Steve Reich "Music for 18 Musicians" -Pulse

[Chewy7771]

very powerful

[gordomcc]

being a producer of electronic music, it is always fascinating to listen to music like this. I like the subtlety in this. The use of changes in dynamics and changes in tone and timbre to create interest in your work.

[lobezno06]

only "good soul people" can sit and play this music for others to plenty enjoy. Exellent team work at his ensamble. they are great and also beutifull!

[begetf]

magical sound waves...

[ksatnod]

i really enjoy all kind of music, but this is just annoying. people actually sit and listen to this? interesting....

[gearlockT]

@ksatnod If you really enjoyed all kinds of music you wouldn't find this annoying now would you. On the whole grand display of musical expression in my experiences this complete work is one of the most beautiful creations I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.

[ksatnod]

@gearlockT really? so tell me, how come you like high pitched continuous noise?

[gearlockT]

@ksatnod to me it's not high pitched continuous noise but more of a evolution of harmonies and melodies unlike anything else I have ever heard, the transitions and merging of each instrumental piece produces a theme I find very mesmerizing, meditative and pleasurable.

[ksatnod]

@gearlockT well, since you put it that way, I shall choose my words more wisely. Instead of saying what i was saying, now I will just say this new classical creation with a modern intuition and spontaneous urge for creativity will not be pleasant for all ears. :) I shall respect such creation as heck I didnt create anything. :)

[gearlockT]

@ksatnod Nicely put!

[lobezno06]

@ksatnod jajajaja

[LeolaEdwardsw788]

also geht so ab mehrere hundert am tag und es is einfach

[mustardofdoom]

Love those bass clarinets :)

[19galliano65]

@mustardofdoom Ja!

[TranceCommunity1984]

THAT is music! no more words to say....

[stephaneakaVartan]

Thanks Steve Reich ..Tooooo good

do not understand at all the 10

[frushuante]

I was there.

One of the most impressive and mesmerizing concerts I've experienced.

[gelscomas]

Experimentos sonoros...me parece música facil de tocar pobre de tiimbre,pobre de melodia, de dinámicas, de ritmo..No puedo entender tanto éxito

[1984alexsilva]

@gelscomas Varias cosas:

La música para ser interesante no necesariamente ha de ser dificil de tocar....primer error.

El segundo error que veo en tu afirmación, desde mi opinión, es el de fijarte en la técnica y no en lo que el autor está expresando...Hay que abrir la mente. La música es comunicación, puede ser programada como matemática, si; pero no debemos olvidarnos de su función principal que es la de expresar, no agilidad...eso es deporte. Me gustaría, de todos modos, ver lo que tu haces.

[clarkzender]

@gelscomas isso pq vc não sabe sentir a musica

[dogisgreat1]

So beautiful! I can only imagine the sensation of being in the same room with these pulsing waves of sound. It must be fantastic.

[dogisgreat1]

So beautiful! I can only imagine the sensation of being in the same room with these pulsing waves of sound. It must be fantastic.

[llamatube]

Reich! Reich! Reich! Reich!

[TokyoTrainStyle]

@llamatube I'm slightly worried that you included a Fourth Reich...

[llamatube]

@TokyoTrainStyle Reich! Reich! REICH!!! REICH!!! REIIIIICH!!!!!

[Coopersmith1000]

I don't care what people say. Steve Reich is a genius!

[Terpentijn]

the female voices ruïn the entire composition

[elisemeitner]

For me, it is a beautiful, musical metaphor for the cooperation and synchronicity of our organs working together in the body. The sum is greater than the whole of its parts.

His music reminds me that I am alive!

[gearlockT]

@elisemeitner wow, perfectly said!!

[TheSchubert21]

Such great music. It's easy in today's day and age to not fully appreciate so-called "minimalism", but the fact is that it took great courage to write this kind of music in the time when the academic institutions were still enamored with serial composition. Not to mention that these sonorities that Reich create were written long before modern techno and pop music tried to imitate this kind of sound.

[ChillionaireBeats]

God Is Real

[kriptozen]

@ChillionaireBeats

Accord: we can feel clearly God with this incredibly beautiful music!

[compmusic81]

Fascinante...

[Louisrulesoutloud]

I'm learning to play this early Glass piece so I thought I'd make a video version. No, this is not me playing it, this is a sequence I did with Cubase. And it's playing back at twice the tempo as Glass' original recording from 1975. I primarily sped it up so it would fit within YouTube's 10 minute time limit, but actually now I really like hearing it at this speed. And since I'm not aware of any tempo indication on Glass' original score. I love The Harmony :)

[Dengatube]

I will never going to stop loving this truly innocent piece. Synchronized sonic spirituality.

[dcco76]

I only see 16 musicians and 2 singers.

[cookie91091]

@dcco76 They're still creating music, ergo they are musicians....

