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| Record Label: |
Nonesuch Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
Electronic |
| Subgenre: |
Electronica |
| Release Date: |
March 02, 1999 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Music For 18 Musicians - Coldcut
2. Eight Lines - Howie B.
3. Four Sections, The - Andrea Parker
4. Megamix - Tranquility Bass
5. Drumming - Mantronik (Maximum Drum Formula)
6. Proverb - Nobukazu Takemura
7. Piano Phase - D*Note (Phased And Konfused mix)
8. City Life - DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (Open Circuit)
9. Come Out - Ken Ishii
10. (Untitled) (hidden track) |
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REICH REMIXED features DJ remixes of original recordings by composer Steve Reich. Includes liner notes by Michael Gordon. Tributee: Steve Reich. If there is one quality which characterizes minimalist composer Steve Reich's music, it is its steady, relentless pulse. So no matter how the nine celebrated DJs featured here reassemble, cut and paste, or appropriate the original tracks by Reich and his ensemble, the rhythmic verve bubbling up within these remixes happily betrays the source. Then again Reich is no stranger to radical tape manipulations himself, having made his name in the late sixties with the monumental tape loops "Come Out," "It's Gonna Rain," and the original "Violin Phase" featuring Paul Zukovsky. Some of these tracks, most notably those by Tranquility Bass and DJ Spooky, borrow far and wide from the Reich ouevre, and take us on a dreamy journey through a shimmering landscape of marimbas, small tuned drums, woodwinds, ethereal female vocals and choice samples from "Come Out" and "Its Gonna ... |
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