Steve Reich • Music for 18 Musicians CD Trailer

[Yoshi17th]

not my kind of music =/

[jellesound]

Just awesome!

[tektus123]

:-)))

[barryandsusan1844]

I have been listening to this piece since it was first recorded and never grow tired of it. If stranded on the proverbial desert isle with but one cd this would be it.

[vilxan]

I should be there right now at the Royal Albert Hall watching Steve Reich perform this, but the UK Riots have prevented my travel :(

[greenthumbgirl6]

idk but i think this a great thing to show a kid who is thinking about quitting band class or an instrument because this video is really inspiring and makes band and music look extremely fun! its quite inspiring!

[Barbie6892]

Follow me @ChanelNo16

[rareflorence]

skins anyone?

[destinylovepeace]

@rareflorence ME (:

[xA55x]

Its inspired me

[markbarsamian]

What a great way to spend a year!

[Mynameisnumber5]

to me this song sounds like happiness

[5botball]

Why is there a conductor!!!!!!!!!???????

[maestropugliese]

Qué música tan maravillosa no? Si parece que toda la escritura sea acerca de algo como el humus más fertil... Abrazo!

[MrSkyHarbor]

WONDERFUL KIDS!

THIS is why we can't AFFORD to take the Arts out of education!

Nice job! I hope you ALL got A's! ;-}

[ianrcopeland]

headphones AND a conductor? more like music for 18 toddlers.

[sgeir]

The London Sinfonietta recently played this at an outstanding performance in Glasgow. They're playing it again in Birmigham on 11 March. 

[MrLimbking]

@sgeir I just watched the one in birmingham, it was absolutely magic!

[zazeify]

the music playing in the tunnel leading from one world to the next.

[galinirob]

Lovely....very similar structure to  piece by Mike Oldfield; Incantations part 1

[AddictiveRhythm]

Hi

I uploaded a remix of Steve Reich´s Movements part 3...

I postet it as a video response.

I know it´s poor to promote his videos in comments and I understand if this is marked as spam.

But I´m just looking for some feedback and I don´t know where to get it from.

My remix was actually part of a competition, ended up 60th of 250 competitors...

Thanks in advance

-AR

[mroyal88]

incredible sounds...of inevitability...incredible. The opposing dialogue about the meaning and value of this music is incredible also. The focus on how you feel about it pulls you further away from what it is. At 60, I am just getting that. As Paul said, Let It Be.

[ulfenstyle]

its a very creative idea...but as i read on some webpage: soulles and impossible to enjoy.

But i kind of liked this a bit though.

[paulfuckingsnow]

@ulfenstyle how is this in any way soulless? i'm assuming you mean soulless. listen to the harmony. listen to the emotion. how is it soulless?

[ulfenstyle]

@paulfuckingsnow as i said, and i say it again: "but as i read on some webpage".

no offense. see it more as a question than a direct judgement.

[devinsides11]

This fucking sucks

[Oxgen85]

This musical composition sounds out of this world!

Thank you very much for posting it, billry1!

Dmitri

[Camrydrive]

It sounds...warm.  Pleasant, and encompassing.

[ReavisBand]

That's my AUNT!!!!!!

[ndatass]

above and beyond requested

[kementhari]

WoooWWW! My favourite!!! Thanks!!!!!!

[415michell]

nice sound !

[paddywalsh84]

Sublime! Im still discovering the incredible works Steve Reich. For anyone else new - I was instantly taken by this song also: Music for a Large Ensemble - Steve Reich

[sparrow912]

doing it for my extended essay

[fhaa2000]

Monday Night Music... la última rola del primer concierto de Radiohead el año pasado en el Foro Sol fue "Everything In Its Right Place", misma que terminó con un loop de Thom Yorke simplemente fántastico. Bien, el Rey del Loop y del ensamble instrumental es Steve Reich. Junto a Kraftwerk revolucionaron lo que hoy conocemos como música electrónica. Chequen el trailer del "Music for 18 Musicians", y continuemos descubriendo a este genio musical. :)

[theHellzapoppin]

him, riley, cage and antonin artaud.

[21chesterarthur]

Its absolutely amazing! An Admirer from Germany

[CardbreakerX]

I love this piece! :)

[stargenemolly]

Absolutely mesmerizing and enchanting. I can't help

smiling and shaking my head in wonder as it flows

and tumbles through its playful changes and frame

shifts. As though Reich has tapped into the elfin

music of atoms, light and galaxies as they whirl

their cheerful, unending dances in time. And there

is no doubt in my mind that musical hearts from

Johann Sebastian to Igor would have dug it.

