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From:
jeff salamon
To:
wells
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Date:
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 12:07:04 +0000
Subject:
Re: (idm) Steve Reich question.
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wells wrote:
quoted 11 lines okay, there's this band called maximillian colby. i> > okay, there's this band called maximillian colby. i > don't know if anyone on here has ever heard of > them. anyway, they've got this one song with this > sample of a guy saying "i had to like open the bruise > and let some of the bruise blood come out." in the > (sparse) linear notes they give credit in the song to > "Steve Reich ('Come Out')". i'm just curious if anyone > knows if this is the composer steve reich, and if so, > what work it comes from. >
yes, it's steve reich the composer, and it comes from his late-'60s (i think) piece called "come out," which is usually paired with the somewhat more famous, though procedurally similar, "it's gonna rain". jeff