Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint

Classical · 2012 · 10 tracks · 55m

Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint

Rhythmic phasing. Interlocking electric guitars create a shimmering, mathematical wall of sound that is both hypnotic and intensely focused.

May 1, 2012

A rigorous, shimmering intellectualism that resolves into a hypnotic state of flow.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 55m

01

Electric Counterpoint I Fast

6:51

02

Electric Counterpoint: Slow

3:21

03

Electric Counterpoint: 3rd Movement (excerpt)

4:28

04

Under the Weather MIX (Electric Counterpoint remix)

5:29

05

Nagoya Guitars

4:54

06

Godspeed Remix (Nagoya Guitars remix)

4:53

07

2x5: I. Fast

10:12

08

2x5: II. Slow

3:12

09

2x5: III. Fast

7:08

10

So Many Layers of Colour Become a Deep Purple Heart (to Steve Reich)

5:16

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden shift in harmonic color midway through Electric Counterpoint I Fast where the guitars lock into a new, brighter key.

The way the rhythmic density in 2x5: I. Fast builds until the distinction between individual instruments dissolves into a single pulsing organism.

The ghostly, slowed-down resonance of the Nagoya Guitars remix that stretches the original's sharp attacks into long, ambient plumes.

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