started new music
Check this out:
https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2016/04/15/steve-reich-on-tape-loops-rhythm-sampling-in-minimalism/