Monday, October 02, 2006

Ambiance

hello,

the new issue/episode/incarnation of 1in20 is up on
the abc dig site and it's all about the music that i am
probably actually the most into at the moment - minimalist
classical and ambient "intelligent dance music"


1 Hour of Music in 20 Minutes - Ambiance


it has music by philip glass, aphex twin, steve reich,
michael nyman, orbital, william orbit, evelyn glennie, john
adams, susumu yokota... the list goes on (not much more, but
it does go on)

i've been listening to a lot of modern classical lately and
have long held the opinion that if you played some of the
more transcendent ambient techno and trip hop in a concert
setting, it would be as musically valuable as anything
categorised as 'modern classical' and so i set about the
task of placing some of my favourite pieces side by side,
one after the other, in a pleasant (and interesting,
hopefully!) flow of lovely music