LoginRainbow in Curved Air
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Terry Riley is generally bracketed with such 1960s minimalist composers as Steve Reich and his 1968 album In C, performed by a makeshift orchestra, is a masterpiece of that genre. A Rainbow In Curved Air takes a different tack, as Riley plays all the instruments. The title track features a scampering organ motif, occasionally erupting in flustered keyboard flourishes. The second track, "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band" anticipates some of Brian Eno's later ambient work with its drones, delay lines and crudely spliced tape loops. The sleeve notes are a prose-poem depicting a happy-ever-after utopia. "All wars end
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Manufacturer: Sony
Release date: 24 October 1994
EAN: 5099747784927 UPC: 5099747784927
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Release date: 24 October 1994
EAN: 5099747784927 UPC: 5099747784927
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