Best Experimental Music Ever
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Topic: Best Experimental Music Ever
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Subject: Best Experimental Music Ever
Date Posted: February 08 2021 at 20:46
| Experimental, yet well-known in their field, and broadly influential, this pieces of work have shocked and amazed for many years. What did they do to you? |
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Posted By: Tancos
Date Posted: February 08 2021 at 21:13
| Riley's Rainbow — an old favorite from ancient times. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 08 2021 at 21:21
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Not the Beatles. I had to think about the other four. A little bit. Been very into Stockhausen, but it’s not a particular favourite. I really love the Riley, and TD’s Zeit. That said, I have to go with the Ligeti, which may the piece of music I reference the most when talking about other music, such as recently when talking about the Under the Skin soundtrack by Mica Levi, and have in relation to TD various times, such as Genesis on TD’s Electronic Meditation album and Zeit, and of course experimental TD can be compared to some early Pink Floyd. Wouldn’t expect it, but I feel like Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima would musically work quite well with others. Xenakis is a favourite of mine. |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: February 08 2021 at 22:53
| Rainbow in Curved Air. I wrote http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2497909" rel="nofollow - a short review of it a while ago. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 09 2021 at 07:24
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I voted for Stockhausen. the full title of the composition is "Gesang der Jünglinge im Feuerofen" ("Song of the Youths in the Furnace"). the title refers to a story told in the Old Testament (Dan 3), in which Nebuchadnezzar II has the youths Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into a fiery furnace because they refuse to worship a golden idol depicting Nebuchadnezzar. they are not hurt by the flames but instead sing hymns of praise to Jahveh. for the recording of the composition each note the singers sang was recorded separately because Stockhausen did not want the transmission from one note to another. I had to analyze this composition as a homework when I took compositional courses at Berkeley
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 09 2021 at 09:07
You wasted a spot by putting the Beatles in this poll........ I went with Terry Riley, my 2nd choice would be TD. -------------   
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 09 2021 at 16:11
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I'll toss a vote towards Ligeti. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: February 09 2021 at 17:47
Amazing, I didn´t know that. The treatment of the voices to the point of absolute re-shaping keeps grabbing me. |
BaldJean wrote:Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 10 2021 at 03:43
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I have heard the Riley piece but it's long ago, probably should listen to him some more. Revolution 9 is good fun, I like it; "best ever" it is rather not. Gesang der Juenglinge is a masterpiece, however doesn't resonate that much with me personally. Zeit is great and really scratches at number one here, but the vote still goes to Ligeti, I'm a sucker for his stuff, and I'd suspect that Froese or others in TD knew it and were inspired by it. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 10 2021 at 04:30
"Lux Aeterna" is of course famous for being used in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 - A Space Odyssey" (for the scene in which they discover the monolith on the moon) ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: February 11 2021 at 14:55
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For me the most interesting and fascinating of these are Stockhausen and Ligeti and between these two compositions I prefer Ligeti. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 06:26
By the way: Top musicians I at least had a brief chat with: Fred Muehlboeck (Novalis) and... Gyoergy Ligeti.  |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 17:15
Lucky you! |