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Posted: Oct. 24 2013, 14:08 |
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Quote (Priabonia @ Oct. 24 2013, 17:47) | Much as I love "Music for 18 Musicians" I don't think it had much influence on Incantations. Much more likely candidates are Philip Glass (especially Music in Fifths which has a similar "math rock" intricate structure) and Terry Riley "In C" (the opening figure of which was supposedly the inspiration for the opening riff of Tubular Bells...there's a synth arpeggio somewhere on Incantations which is a dead ringer for one of the organ riffs on "In C'... |
Well - Glass, Reich, and Riley are sort of the "holy trinity" of so-called minimalist music (I don't think any of the three likes the term, but that's what it gets called anyway), and I think it's more than likely that Mike was equally aware of all three. The Riley piece that influenced the TB opening was, I think, "A Rainbow In Curved Air". Philip Glass is a given, seeing how Mike even "covered" one of his pieces.
But the obvious similarity between Incantations and M18 is in the tuned percussion. I distinctly remember I immediately thought "Incantations!" when I first heard M18. So I wonder why exactly you think it so unlikely that it influenced Mike? While I don't remember Mike mentioning Reich in any interview I've read (except for MotS, if I remember correctly), he'd hardly be bothered with mentioning each and every piece of music he's ever liked.
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