Terry Riley
USA
Born: 24 June 1935
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Avant-Garde, Jazz, Electronic, International
Styles: Minimalism, Modern Composition, Tape Music, Musique Concrète, World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Ambient, Electronica
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Minimalist pioneer Terry Riley was among the most revolutionary composers of the postwar era; famed for his introduction of repetition into Western music motifs, he also masterminded early experiments in tape loops and delay systems which left an indelible mark on the experimental music produced in his wake. Riley was born June 24, 1935 in Colfax, CA, and began performing professionally as a solo pianist during the '50s; by the middle of the decade he was studying composition in San Francisco and Berkeley, where among his classmates was fellow ...
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