tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post8655065535117828676..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: Split Screen - Split Mind - Steve Reich's Piano Phase for Solo PerformanceCurtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-66983628612066430662011-10-26T12:24:01.777-07:002011-10-26T12:24:01.777-07:00a minutes enough..The phase effect is interesting ...a minutes enough..The phase effect is interesting I guess but the repeating theme and...tonal harmony ...eww. Like an endless lexus ad. or somethin<br /><br />his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_8UaP_QRI&feature=related" rel="nofollow">percussive minimalism</a> sans sucre works better for me. or the original--like balinese gamelan ...the shadow play/dance (with the thai girls, etc)<br /><br />It's just Vishnu. Mr Vishnu1000 Names of Vishnunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-973520811516560312011-10-26T11:17:25.749-07:002011-10-26T11:17:25.749-07:00Did you check out the Harvard lab pendulum video, ...Did you check out the Harvard lab pendulum video, Vishnupo? <br /><br />It's almost a mechanical analogue to the music.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-54192141094852180872011-10-26T11:16:29.703-07:002011-10-26T11:16:29.703-07:00Reich's music is very intellectual. Occasiona...Reich's music is very intellectual. Occasionally a dramatic figure will sound out as moving, but it's usually subsumed within the texture of the variation(s).<br /><br />I find it very provocative intellectually--sets me to thinking about form and structure in interesting ways.<br /><br />Time in music is a strange thing. Certain kinds of rhythms have been very popular in Western music, and when we're "inside" them we feel comfy and balanced. But Reich pushes that envelope to monotony and insistent continuity, so one's mindset is challenged. At points, my mind almost feels "pain" at it--not at all the pain I feel listening to too loud music, or ugly shit like some hip-hop (rap). <br /><br />It's cerebral music.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-58276201770324607042011-10-26T11:01:07.024-07:002011-10-26T11:01:07.024-07:00Faville likes minimalism? Odd.
I thought you we...Faville likes minimalism? Odd.<br /><br />I thought you were a ro-man-tick sort--Debussy etc.. Actually I find his music somewhat new-age sappy and the repetition doesn't help, though he has some interesting rhythms. When he tweeks the harmony a bit, it's not so bad (a Reich marimba piece on CD I have--nagoya? cool, and not quite as sappy as his other stuff ). Tho' I'd play Stan Kenton CDs 'fore the minimalist robot muzak1000 Names of Vishnuponoreply@blogger.com