[dcco76]

@cookie91091 Its a joke

[borisisthemusic]

@dcco76 you mean 16 instrumentists and 2 singers. they are all musicians

[dcco76]

@borisisthemusic read above comment. 'twas a joke.

[meltingwindfarm]

i guess you get to wear a baseball cap in the concert hall if you're the composer.

[Nazgulinet021]

@meltingwindfarm maybe cause he's jewish ? anyway i don't care...

[justinsp125]

Fantastic piece, poor upload... the sound of the video cuts out ocassionally

[LaurentziuRo]

Great music !

[caoutchoucmilisec]

Brilliant! Music of the spheres , the simplest soution is the best ! This mesmering/ mantric creation made me think at the connection between autism and genius

[enelfaz]

THANKS FOR THIS VIDEOS!!! ABSOLUTELY .....VERY VERY FANTASTIC!

[tinaquintino]

AMEI!

[matterdot]

That is the funniest video I've seen for ages. Thanks.

[lordoid]

@matterdot What is funny about that?

[theprof1958]

Steve Reich is one of the piano players

[peteug]

GREAT!!!

THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO!!!

[jjoyner000]

is that keiko abe on marimba?

[gurcrist]

@jjoyner000 That would surprise me.. She is 73 years old and she didn't look older than 50... Might be all the sushi tho :P

[jitterbugdance]

why do the singers look so strained

[bangdalotron]

@jitterbugdance

because they're counting measures, "three hundred thousand forty two, three hundred thousand forty three, three thousand forty five..."

[ajre82]

@jitterbugdance

what they're doing with their voices is pretty hard

[jclmedb27]

why is there 19 musicians. and if you say "steve reich doesn't count" then you're terribly wrong. lol

[brt5470]

@jclmedb27 One is the sound guy I believe.

[xiaosainzboy]

2:58...I really want to know what he's thinking.

[DirgesMusic]

@xiaosainzboy

"Did i just do that shit? HEEEELLLLLLLLA Yeah i did!"

[llamatube]

*applauds* Reich, a treasure of our generation.

[onionillo]

Sorry but I experience complete breaks every 30 seconds. In respect of the music can you delete this?

[jclmedb27]

@onionillo while the breaks are annoying they are only accidentaly disrespectful. it's not like the person that uploaded this WANTED there to be breaks in the video. and i don't think the breaks justify deleting the video. this is fantastic music and it NEEDS to be on youtube where people all over the world can have access to it. i'm far more amazed by this beautiful work of art than upset by the breaks in the videos. if you feel differently, then you missed what's important.

[7krimo7]

MINIMALISM :) AMAZING

[mytie67]

I can't seem to find this as a commercially available DVD. Can you please tell me the name of the DVD this came from? Thank you!

[lazyorc]

Music should be fun to play as it is to listen to :P this looks like one hell of a chore to play.

[kienmoor]

ich bin begeistert.......voll abgefahren !!!

[Isackism]

I know exactly what msr714 means. its a revelation of existence, a giant metaphysical poem of the universe

[FishInATree]

Amazing use of vocals as well.

[Grafitoypapel]

Tres minutos de aplausos... eso nos dice algo no?

Increible el Sr. Reich.

[mytie67]

Is this available to buy on DVD?

[bowd19]

@mytie67 yeah try amazon just type in music for 18 musicians steve reich

[DerLamer]

Wait... what? The first time I heard this I thought I was listening to electronic music made with keyboards... I'm amazed you can actually create this kind of sound with conventional instruments...

[alfaripopo]

@DerLamer

Haha, so cool. I don't know how old you are but me I am 25 and I listen mostly to all kind of electronic musics and I had the exact same reaction as you when I first heard Music for 18 musicians

That big ''WAIT A MINUTE, you can do this kind of stuff for real???!''

That's amazing music right here, coolest part is that it was written in 1976.

[jkpj22]

i feel like flowing over supernova.

[lcohen100]

The entire video composite of '18' on YouTube is thrilling. It had led me to a new understanding of this music, both analytic and emotional. Thanks so much to pckg21c for posting it.

[Garg221]

there should be no applause, its disturbing the atmosphere

[numberumber]

hahhahaha. They finished playing for at least 10 seconds before the applause started!!!! hahahah

[DonPuzo]

la ausencia de temas le sienta bien a la repetición

[scotpot]

Only recently been introduced to Steve Reich and much of the different types of 20th century Avant Garde music.. such amazing texture in this music.

[tommyk77]

Quite the opposite to avant-garde though. Check out Boulez, Stockhausen or Berio for avant-garde

[scotpot]

@tommyk77 - yeah, been studying this stuff at Uni, we've looked at the minimalist stuff such as Reich and Terry Riley and moved on to music by cardew, cage and xenakis.. too many to name really and for how many different types of Avant Garde there is. Thanks for the heads up.

