In this episode, we move beyond Jazz to discuss some of the other experimental music and art that was being pioneered in early 1970s New York, specifically in the Downtown artists' lofts and experimental performance venues around the area south of Houston Street known as SoHo. One particular venue known as The Kitchen had special importance for the City's exponents of new electronic music and the presentation of ground-breaking mixed media art. We also discuss the creation of two of the greatest American experimental  albums of all time, Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians" and Laurie Spiegel's "The Expanding Universe". Books Steve Reich – "Conversations" Philip Glass – "Words Without Music" Kris Needs – "Dream Baby Dream (Suicide: A New York Story)" https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9886-blood-and-echoes-the-story-of-come-out-steve-reichs-civil-rights-era-masterpiece/ https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9002-laurie-spiegel/ Songs La Monte Young – "Composition 1960 No. 7" Philip Glass - Music In Twelve Parts, Part 8 (1974) Steve Reich – "It's Gonna Rain" (1965), "Come Out" (1967), Music for 18 Musicians, Part VIII" (1978) Laurie Spiegel – "Patchwork" & "East River Dawn" (1976) Suicide – Rocket U.S.A. (1977) EMCK