A recent release of Terry Riley’s recordngs with Columbia dominates a show packed with new releases, current obsessions and favourites from my archives. Terry Riley revolutionized modern music by pioneering minimalism and reshaping how repetition, improvisation, and electronic layering could evoke deep emotional and spiritual resonance. His landmark works like In C and A Rainbow in Curved Air introduced modular structure and tape-loop experimentation, influencing ambient, electronic, and psychedelic genres. Drawing from Indian classical traditions and embracing live improvisation, Riley’s legacy spans collaborations from John Cale to the Kronos Quartet—offering a blueprint for sonic freedom across decades.
PLAYLIST
Corridoré - We Vanish To Nothing - Abandon
ZĀM - 13 Army of Shadows - Nemesis
Terry Riley - In C (Excerpt) - The Columbia Recordings : In C
The Screaming Love Collective - Shifting Bassline - Shifting Bassline
Gretchen Parlato - If I Was - If I Was
Terry Riley - A Rainbow In Curved Air - The Columbia Recordings : A Rainbow In Curved Air
Eamon The Destroyer - Captive - The Maker's Quit
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Scorched Earth Love Affair - The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound
Jess Ribeiro - Angelina - Mixtape
Moon - Unicorn - The Green Lilac Park
Terry Riley - Anthem Of The Trinity - The Columbia Recordings : Shri Camel
Cracked Hands - A Journey - Steak Knife
2 Lost Souls - Holy Fool - Town
The Parasite - I Want To Feel Something - Lost and Found
Neon Kittens - Are You on Glue - We threw away the map and cautiously made
our own way
John Cale & Terry Riley - Church Of Anthrax - The Columbia Recordings : Church of Anthrax
Moff Skellington - Sea Legs - The Sleeproom Diary
Precogs - Zero Ground - Precogs 1st
The Go-Betweens - Perfect Beat - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3
Tortoise - Oganesson (Broken Social Scene Remix) - Oganesson Remixes
