SOME OF THE NEW

A random but satisfying sampling of current artists who draw on experimental and minimalist traditions, merged with new age, space pop, gospel, cosmic jazz, and contemporary R + B .... giving us hope for the future. 

JULIANNA BARWICK - CALL (2013) 

JULIANNA BARWICK - THE MAGIC PLACE (2011) 

KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH - STRATUS (2016)

MARY LATTIMORE - THE QUIET AT NIGHT (2016)

NAILAH HUNTER - RUINS / QUIET LIGHT (SPELLS EP - 2020) - LEAVING RECORDS

GALDRE VISIONS - LIVING SPACE STATION (BAD DREAMS) - 2020 EP - LEAVING RECORDS

RAS G - CUTLASS (2020) 

FLYING LOTUS ft. THUNDERCAT - DESCENT INTO MADNESS (2014)

SERPENTWITHFEET - HYACINTH (DEACON 2021) 

EARTHEATER - BELOW THE CLAVICLE (2021)

FELICIA ATKINSON - EVERYTHING EVAPORATE (2020)

SARAH DAVACHI - DIAPHONIA BASILICA (CANTUS, DESCENT - 2020)

KELLY MORAN - WATER MUSIC (ULTRAVIOLET - 2018)

Attention! These artists and so many others are cut off from an income stream as the pandemic continues to prevent touring and live performance. If you'd like to support them, please consider purchasing their music via Bandcamp, or contributing to their work via Spotify's Artist Fundraising program, which can be found on their profile pages. Thank you. 

WARP RECORDS

BRAINFEEDER RECORDS

SECRETLY CANADIAN RECORDS

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Featured music

BRIAN ENO - THURSDAY AFTERNOON 

SATIE - 3 GYMNOPEDIES : NO 1

debussy - clair de lune

JOHN CAGE - IN A LANDSCAPE (1948)

ROXY MUSIC - 2Hb

BRIAN ENO- DISCREET MUSIC (1975)

BRIAN ENO - 1/1 MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS (1978)

KING TUBBY - JAH JAH DUB

PUBLIC IMAGE - CAREERING

MIDORI TAKADA - THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - MR HENRI ROUSSEAU'S DREAM (1983)

SATOSHI ASHIKAWA - STILL WAY (WAVE NOTATION 2) (1982)

ISAO TOMITA - CLAIR DE LUNE NO 3 (1974)

LAURIE SPIEGEL - THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE - OLD WAVE

BRIAN ENO - AN ASCENT

DAVID TOOP-OCEAN OF SOUND

BOOKS BY BRIAN ENO

BOOKS BY JOHN CAGE

BOOKS BY PAULINE OLIVEROS

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A short and messy introduction to minimalism + pattern music as presented by Nathan Larson. 

featured music:

STEVE REICH - ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT - I FAST w Pat Metheny

STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR MALLET INSTRUMENTS, VOICES + ORGAN

STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS

PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE - FACADES

PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE - MUSIC IN 12 PARTS

PHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH - KNEE 3

PHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN IN THE BEACH -ACT 1_ TRAIN 1

LAURIE ANDERSON - O SUPERMAN

LAURIE ANDERSON - FROM THE AIR

FRANK OCEAN - IN MY ROOM

CHARLI XCX - BOYS

DJ BC - GLASSBREAKS 01 - BEASTIE BOYS -PASS THE MIC / PHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH

SAWEETIE FT. DOJO CAT - BEST FRIEND

KRAFTWERK - TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - PLANET ROCK

KRAFTWERK - THE MAN MACHINE

FEARLESS FOUR - ROCKIN IT

KRAFTWERK - THE ROBOTS

DAFT PUNK - AROUND THE WORLD

SKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD - FOOT FUNGUS

TERRY REILY - IN C (1968)

TERRY REILY - IN C (SHANGHAI FILM ORCHESTRA 1989)

TERRY REILY- IN C (AFRICA EXPRESS/ MALI 2013)

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A quick and totally incomplete overview of the minimalist subgenre "drone" music!

Featured music:  

PAULINE OLIVEROS - LEAR (1989) 

Eliane RADIGUE - TRILOGY DE LA MORT (intermediate) 

LA MONTE YOUNG - COMPOSITION 1960 no. 7 

LAMONTE YOUNG - DREAM HOUSE (except from THEATER OF ETERNAL MUSIC)  

CHRISTINA VANTZOU - VALLEY DRONE 

Ram Narayan- Mishra Des

RADIK TYULUSH-oskus urag 

Krzysztof Penderecki- SONG OF THE CHERUBIM 

MEREDITH MONK-UNISON (1986) 

ROBERT AIKI AUBERY LOWE - RESONANCE PERFORMANCE 2014 

VELVET UNDERGROUND-LOOP 1964 

VELVET UNDERGROUND - VENUS IN FURS 

LOU REED - METAL MACHINE MUSIC 

JESUS + MARY CHAIN - NEVER UNDERSTAND 

NIRVANA - HEART SHAPED BOX 

SUNN O))) - MOCKING SOLEMNITY 

KALI MALONE - SPECTACLE OF RITUAL 

ELLEN ARKBRO - FOR ORGAN AND BRASS 

MARIA W HORN - EPISTASIS 

EMERALDS - SOLAR BRIDGE 

STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS 

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