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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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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