Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians

Genre:

Classical

Style:

Post-Modern, Minimal

Year:

1978

Tracklist

Pulse - Sections I-X - Pulse

56:31

Versions

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Music For 18 Musicians (CD, Album, RE)	ECM New Series, ECM New Series	ECM 1129, 821 417-2	Germany	1988
Music For 18 Musicians (LP, Album)	ECM Records	ECM 1129	Germany	1978
Music For 18 Musicians (LP, Album, Promo)	ECM Records	ECM 1-1129	US	1978
Music For 18 Musicians (CD)	Nonesuch	7559-73448-2	UK	1998
Music For 18 Musicians (CD)	Nonesuch	7559-79448-2	Europe	1998
Music For 18 Musicians (CD, Album)	Nonesuch	79448-2	US	1998
Music For 18 Musicians (CD, Album)	Nonesuch, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.	79448-2, D125597	US	1998
Music For 18 Musicians (CD, Album)	ECM New Series, BMG Classics	ECM 1129, 78118-21129-2	US	2000
Music For 18 Musicians (CD, Album)	ECM Records	ECM 1129	Germany

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Rated 5/5

Review by drbob May 04, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)

referencing Music For 18 Musicians, LP, Album, ECM 1129

It's quite a shame that the music doesn't fit on one side of the record. The piece is composed by combining musical loops, performed by 18 musicians on acoustical instruments. The way these loops interact results in a deeply mesmerizing soundscape. Having to turn the record in the middle of the performance may be quite annoying. My advice would be to get it on cd.

Due to the nature of the composition the piece may be of particular interest to those who are into deep loopy techno.