One of electronic music 's earliest pioneers. Only 500 copies were pressed and given to hospitals and mental institutions.1958...+500 numbered copies edited in 2018 (remastered) courtesy of Fantôme Phonographique!!

Recorded at Le Poste Parisien Studio in Paris on Dec 4 & 5 1957. This soundtrack preceded and introduced, notably, Kind of Blue ( recorded March 2 & April 22 1959).one of the best film noir atmosphere.Oppressive, fatalism, anxiety...

1964. TRANSCENDENCE

1969. Library Music = A treasure-trove of stored moods/emotional states .

In 1970 he became a disciple of Pandit Pran Nath and made the first of his numerous trips to India.
Live solo improvisation. Los Angeles 18 April 1971/ Paris 24 May 1972 (Le Théatre de la Musique).
Sufi meditation (Semazen).

1970. HYPNOTIC extension of one chord.

Composed from 1974 to 1976" ...has the feel of a western classical/African ensemble emulating the feel & sound of gamelan with a slightly more Javanese feeling in its meditative repetition..."
A new compositional language...via john Coltrane! (Modal explorations/African roots).
Cover artwork by the artist Beryl Korot (Reich's wife).

A balm for the Dark Night of the Soul "...éther , éther ... eh! Terre

I stumbled upon this record 30 years ago, probably attracted to this strange/glacial cover artwork. In my young mind, this sounded like a kind of tibetan mantra/north Indian classical raga, mystical & deep. A shock.1973.
Photography cover by Willie Christie inspired by the Yayoi Kusama 1965 "Infinity Mirror Room "/Lucas Samaras "The Mirrored Room"1966.

Lucio Fulci film. 1971.Psychedelic nightmares. Francis Bacon, Dali, Freud...

The great Bruno Nicolai,right hand man to Morricone. Score to the 1971 Emilio Miraglia Giallo film.

1972. Experimentalist,genius.

The last one of Luigi Scattini's trilogy. Zeudi Araya...
Piero Umiliani,il grande maestro.1974.Erotism.

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE COMPOSER. Serious chills.1969.Film by Radley Metzger. Contemporary reworking of A Dumas 'La Dame aux Camélias.

1974 documentary by Folco Quilici. Awareness.

Capo Comino. Sardegna.1974.

1974.Jacques-Yves Cousteau avait fait appel á lui pour un documentaire "Voyage au Bout du Monde-L'Antarctique" mais...il préféra Ravel (!).
Prėcurseur,alchimiste, poète...LA MER.

La Bretagne ! 1977.
2018 reissued (Bravo!)

1978.OVNI.
WRWTFWW (!)

1976.

1973.

1977. Recorded live in Grace Cathedral. Natural reverberations. Melancholy,contemplation.

1974.

1974.

1973.