The American award-winning composer and musician Nathan Larson discusses "minimal" music and its multiple forms, like drone and durations, in this audio series. It’s a meditative podcast where history meets today. A perfect time to close your eyes and listen to an expert.
Nathan Larson is a native New Yorker, a musician, author, curator, and an award-winning film composer, having scored over 70 films and TV series. He has played in many bands, including A Camp, Shudder to Think, and Girls against Boys.
Larson is the founder of Lumen Project, an organization that brings long-form sound and light events to locations worldwide. In 2019 the organization presented in Stockholm, New York, Iceland, and Beirut, Lebanon. He is also the co-curator of the DREAM MUSIC series at Malmö Live.
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The American award-winning composer and musician Nathan Larson discusses "minimal" music and its multiple forms, like drone and durations, in this audio series. It’s a meditative podcast where history meets today. A perfect time to close your eyes and listen to an expert.
Nathan Larson is a native New Yorker, a musician, author, curator, and an award-winning film composer, having scored over 70 films and TV series. He has played in many bands, including A Camp, Shudder to Think, and Girls against Boys.
Larson is the founder of Lumen Project, an organization that brings long-form sound and light events to locations worldwide. In 2019 the organization presented in Stockholm, New York, Iceland, and Beirut, Lebanon. He is also the co-curator of the DREAM MUSIC series at Malmö Live.
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SOME OF THE NEW
A random but satisfying sampling of current artists who draw on experimental and minimalist traditions, merged with new age, space pop, gospel, cosmic jazz, and contemporary R + B .... giving us hope for the future.
JULIANNA BARWICK - CALL (2013)
JULIANNA BARWICK - THE MAGIC PLACE (2011)
KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH - STRATUS (2016)
MARY LATTIMORE - THE QUIET AT NIGHT (2016)
NAILAH HUNTER - RUINS / QUIET LIGHT (SPELLS EP - 2020) - LEAVING RECORDS
GALDRE VISIONS - LIVING SPACE STATION (BAD DREAMS) - 2020 EP - LEAVING RECORDS
RAS G - CUTLASS (2020)
FLYING LOTUS ft. THUNDERCAT - DESCENT INTO MADNESS (2014)
SERPENTWITHFEET - HYACINTH (DEACON 2021)
EARTHEATER - BELOW THE CLAVICLE (2021)
FELICIA ATKINSON - EVERYTHING EVAPORATE (2020)
SARAH DAVACHI - DIAPHONIA BASILICA (CANTUS, DESCENT - 2020)
KELLY MORAN - WATER MUSIC (ULTRAVIOLET - 2018)
Attention! These artists and so many others are cut off from an income stream as the pandemic continues to prevent touring and live performance. If you'd like to support them, please consider purchasing their music via Bandcamp, or contributing to their work via Spotify's Artist Fundraising program, which can be found on their profile pages. Thank you.
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Featured music
BRIAN ENO - THURSDAY AFTERNOON
SATIE - 3 GYMNOPEDIES : NO 1
debussy - clair de lune
JOHN CAGE - IN A LANDSCAPE (1948)
ROXY MUSIC - 2Hb
BRIAN ENO- DISCREET MUSIC (1975)
BRIAN ENO - 1/1 MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS (1978)
KING TUBBY - JAH JAH DUB
PUBLIC IMAGE - CAREERING
MIDORI TAKADA - THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - MR HENRI ROUSSEAU'S DREAM (1983)
SATOSHI ASHIKAWA - STILL WAY (WAVE NOTATION 2) (1982)
ISAO TOMITA - CLAIR DE LUNE NO 3 (1974)
LAURIE SPIEGEL - THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE - OLD WAVE
BRIAN ENO - AN ASCENT
DAVID TOOP-OCEAN OF SOUND
BOOKS BY BRIAN ENO
BOOKS BY JOHN CAGE
BOOKS BY PAULINE OLIVEROS
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A short and messy introduction to minimalism + pattern music as presented by Nathan Larson.
featured music:
STEVE REICH - ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT - I FAST w Pat Metheny
STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR MALLET INSTRUMENTS, VOICES + ORGAN
STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS
PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE - FACADES
PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE - MUSIC IN 12 PARTS
PHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH - KNEE 3
PHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN IN THE BEACH -ACT 1_ TRAIN 1
LAURIE ANDERSON - O SUPERMAN
LAURIE ANDERSON - FROM THE AIR
FRANK OCEAN - IN MY ROOM
CHARLI XCX - BOYS
DJ BC - GLASSBREAKS 01 - BEASTIE BOYS -PASS THE MIC / PHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
SAWEETIE FT. DOJO CAT - BEST FRIEND
KRAFTWERK - TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - PLANET ROCK
KRAFTWERK - THE MAN MACHINE
FEARLESS FOUR - ROCKIN IT
KRAFTWERK - THE ROBOTS
DAFT PUNK - AROUND THE WORLD
SKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD - FOOT FUNGUS
TERRY REILY - IN C (1968)
TERRY REILY - IN C (SHANGHAI FILM ORCHESTRA 1989)
TERRY REILY- IN C (AFRICA EXPRESS/ MALI 2013)
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A quick and totally incomplete overview of the minimalist subgenre "drone" music!
Featured music:
PAULINE OLIVEROS - LEAR (1989)
Eliane RADIGUE - TRILOGY DE LA MORT (intermediate)
LA MONTE YOUNG - COMPOSITION 1960 no. 7
LAMONTE YOUNG - DREAM HOUSE (except from THEATER OF ETERNAL MUSIC)
CHRISTINA VANTZOU - VALLEY DRONE
Ram Narayan- Mishra Des
RADIK TYULUSH-oskus urag
Krzysztof Penderecki- SONG OF THE CHERUBIM
MEREDITH MONK-UNISON (1986)
ROBERT AIKI AUBERY LOWE - RESONANCE PERFORMANCE 2014
VELVET UNDERGROUND-LOOP 1964
VELVET UNDERGROUND - VENUS IN FURS
LOU REED - METAL MACHINE MUSIC
JESUS + MARY CHAIN - NEVER UNDERSTAND
NIRVANA - HEART SHAPED BOX
SUNN O))) - MOCKING SOLEMNITY
KALI MALONE - SPECTACLE OF RITUAL
ELLEN ARKBRO - FOR ORGAN AND BRASS
MARIA W HORN - EPISTASIS
EMERALDS - SOLAR BRIDGE
STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS
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