NPR shared a retrospective of Terry Riley’s In C, arguably THE seminal work in the rise of minimalism in classical music, and a hugely influential work on electronic musicians.… Read More 60 Years Of Terry Riley’s ‘In C’
Here’s a performance of minimalist composer Terry Riley’s composition, ‘In The Summer’, arranged for Buchla Music Easel.… Read More Terry Riley’s ‘In the Summer’ On Buchla Music Easel
Terry Riley’s In C, from 1964, is one of the most popular works of musical minimalism.… Read More Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ Live Performance On Synthesizers
Weijers has ‘a background of classical music and noisy electronics’, and is combining these two worlds with his latest project, by arranging minimalist compositions for accordion and modular synthesizer.… Read More Terry Riley’s ‘A Rainbow in Curved Air’ On Accordion & Modular Synthesizer
Riley’s pioneering electro-acoustic music of the 1960’s influenced musicians like Pete Townshend of The Who and classical composers like Steve Reich alike.… Read More Terry Riley Lost Interview + ‘Music With Balls’
This video captures a live performance, by joeSeggiola, of Terry Riley’s seminal minimalist work, In C.… Read More Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ On Modular Synthesizer
This video captures a performance of Terry Riley’s In C on Eurorack modular synthesizer.… Read More Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ On Modular Synthesizer
Here’s an ambient synth jam, inspired by the music of composers Terry Riley & Delia Derbyshire.… Read More Ambient Synth Jam Inspired By Terry Riley & Delia Derbyshire
Cycle is a free app, for iPhone and iPad, designed for making ‘tasty soundscapes’, using a decades-old decaying looping technique.… Read More Free App, Cycle, A ‘Time Lag Accumulator’ For Making ‘Tasty Soundscapes’
American minimalist composer and performer Terry Riley is not as well known as fellow minimalists Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Nevertheless, his work – which explores tape looping, live performance with tape delay, microtonality, world music influences, synthesis and more – has been influential across several generations of musicians An interesting example of his early… Read More Minimalist Terry Riley Was Remixing Before Remixing Was Cool – ‘You’re Nogood’
