Interestingly, Reich noted that music critics are often politically biased, and the public serves as a healthy sounding board for his music. Schwarz's articles trace Reich's progression through musical style, and establishes Reich's rich heritage which qualifies the music to be appreciated by historian and layman alike.
Phase music is the cyclical repetition of an audio clip, musical lick, rhythm, etc.
While another cyclical repetition of the same item is done at a slightly different tempo, eventually producing two cycles that are out of phase with each other. In this case, hearing is much easier in than reading. Reich's minimalism comes out of a reaction against the insanely structured order of serialism and total serialism. Pulsating rhythm often distorts or hides it. Reich's History Steve Reich was born in 1936, in New York.