Steve Reich

Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who is known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons. Reich describes this concept in his essay, "Music as a Gradual Process", by stating, "I am interested in perceptible processes. I want to be able to hear the process happening throughout the sounding music." For example, his early works experiment with phase shifting, in which one or more repeated phrases plays slower or faster than the others, causing it to go "out of phase." This creates new musical patterns in a perceptible flow.
His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns, as on the early compositions It's Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966), and the use of simple, audible processes, as on Pendulum Music (1968) and Four Organs (1970). The 1978 recording Music for 18 Musicians would help entrench minimalism as a movement. Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably Different Trains (1988).
Reich's style of composition has influenced many contemporary composers and groups, especially in the United States. Writing in The Guardian, music critic Andrew Clements suggested that Reich is one of "a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history".
==Links to Peel==
Peel played tracks from the composer on his radio programmes between 1997 and 1999. In 1999, he played tracks from the composer that were remixed by electronic artists. There is no evidence that he played any other material before or after the 90's, according to available tracklistings on this site.
==Shows Played==
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*18 January 1997: City Life-Pile Driver / Alarms (Movement 2) (v/a album) Gramophone Magazine 
;1999
*20 January 1999: 'Coldcut Remix Of Music For 18 Musicians (12 inch, Steve Reich remixed)' (Nonesuch)
*January 1999 (FSK): Music For 18 Musicians (Coldcut Remix) (CD - Reich Remixed) Nonesuch
*03 March 1999: The Desert Music (FreQ. Nasty & B.L.I.M. remix) (2x12" - Reich Remixed) Nonesuch
*18 March 1999: Eight Lines (Howie B Remix) (album - Reich Remixed) Nonesuch
*07 April 1999: Piano Phase (D*Note's Phased & Konfused Mix) (LP: Reich Remixed) Nonesuch 
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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