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1998-01-15 21:23H James HarkinsKaisrsolze wrote: >>I just saw the Steve Reich 10-CD boxset used for about $50. Is it wort

From:: H James Harkins <jharkins@acpub.duke.edu>
To:: idm-digest <idm-digest@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 16:23:07 -0500 (EST)
Subject:: (idm) Re: idm-digest V2 #15

Kaisrsolze wrote:

quoted 1 line I just saw the Steve Reich 10-CD boxset used for about $50. Is it worth

>>I just saw the Steve Reich 10-CD boxset used for about $50. Is it worth

picking up (as I've never heard any of his stuff before) or would it be a better introduction/more economical to buy one or two of his important releases? Are his important ones In C (or was that by terry riley?), Music for 18 Musicians, Drumming, Four Organs, it's Gonna rain? Are there any major omissions/flaws in the box set? Botttom line is, i want to hear the innovators, and $50 for 10 Cds is a good deal, but still a large chunk of change for one unheard artist. All opinions appreciated. << In C was Riley. IMHO Steve Reich rocks; if I had seen this for $50, I'd buy it on the spot. Music for 18 Musicians--I can't speak highly enough of this--it goes on for a whole hour and my interest doesn't flag... at all...! I haven't heard the new Goldie, but I doubt I could say as much of that. And the new performance of 18 musicians recorded for this set is supposed to blow the old one out of the water (though I haven't heard it). DON'T pass this up! Hell, if you end up not liking it, I'll buy it from you :) -- but really, there's little chance of that. Run, do not walk, back to the store... J ________ \ / | "Who's Martha Stewart?" H. James Harkins | "She writes picture books about gracious living." jharkins@acpub.duke.edu | \/ | - from _Jeffrey_ "If we keep our attention focused on the present, we can be sure of one thing, namely that whatever we are attending to in this moment will change..." -- Jon Kabat-Zinn

1998-01-16 15:58Irene McCOn 15 Jan 98, H James Harkins wrote: (idm) Re: idm-digest V2 #15: > the new performance of

From:: Irene McC <substar@iafrica.com>
To:: <jharkins@acpub.duke.edu>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 17:58:03 +0200
Subject:: (idm) steve reich / Ken Ishii
Reply to:: (idm) Re: idm-digest V2 #15

On 15 Jan 98, H James Harkins wrote: (idm) Re: idm-digest V2 #15:

quoted 2 lines the new performance of 18 musicians recorded for this set is

> the new performance of 18 musicians recorded for this set is > supposed to blow the old one out of the water

The one I've heard (recorded in '78) features KEN ISHII on cello. Whoo-hoo :-) And his is the *only* photo that doesn't have a name next to it... though it's pretty easy to work out - (Japanese man with cello- doh ). I * "Incomplete without surface noise" - Autechre

1998-01-16 17:29H James HarkinsOn Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Irene McC wrote: (me, first): > > the new performance of 18 musicians

From:: H James Harkins <jharkins@acpub.duke.edu>
To:: Irene McC <substar@iafrica.com>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:29:22 -0500 (EST)
Subject:: (idm) Re: steve reich / Ken Ishii
Reply to:: (idm) steve reich / Ken Ishii

On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Irene McC wrote: (me, first):

quoted 7 lines the new performance of 18 musicians recorded for this set is

> > the new performance of 18 musicians recorded for this set is > > supposed to blow the old one out of the water > > The one I've heard (recorded in '78) features KEN ISHII on cello. > Whoo-hoo :-) And his is the *only* photo that doesn't have a name > next to it... though it's pretty easy to work out - (Japanese man > with cello- doh ).

I asked about this on IDM some time ago, and to my great surprise, was told that it's not the same Ken Ishii. !!??? That's got to be correct, b/c I saw a photo of Ishii (aka Flare etc., not the cello guy) in a mixmag and he looked much too young to have been hangin' with Steve Reich in the 70's. It's odd, though, two Ken Ishii's running around with a predilection for detailed, intricate repetitive music... but stranger things have happened, I suppose. J ________ \ / | "Who's Martha Stewart?" H. James Harkins | "She writes picture books about gracious living." jharkins@acpub.duke.edu | \/ | - from _Jeffrey_ "If we keep our attention focused on the present, we can be sure of one thing, namely that whatever we are attending to in this moment will change..." -- Jon Kabat-Zinn