[tommyk77]

@scotpot

Cool, man! Yeah, I quite like the textures the minimalist come up with. It's great when people like James Macmillan apply it to more dynamic music (compositionally). Check out 'Confession fo Isobel Gowdie'. It's on spotify!

[scotpot]

@tommyk77 Hey Tom, thanks for the suggestions - I'm trying to write some Avant Garde of my own so this will certainly help me for inspiration. Unfortunately I don't have spotify, had a sneak at it on itunes - I like the concept behind it, must get the full version. Aside from Avant garde been listening to Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (orc by Ravel). Gnomus is texturally so dark and wonderful, urge you to listen if you haven't already. Are you a composer yourself?

[tommyk77]

@scotpot

Yeah, the Ravel Orch is the best. Stokowsky does a good one too. For dark music, try our some Ligeti and Birtwistle too.

I do compose, I'm still learning of course, but I've uploaded a couple of my pieces on my channel if you wanna check them out.

[scotpot]

@tommyk77 Had a listen Tom, left a comment on the showcase page - great stuff fella, you have a real talent there. I've been playing electric guitar for about 14 years, was mainly a songwriter up until a year and a half ago - been studying classical stuff for only a year and a half - I'm aspiring to become a media composer, all of this is still relatively new to me but working hard at it.

P.s. we'll never stop learning ;)

[tommyk77]

@scotpot

Cheers!

[stephencraigen]

No point comparing them because they're so different...but they're all great in their own different ways. Funny to be so specific though whoever wrote the comment you were quoting...specifically Beethoven 5? And what's wrong with the other 5% of Bach??

And this is banal if you think it has to be listened to with the utmost concentration for the hour. It works best if you just let it wash over you.

[lennymferguson]

Listening to this song while playing 'Flower' on PS3 is good therapy.

[LooksAeterna]

@lennymferguson Sometimes it's fun to overlay several sections of 18 and play them simultaneously.

Try !

[Alavistaven2012]

That's amazing.......... I love it

[bodoboi]

Superbly filmed. Thank you for posting

[RedhotDrChiliPeppers]

This is just annoying to me.

[TheRealFatassFilms]

@RedhotDrChiliPeppers You're just gay, to me.

[maraxus83]

What's the problem, he's perfectly right to be annoyed. I like the piece, but, if you compare it to a Beethoven's Symphony, it is boring, and from a rational point of view. There's just not too much happening, and the reason why the piece still works is that is not meant to be listened that way and, more important not sitted in a chair!

[TheRealFatassFilms]

@maraxus83

Yeah but he didn't say "This, in comparison to pieces by composers such as Mozart or Beethoven, is something I find to be boring". He said "This is gay". It's not gay, it's incredible. Just because it's "dull" in comparison to Bach doesn't mean it's "gay".

And of course there isn't a lot going on. It's called minimalistic.

[tommyk77]

And if you compare a Beethoven to a Takemitsu piece, it's boring... or is it?

[thebigpaul666]

youre nick is ret hot dr chili peppers man. don't try too hard or your brain's gonna stop

[monstanoodle]

Steve Reich is one of my favourite composers to date.

Shine on....

[nouralharirii]

goddess

[SergeCWazukie]

there an mp3 to this??

[1337Ravage]

@SergeCWazukie sure, search "Music for 18 musicians" on iTunes.

[bobiquesada]

Fantastic!!

[KissMyAssWMG]

DIVINE

[kentokhromatic]

Wow, that's a long applause!

[japebarto5]

I love this shit!

[hiroakino68]

this music is sounds of heaven.!!!!

[ka88888888ka]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!

[xxbondsxx]

but the music skipping sucks :-/

[xxbondsxx]

SO good

[tsaxfreak]

is that keiko abe? no way. the last time i saw her in person she was SO OLD.

[sucking345]

wonderful!

[5botball]

I think this is very emotional music

[genericmadness]

Real nice of Gary Busey and Tim Roth to help out

[playswithpassion]

lol...if Gary Busey was a cellist instead of a fat drunk =/

[sinisterniik]

"Carpal Tunnel for 18 Musicians"

Absolutely fantastic!

[llamatube]

@sinisterniik LOL

[mustardofdoom]

@sinisterniik Oh this made me laugh so hard!

[msr714]

I love Reich, have for years. This piece is a very important work that blurs the distinctions we make between things like music and spirituality...listening to it is like sitting in the presence of God while he shows you the whole world.

[numberumber]

@msr714 I have to disagree. There is no 'God' in my opinion. So watching this live would be like sitting in the presence of 18 musicians and a big audience. Surely that's more realistic?

[DSowns1111]

@numberumber God doesn't have to mean an entity. Stop being a little bitch.

