Steve Reich
USA
Born: 03 October 1936
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Avant-Garde
Styles: Minimalism, Modern Composition, Tape Music, Musique Concrète
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Following in the footsteps of La Monte Young and Terry Riley, composer Steve Reich is widely considered the third major pioneer of minimalism; credited as the innovator behind phasing -- a process whereby two tape loops lined up in unison gradually move out of phase with each other, ultimately coming back into sync -- his early experiments in tape manipulation also anticipated the emergence of hip-hop sampling by well over a decade. Reich was born October 3, 1936, in New York City, and later studied philosophy at Cornell University; while at th...
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