Well, another one to add to the list. I'd forgotten I downloaded this last Dec. and unfortunately it's not at Emusic anymore. Jeroen van Veen 2015 In C
Here's a new discovery, regardless of I tend to agree with this comment:
An interesting attempt at a new type of arrangement of this classic, but
there are so many sustained notes the different fragments lose their
distinction and it gets sludgy and messy.
Not excactly in C but very close and certainly related . . . recommended by @rostasi in january 2021
"In D" is Brooklyn Raga Massive’s homage to Terry Riley, the legendary
musician and composer credited with launching the genre of minimalism in
1964. It was inspired by the correspondence between Riley and members
of BRM after the composer heard the group’s recording of "In C".
The composition is based on a suite of 3 ragas that incorporates Riley’s
concept of short musical cells that musicians can repeat and embellish
at will. This is a single take of music, recorded by a diverse community
of 25 musicians, all masked and 6' apart, in the midst of the 2020
pandemic in New York City. The performance was premiered at the Ragas
Live Festival, the penultimate set of 24 hours of music, and was
followed by a solo performance by Terry Riley himself.
We hope that the joy we felt making music together for the first time in
many moons emerges in these tracks and are grateful to Christopher
Deputato and the Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation who made this dream come
true.
This is not In C . . . but i do think that here is a good place to dump this:
released November 6, 2020
In June of 2018, IE devised a special live arrangement of Terry Riley's
Keyboard Study No. 2 for a performance at the Cedar Cultural Center with
composer Lawrence English. Riley's Study is a modular, open-form work
of minimalism from the 1960s that stemmed from the composer's own work
as a performer on electric organ. From the original theme of four
endlessly twirling notes repeated hundreds of times on the piano, IE
develops Riley's composition into an exhausting, cathartic marathon,
flowing upward in spiritual ascent.
First came across them in that great sampler album “Fill Your Head With Rock” in 1970 which features a great shot on the cover of Jerry Goodman of The Flock with his violin
That album was my first introduction to In C, and Bang on a Can (an early eMusic purchase). Africa Express Presents... Terry Riley's In C Mali is a close second.
In the 70s, I was driving thru Missouri - I think it was near Joplin - and I got pulled over for speeding. I blame the trance inducing "Music in Fifths" that was blaring out of my cassette player.
With thanks to Steve Smith of the Night After Night newsletter, an engaging Irish version that comes with both Hi-Def and Binaural (headphone) versions.
With thanks to Steve Smith of the Night After Night newsletter, an engaging Irish version that comes with both Hi-Def and Binaural (headphone) versions.
Thank you, @djh, I just came across this and am loving it. This instrumentation makes me realize just how much the Penguin Cafe Orchestra drew inspiration from In C.
Thank you, @djh, I just came across this and am loving it. This instrumentation makes me realize just how much the Penguin Cafe Orchestra drew inspiration from In C.
Glad you enjoyed and a good point concerning PCO. @Plong42 are you still stuck on 24 versions? I've no spreadsheet so I've no idea what I've gou, but probably less than half that.
@Plong42 You'll note I can't type a simple sentence, let alone create info like that. The lengths seem peculiar on some like the Irish one and the one below being only 1.58 am I reading things correctly?
The original....Carnegie Hall Presents in C (1968)? I have the 2009 remaster on the list. It is the only vinyl copy of I C I own.
However, Bang on a Can is the first version I heard/owned (from the early eMusic days). In C and Philip Glass, Music in Fifths were early eMusic purchases and longtime favorites.
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Gyan Riley : elec guitar and vocals
Live in Trento, Sanbapolis theater, 19th April, 2019
this last Dec. and unfortunately it's not at Emusic anymore.
Jeroen van Veen
2015 In C
This is what i really like about these discussions that you get introduced to bands that you've never heard of but really grow to like.
So thanks @rostasi for the intro to Flock. I have just been listening to their s/t album released last year and it is outstanding.
You're welcome!
AMG says “The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded perhaps the most innovative version of the work thus far, after Riley's own”
That album was my first introduction to In C, and Bang on a Can (an early eMusic purchase). Africa Express Presents... Terry Riley's In C Mali is a close second.
and I got pulled over for speeding. I blame the trance inducing
"Music in Fifths" that was blaring out of my cassette player.
Glad you enjoyed and a good point concerning PCO. @Plong42 are you still stuck on 24 versions? I've no spreadsheet so I've no idea what I've gou, but probably less than half that.