[numberumber]

@DSowns1111 Hey man, just expressing my opinion. Sorry!

[numberumber]

@msr714 plus you have subscribed to two Lady Gaga groups so your comment isn't relevant...

[brt5470]

@msr714 This is better than God.

[jitterbugdance]

@msr714  well said

[caoutchoucmilisec]

@msr714 

[EbClectic]

so incredible. plus: the guy basically invented sampleing, in my sight.

beautiful!

[SyrenWulf]

Shauffer / Stockhausen did it in the 40s

[franky2020]

its eleven chords which are then expanded one by one in the eleven parts. its truly a masterpiece, alongside Beethoven 5 and 95% of JS Bach!

[deefman]

somebody knows the tonality/root? thanks!

[deefman]

could be b-minor

[deefman]

thank you buddy

[bensparasite]

whenever i think of steve reich i can't help but think of "it's gonna RAIN"

[amistrymister]

1:16 nice chord

[thedividedheir]

I like to see Steve in there

[fosco85]

Thank you Steve! You are in my heart!!!!!!!!

[MyCalistHands]

this music sounds its his soul keeps tryin to escape, and he has to grab it and pull it back in. over and over.

[Czhim]

Beautiful! Well played. Actually I find this performance even more pleasing than the recording I first bought on CD.

It's a shame the sound has been squashed, though. Not to speak of the gaps. If this recording was out on DVD or CD without the squash-compression and gaps, I'd buy it right away.

[Centigonos]

It's the "Ensemble Modern" playing, and there's a recording of them playing this tune. I've seen them playing live on stage with Steve Reich and it was simply fantastic!

[Czhim]

Thanks for this. I just bought the EM CD version. I must say, they really know how to bring out the "breathing" character of '18.

[datemiretta]

L'origine dell'universo youtube:Stefano Ottomano

[EvilEddtheRed]

this music is a drug

this music is an anti-nazi

this music plays my soul

the aural equivalent of a magic eye

this music makes me opposite-of-cry

[LoveForAAR]

I love reich.

[SEXYBEAST8675309]

FUCKING BEAUTIFUL!

I LOVE IT.

[Darkk6969]

The 30 second burp is normal due to copyright crap. Just ignore it.

[SFuga7777777]

ahh minimalists. making allot out of a little.

[rhinogirl67]

Wow!!! Love it!!! Never heard of this guy before. Love Philip Glass and Henryk Gorecki... now this guy!!

[nikkormac]

the sound breaks for me once about every 30 seconds. is that the video or is it some process hogging all eight processor cores and all ten gigs of RAM in my machine?

[pckg21c]

The sound breaks was not able to be corrected by the one that had been caused when data was taken from the video into the computer.

[juujoo200]

@nikkormac Did I notice some boasting?

[saintneko]

proving once again that you don't have to be atonal or arrhythmic to be innovative in modern music

[Wrattenmusic]

this is no longer modern music!

[mklambatsea]

The eternity surrounds me

Thank you I feel alive!!!! and sensitive !!!!

[MidnightPolak]

Steve Reich is a genius! This is in my top 3 favourite pieces!

[gfterp]

An interesting re-intrpretation of a piece by it's composer. Adding female vocals is spooky-cool. Iwas at NYC premiere.

[DrFluffelz]

gfterp,

The female vocals are not a new addition but rather have always been a part of the piece. Maybe it's just something you never noticed

[EbClectic]

which to me is part of reich´s music: to keep discovering shit (`scuse me french)

[AkuraNanabi]

Thank you very much, this vid is absolutely awesome ^^

(Sorry for my english)

[farleywombat]

We saw this performance and the following night as well. On the Wednesday (this date), Daniel Variations was first up, then Music for 18 Musicians. Thursday night was the first movement of Drumming, Proverb (Synergy Vocals nailed it), and closed again (blissfully) with Music for ... The audience looks a little restrained in this edit, but I can say they went friggin' nuts!

[michaelthorner]

Really engaging stuff!

[LewisSmith]

I love this piece. Reich is a real bastard (excuse my language) to play. I got the score for NewYork Counterpoint when I was a UNi student. Hard work to play.. but sure. Check out the crossing hands on the piano in 18 musicians. But fuck 'em. Good music is hard sometimes....lmao.

[bouwgod]

Great, but there is a tech problem with the sound breaking up eg at 1:06 - any chance of re-posting?

[pckg21c]

Sorry. The noise input moving data from DVD to the computer. I can't correct it.

[maki718]

absolutely enthralling. and yes, time does seem to slow down.

[plasticSunlight]

fantastic work, one of the best piece of contemporary music

[SubZeroNinjaVampire]

is it just me or does time slow down

[TomventUK]

i love it when reich blinks at the end, sign of  enthralling accomplishment. Thanks

[pinkled]

Fantastic, thanks for posting this.