Bliss: Reich's Six Marimbas (1986) - Part One

Six Marimbas (1986) by Steve Reich. Performed at the University of Kentucky's Singletary Center for the Arts on February 23, 2008.

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[zenmachinefilms]

Fantastic. 

[andybliss1]

@zenmachinefilms Thanks!

[andybliss1]

@andybliss1 Thanks so much!

[SKOTP69]

Genius! 'Bliss' captures it quite correctly!

[andybliss1]

@SKOTP69 Thank you so much for your kind words.

[hhspchh]

Great performance. I'd pay to see it live! I posted this on FB a couple of weeks ago; no-one admitted to liking it, but I see the hits have jumped.

[andybliss1]

@hhspchh Thanks for the "virtual" support by reposting.

[thedrumbum1990]

absolutely fantastic. what a sound world he creates

[MojoFranklin]

This just makes me want to learn the Marimba so much!! :D

[adcleavy]

why try and explain a song? Listen to or write and perform one. This isn't techno without a bassline. This isn't inferior or superior to Phillip Glass. It's Steve Reich, this is music and no-one here is in a position to say otherwise. Your opinion counts for you. We are here to listen to Steve Reich and talk about that experience. Go start a blog. No you've disturbed and interrupted me enough. Be gone.

[Nikool87]

ohhhh it makes me craaaazyy :O

[YazGuitarChannel]

Listen to Waiting Man by King Crimson from 1982. Is this just a coincidence? I know Fripp was influenced by Reich, but what about the other way around, too?

[MadTomOfBedlam]

call me dull, but it seems a bit monochromatic to me. i like a beat that people can dance to, especially from a marimba, this sounds like techno without a bassline to me.

[Percnumber1]

It takes a little while to memorize it :/

[FinaleGoofups]

@nickman287 No, Phillip Glass is simplicity at its best. This is really annoying.

[blayzella]

Saw this live, at Cambridge corn exchange and got told off for getting up and dancing!

Magical.

[nickman287]

@ofatheroartificer so? Even though something isn't super complicated, it doesn't mean it's not smart and good. This here is a prime example of simplicity at its best.

[liamcd123]

@ofatheroartificer Part II: This is beautiful, evocative music. Get with it or get out.

[liamcd123]

@ofatheroartificer Did you know everything is a competition? Everyone should always compare music to other music because it is imperative to make lists of 'the best' and 'the worst'. No. Shut the h**l up. No one came here to listen to you. Who cares if its 'been done before'. Reich acknowledges that this isn't his own idea--there's Balinese and other southeast asian influence and yeah, his contemporaries influenced him too. Not a single person here is interested in your pretentious bashing.