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Terry Riley A Rainbow In Curved Air

8th | Item No: 615064
Vinyl LP | 1969 / US – Reissue | New
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Item Description
Experimental composer Terry Riley may have got his
start playing in piano bars, and writing pattern pieces
for jazz ensembles, his greatest impact was upon the
world of electronic music. In particular, his third
album: 1969's A Rainbow In Curved Air. The 40+
minute record is an odyssey of improvised
experimental sounds, prominently featuring
jazz-inspired modal scales and cues from Indian
classical music. (Riley had made frequent trips to
India in his youth and fell in love with the country.)
Through the usage of then-revolutionary overdubbing
and tape-looping techniques, Riley was also able to
perform every instrument himself on the record,
including electric organs, electric harpsichords, a
soprano saxophone, and an Indian dumbec.
A Rainbow In Curved Air was a revelation to critics,
who heaped praise upon Riley, who had in essence
invented minimalism as a music genre. The record
has been cited as a major influence on the likes
of Phillip Glass, Brian Eno, Arthur Russell, Mike
Oldfield, Giorgio Moroder, and numerous others,
while the distinctly patterned organ lines of The
Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley"
were directly inspired by Riley's piece. The repetitious
minimalism of Rainbow also was integral to the
development of future genres, such as ambient, jazz
fusion, new age, progressive rock, and future
varieties of electronic music. More than just a
revolutionary record, Rainbow also represented one
final burst of sunny, utopian energy, as the dark and
dreary 1970s loomed overhead.
Item Details
Item No: 615064
Artist: Terry Riley
Title: A Rainbow In Curved Air
Label: 8th
Catalog No: ETH7315-LP
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Reissue
Release Date: 1969
Genre: Electronic & Dance
Available since: 2019-01-17
Condition: New
Price: $ 30.19
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 A Rainbow In Curved Air
B1 Poppy Nogood And The Phantom Band
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