[TehKondor]

This music would be excellent for Sim City

[21bucky21]

its like classical techno.....

[gamefanatic1131]

@21bucky21 thought the same thing when i first heard it. 

[drag00re]

5|_|<|<5

[Misterknock]

Listening to this while watching a starry sky is a good experience.

Good work Steve Reich, really.

[kienmoor]

Mr. Reich you are one of the best !

[phishbutter]

After listening to this... My cat dry humped the Rubik's Cube!!!!

[edward1369]

I love this song. This is my favourite one out of the album. I believe the sole purpose and ability of music is to change one's mental disposition. I believe traditionally music does this through tonal contrast but i Steve Reich is a new age of composers who attempts to do this through rhythmic contrast.

Personally, at first, i am still finding it hard to grasp.

[SclafaniBagni]

Sufjan Stevens ripped this off in his album Illinois on the track "Out of Egypt..."

[rubensalceda]

ladies and gentleman i am floating in the space...anybody knows when was it recorded for first time??

[catfdljws]

@rubensalceda Steve Reich recorded it twice, first soon after the 1976 premiere, and again on the Nonesuch label in 1998 (which is the version included in the 2 Nonesuch Reich compilation boxed sets). The 1976 was rereleased in 2000 and is still available as a cd and an mp3 download @ amazon.  There have been 2 other recordings of it in addition to this one.

[annemyashea]

This is my favorite. The video and the music together is just perfect. I've watched sop many times

[podiumman2]

Where can I buy this?!? I want it in SACD!!

[podiumman2]

I HAVE TO BUY THIS!!!!! I was introduced to Reich's music in 1977...ROFL...my first response was....is the record broken?!? I "got it" pretty quickly, though. The Music for 18 Musicians soon became one of my all-time favorite works. That these young musicians had this chance to play this and perform it for Steve Reich almost brings me to tears.

[poddypoldi]

Simply the very BEST! I love it!!

[MikeTheTeacher]

I didn't think the terms ambient and minimalist were mutually exclusive.

[LooksAeterna]

Wonderful

[KaunisRoheline]

I fucking llove ambient music.

[Srayliji]

But this isn't ambient music. It's minimalist. It is wonderful though, isn't it?

[KaunisRoheline]

well yeah...

[chrisfactoryboi]

I agree full heartedly.

[playswithpassion]

"Minimalism" as they so call it, can tend to have an ambient quality to it due to the repetition in it. A piece like this always puts me in a relaxed, almost trance-like state. So yes, you could call it minimalist...but you can also not that it has ambient qualities to it...etc.etc.

Labeling music isn't really the point though, this is a wonderful piece no matter what people consider it as.

[fj5a017]

Great music and very well played, thanks for uploading. But it is hard to believe what I read, that it is so popular one even hears it in bars. I cannot imagine that it goes with beer, wine, champagne or schnaps. Green tee might be a good choice. If I were a barkeeper I would not chose it as bar music for fear of going bankrupt.

[fj5a017]

Feels like driving endlessly from the east coast to the west coast.

[kefsound]

@fj5a017 ...a bit crude but you made your point :)

[IViolentiAmorosi]

STEVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­E

[beethovenlover1216]

Nice Doc!!!  The ensemble sounds fantastic...love it

[Majestiner]

Hi! I'm Joonas From Finnland. Can I use your video in our school project? :)

[rhymeswithgabriel]

@Majestiner did you ever end up using it for your school project? curious.

[Bulldog22031]

1:56

I love how he brings in the woodwinds to ebb and flow throughout the next portion of the piece

[daddysgirlforever4]

this makes me calm :D

[rickenbru]

Brilliant

[Dengatube]

Timeless. This one, Octet and Music for a Large Ensemble.

There is a fine line between repetitive music and repeating his one style what Reich does nowadays and which is really boring.

[5h1n10]

??? :(

[horseriderdu75]

J'etudie steve reich en ce moment en 3eme

[magicstar911]

section IIIA (:

[marekmotor]

Perfect music and very nice "video-story"

[jgroat68]

this is section I, (section 1) i believe

steve reich is amazing

[Artms125]

Could anybody tell me what section it is? Thank you :-)

[Kaoxon]

What's the song that plays during the video called? I love it.

[NescioDestiny]

How about 'Music for 18 Musicians' LOL

[beepbeeprustrust]

It's pronounced reich, as in the german word reich, meaning kingdom or grand order. the third reich, etc.

[rjm1009]

nope

[culturalicon]

It is spelled that way, but he actually pronounces it with a soft "sh" sound at the end.

