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City Life / Proverb
Classical · 1996 · 7 tracks · 41m

City Life / Proverb

Steve Reich

Street sounds transformed into orchestral machinery. A gritty, digital-age symphony paired with a hauntingly beautiful vocal meditation on truth.

October 15, 1996

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A high-tension intersection of urban anxiety and mathematical serenity.

Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring integration of a real-world car alarm that becomes a structural harmonic element in the first movement.
The transition into the third movement where the speech melody of 'it's been a honeymoon' dictates the instrumental phrasing.
The soaring, interlocking soprano lines in Proverb that stretch a single sentence into a shimmering ten-minute meditation.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does City Life / Proverb sound next to the rest of Steve Reich's catalogue?

Field Recordings+2.9σ

The production is built around field recordings than this artist usually allows.

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