Sunday, 27 December 2009

Pentatonic Love

I love the universal Pentatonic scale (the black keys on the piano). Music that incorporates this scale always moves me.

You will note that the last two pieces below have that looping, repetition (and trains - a motif in my life and dreams) for which I also have a partiality to. Reich was hugely influential on electronic music (you can hear it in Tangerine Dream). There's probably a load more music I have, I'll post it when I can.

Aphex Twin plays the piano? Avril 14th


I don't usually go for this music, but I thought this song was beautiful (sounds alot like Yesterday) when I saw the film:


On my previous Music To Turn Me On post: Love on a Real Train by Tangerine Dream


Steve Reich - Contemporary Minimalist
An acquired taste of mine. I couldn't find a decent recording of this piece on YT so heres:

on Grooveshark (listen to whole music tracks for free!).

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