[xwithcoldeyesx]

it's actually not prounced as the German. It has the soft 'sf.' I've seen performances with him in it, and that's how he pronounces it. He's a NY Jew, not a German, so like many Americans, the pronunciation has evolved. Sometimes the Brits pronounce it with a hard "Ch," but they also say Cant for Kant, etc.

[primevalfan95]

hang on... wasn't this song on skins the tv show? =O

[pog21]

I think noses are OK.

[idunnowadtoplay]

Steve Reich (Reich is not pronouse as 'rich' it is 'rai-k

[LogInAnders]

Are you pronose? I am against noses.. Amazing how music can bring completely different people together.

[MariusChamberlin]

Reich like German Reich right?

Not being sarcastic, just wondering how it's pronounced.

[trumpet90909]

Not sure that is actually correct. His surname is pronounced: "Rye-Ch" with a definite "Chh" at the end, not 'k' sound.

[rjm1009]

correct

[datemiretta]

L'origine dell'universo youtube:Stefano Ottomano

[Kraftwerkskennzeichn]

this one of the most rejuvenating pieces of music that I have heard. I can't wait for the performance of Double Sextet at the Guggenheim in September!

[geekengineer]

Phillip Glass wants his repetitive themes back.

But I like it just the same.

[ammonman]

Ha. I had an ex who love Phillip Glass, and I'd always ask him, "I have one of his pieces in my head, you know the one with all the arpeggios. Which one is that?" It would piss him off.

[geekengineer]

Come on people, my Phillip Glass comment was NOT meant as an insult!

Geez!

[PatrickDunnevant]

Hahahahaha...That's awesome.

[gimbletube]

LOL !

[phishbutter]

@ammonman That shit is funny!

[1swerdna]

This is amazing!

[4darin5]

Incredible. Had one of my most memorable bowel movements listening to this song.

[thedrumbum1990]

like a bubble bath for the ears! :D

[polishfish]

absolutely!

[HAMayoral]

@thedrumbum1990 More like a bubble bath for the soul. Very hypnotizing!

[domanstevens]

@thedrumbum1990 exactly! just recently rediscovered this music

[rumpwrestler]

@thedrumbum1990  Don't you mean AN ENEMA FOR THE EARS?

[djdorama]

i dont know if i've commented on this before, but yeah, IIIA has always been my fav

[djwhunter]

Absolutly briliant. Reich's music is absolutly unbelivable. I too, am using it to revise minimalism for my scores. I have recently hooked up with composer Robert J. Bradshaw and Ive been sening him my scores via e-mail. He recomended this to me after I one of the compositions I sent him. This and Adams' "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" anyway, Brovo!

[PianoManJed]

Sweet, isn't it? You should check out his Electric Counterpoint...especially the last movement. Very relaxing, pulsating, and neat!

[PS3Edvantage]

ha using it to revise minimalism for my music GCSE! Must say u must have a brain to come up with a piece like that.

[shubus]

I've been listening to thie piece for over 20 years. The recording these folks have made in 5.1 is a real eye opener. Melodic lines I never knew existed come thru in this groups recording.

[andrewtheman19]

Oh my God, I am in love!!!! I heard a tidbit of Reich's newest work on the Colbert Report and immediately tried to find some online...

Ever since I first heard Stravinsky's Petrouchka I've been searching for something as different and exciting, I think I found that in Reich....

[narozzz]

On the Colbert Report? Did Colbert interview Reich?! AARGH!! I HATE IT WHEN I MISS EPISODES!!!

[musicaltheory1]

WHAT!?!?! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!?!?

[ptitjujudu52]

c'est se jor de truc qu'il fo pour les cour de music

[andrewcramer13]

aphex twin?

[WoofiLicious]

i want this on my iPod! lol

[ludwigvan17]

As I'm listening to this, I feel like my brain is being massaged.

[KooshieAlmond]

This track was used at the Dries Van Noten FW09 fashion show. you can find it on here, youtube. its the womenswear show btw. it went AMAZINGLY well with the show,

[vinnyelia]

Fantastici

[JorPove]

Con la excepcion del canon biblico absoluto de " Amar a Dios" no existe-para el ser humano otros canones rigidos ,inamovibles. Por lo contrario absolutamente todo esta sujeto a parametros de movilidad cosmica y por tanto humanas. Entre ellos-claro esta-los canones musicales para expresar sonidos ,imagenes y otras caracteristicas inherentes al arte musical. Obviamente algunas expresiones toman mas tiempo que otras para ser aceptadas y aun las que son rechazadas se aceptan luego.

[iuriher]

this is music

[hoffschauer]

This is so minimalist.

