Goodall traces the legacy of ground breaking work in minimalism, sampling and music technology by composers such as Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Philip Glass and John Adams and identifies their ...

Minimalist music is created from short musical patterns. The patterns are repeated, layered and changed to make them interesting. It started in San Francisco in the 1960s. Famous minimalist ...

The Polish musician is a mainstay of streaming playlists with names like “Calm Vibes.” But she bristles at the notion that ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, minimalism defied the order of contemporary music. Today it’s present in philharmonics and films, having moved from counterculture to high culture. In 2016, it overtook Polish ...

Renowned for (and often reduced to) its alleged minimalism, Reich’s music employs picky timbral palettes applied to intricate rhythmic systems that create kaleidoscopic designs. But before long ...