I inaugurate today the #zot217 review and I do it in the best possible way with an astonishingly beautiful album. While it's a tribute album, this is an unmissable opportunity to relisten to the reinterpretation of a fundamental work in a perfectly executed live dimension. Enjoy listening.
Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C (Northern Spy Records, October 06, 2017)
Terry Mitchell Riley, born in Colfax on June 24, 1935. How many composers and musicians have been as influential as him over the last sixty years? Inspired by zen philosophy and Indian ragas, and the consequent use of instruments like the sitar and tabla (in addition to those more common in Western music), his minimalist music is built around regular, obsessive, repetitive rhythms to which layers of sounds with melodic and harmonic turns are superimposed. The creation of this kind of meditative and hallucinatory mantra has anticipated many of the typical themes of psychedelia and cosmic music, and it can still be said to have reached heights in experimentalism never before attained. 'In C' (1964) is perhaps his most famous work and is considered the most popular minimalist composition of all time. Conceived for an ideal number of 35 musicians, it is divided into 53 phrases and is here presented in its entirety by the Brooklyn Raga Massive (BRM), a collective of musicians well-versed in Indian music and led by Neel Murgai (voice and sitar). The collective, composed of 18 musicians, has performed the entire work in over 70 concerts. This one was recorded at Joe's Pub in New York on January 11, 2017. I think the most significant judgment on this work is indeed that of Terry Riley, who stated that he has never heard an ensemble like this perform 'In C'. A masterpiece.
BRM All Stars Perform Terry Riley's "In C" at Art Cafe, Brooklyn
P.S. The video is a short excerpt from a performance a few years ago at the Art Cafe in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C (Northern Spy Records, October 06, 2017)
Terry Mitchell Riley, born in Colfax on June 24, 1935. How many composers and musicians have been as influential as him over the last sixty years? Inspired by zen philosophy and Indian ragas, and the consequent use of instruments like the sitar and tabla (in addition to those more common in Western music), his minimalist music is built around regular, obsessive, repetitive rhythms to which layers of sounds with melodic and harmonic turns are superimposed. The creation of this kind of meditative and hallucinatory mantra has anticipated many of the typical themes of psychedelia and cosmic music, and it can still be said to have reached heights in experimentalism never before attained. 'In C' (1964) is perhaps his most famous work and is considered the most popular minimalist composition of all time. Conceived for an ideal number of 35 musicians, it is divided into 53 phrases and is here presented in its entirety by the Brooklyn Raga Massive (BRM), a collective of musicians well-versed in Indian music and led by Neel Murgai (voice and sitar). The collective, composed of 18 musicians, has performed the entire work in over 70 concerts. This one was recorded at Joe's Pub in New York on January 11, 2017. I think the most significant judgment on this work is indeed that of Terry Riley, who stated that he has never heard an ensemble like this perform 'In C'. A masterpiece.
BRM All Stars Perform Terry Riley's "In C" at Art Cafe, Brooklyn
P.S. The video is a short excerpt from a performance a few years ago at the Art Cafe in Brooklyn.
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2 jan 18
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