[9kolajbertelsen]

This is classical techno

[nanachtoronto]

beautiful, nanach

uzinanaj

[zzork]

in skins? ugh

[mklambatsea]

Wat nice is life when you are able to hear this music

The perfection of  it feels like you can touch the eternity

Thank you

[PatGleeson123]

I wonder did Tangerine Dream think of this when writing 'Love On A Real Train' ?

[mmmrenkas]

yes, the similarities are clear,

I think they were inspired by it.

[ThatRuthy]

skins has a good music

[ryanhutchings]

beautiful song, and used so well in the episode of skins

[prodical666]

thats where i heard it too. i liked how they blended it into another similar sounding song, it worked really well!

[maromo1]

I don't usually listen to this kind of music, " It bores the arse off me ", but I like this one, and it doesnt bore me.

[aLfR3dd]

genius

[12monkey001]

good!! but zzz

[solhagen00]

the beauty in music....

[jonrudess]

I think the wonder of music is that there is for all kind of locations, moods, etc. Great woooork of steve reich!

[aLfR3dd]

I'm a classical composer. I think this is a great piece of art. No doubts.

[carlosnata]

masterpiece

[RadioScarecrow]

My favourite section of the peice

[robotkarel]

XXth century 9th symphony

[joeparkes]

minimalism is just amazing! Steve Reich is in my opinion one of the best minimalist composers!

[maki718]

all I can say about minimalism, in all art forms, is that it is stunning

[epicmenio]

no words for this <3

[zzzsheepyzzz]

It's like orchestra techno

[lexo30]

Techno would be more fun.

[mullkettleoffish]

Technoob. Are you not aware that this style of music was massively influential upon techno? Techno wouldn't exist without this classical movement.

[lexo30]

You talking to me? I would prefer it if techno didn't exist, because I don't like it. But I suppose it keeps some people off the streets.

[eddie23a]

The Orb's Little Fluffy Clouds sampled Reich's Electric Counterpoint

watch?v=ohMynbDlb2c

watch?v=oWMIXgCaJPQ

[reformationposttlc]

In "Faust", Goethe speaks of something like "sphere harmony". I think he meant this.

[littlej4121]

it makes you glad to be alive he is a gift to our time!

[aLfR3dd]

Genius

[LuxAurumque]

This is absolute beauty.

[occamsindecision]

interesting, but too repetitive and simple for my tastes.

[MidnightPolak]

hence the title "minimalist" music

[lorenzarthur91]

i think it would be nice as a filmmusic.

when i go to a concert i want to listen to music with variety, this stays the same all the time, and i hope the marimbaphone - players are payed well...

[zeroinfinit]

All there is is variety. You're not listening.

[lexo30]

The basic pulse of the music changes very slowly, if at all. Likewise, the dynamics change very slowly and remain within a very narrow range. The harmonic range doesn't change at all, and the melodic components are repeated quite a few times before they give way to other components.

Yes, there is variety in this music. Just nowhere near enough, in my opinion.

[cybeavertoo]

well lexo, thats what u get when u take in your shot of minimal music. With all the variety you clearly need to enjoy yourself, this music wouldnt be the intriguing piece of listening experience it wanted to be, standing out from all that music with lots of 'variety'.

[lexo30]

Not sure I understand your meaning there, my friend, what with your individual take on the syntax of the English language. Want to have another go?

[cybeavertoo]

well, if next time u adress me, u try to b as fluent in my native language dutch to get across to me, as i try in english to get some message across to u, i promise next time i will not laughter out load about such a show of not-native-speakers-bashing.

By the way, if u r such a purist, u should separate indepent sentences by point and capital. Lucky for u i still understood what u said ;) U really didnt understand my phrase? Work those brainies, lexo. Yes you can!

[lexo30]

Droevig, gebruikte ik het lokale Engels. Ik ben werkelijk geen "purist". Ik begreep wat niet u schreef. Is dit beter?

[alphabet123456798]

Oh, you meant the other guy's syntax. My apologies, he sucks.  Nice Dutch.

[lexo30]

Apology accepted. Dank u.

[cybeavertoo]

LOL but think eye understand local inglish batter

[alphabet123456798]

What's wrong with his syntax? All there is is variety. Variety is all there is. You're not reading.

[alphabet123456798]

ik heb honger. ik wil stroopwafels.

[priser24]

The whole thing it a study on eleven chords. That's it. It's exactly what it's meant to be. If that's not enough "variety" for you, fine.

What can I say? It bores the arse off me. If it doesn't bore the arse off you, then, like you say, fine.