really good interview -- sheds light on his relationships with daevid allen and edgar froese, among others
http://www.innerviews.org/inner/riley.html
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
excellent, thanks
love this:
Sometimes a big feedback thing would happen. When that occurred, I would drop the saxophone and start working with the feedback. If something like that happens, the music is trying to tell you something. It’s telling you to work with what’s going on instead of stopping. If you stop, you’re interrupting the messages that are coming into you. You’re blocking information. So, I like the idea that there aren’t mistakes and that things are always happening as they should.
― sleeve, Monday, 1 December 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
also this:
http://www.innerviews.org/inner/riley/daevidterry.jpg
― sleeve, Monday, 1 December 2014 00:56 (nine years ago) link
<3 <3 <3
― sleeve, Monday, 1 December 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
I've had this idea forever that somebody should do a variation of "In C" called "Is C" which would strip out melody altogether and deal only in timbre and rhythm. Arrange it so that, for instance, you assign every C in the score to piano, every C# to flute, every D to plucked violin, etc.--each specific note is played solely on one instrument with its own unique timbre. Then, instead of having the flutes actually play a C# or the violin play a D, they all play C's. You still follow the rhythms of each module of the score, and I imagine it would turn into some kind of whirlwind hocketing texture.
Basically, I just want to know what this would sound like--would the constant rhythmically alternating C's of different timbre be musically interesting or just mush. You'd have to remove the improvisational aspect of the score; even so, it would probably be nearly impossible to actually play it. You could put it together with some kind of software, a bunch of sampled C's, talent, time, focus and drive; sadly, I have none of those things.
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 1 December 2014 05:00 (nine years ago) link
I'm hearing a MIDI version of that in my head now. Thanks a lot.
― Pooja Bhatt's erotic thriller Jism 2 (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 1 December 2014 06:27 (nine years ago) link
Missed a performance of Rainbow in Curved Air last week because I thought I didn't need to pre-book. I was wrong. So gutted.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 1 December 2014 10:52 (nine years ago) link
Everyone loves Terry, don't they? I mean, why wouldn't you?
― Letsby Avenue (Tom D.), Monday, 1 December 2014 10:59 (nine years ago) link
He seems like a pretty cool guy. I didn't know he was involved with Daevid Allen way back in the early 60s; great interview.
― Pooja Bhatt's erotic thriller Jism 2 (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 1 December 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
I knew about the Daevid Allen connection because Allen always credits Terry Riley with turning him onto tape loops and manipulation. Didn't know about Edgar Froese, I thought Peter Michael Hamel was his main Krautrock connection.
― Letsby Avenue (Tom D.), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
skipping my office holiday party on Friday to see this dude
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
I think your priorities are absolutely in order. Do you know what he's going to be doing? A specific piece, I mean.
― Pooja Bhatt's erotic thriller Jism 2 (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 05:41 (nine years ago) link
I don't. All I know is that he's going to be performing with his son - so I guess Terry piano and Gyan guitar. Also, "bring a pillow" :)
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 06:06 (nine years ago) link
https://bkragamassive.bandcamp.com/album/terry-riley-in-c-2
― j., Thursday, 16 November 2017 06:04 (six years ago) link
awesome
Terry Riley himself, after listening to an early performance recording, suggested they “use the basic In C form but open it up to solos...based on some of the patterns.”
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
unbelievably great mid-70s Riley soundtrack for Bruce Conner's Crossroads (never released aside from a bootleg cassette a few years back): https://we.tl/wDk6EwXhUq
― tylerw, Friday, 2 February 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
Phew, thought we had another RIP on our hands there. I'll be downloading this later, no worries on that score.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 2 February 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
thanks man!
― sleeve, Friday, 2 February 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
Thanks. Good to have another work from this particular phase/sound.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 2 February 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
Saving me from listening to more 2017 music I'm probably not going to like.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 2 February 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
this is fantastic, thanks tyler! and OTM _Rudipherous_
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 2 February 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
good work tyler, thanx.
― calzino, Friday, 2 February 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
thx for the RIP... to mp3
― am0n, Friday, 2 February 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
?
― tylerw, Friday, 2 February 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
Phew, thought we had another RIP on our hands there.― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 2 February 2018
― am0n, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 02:53 (six years ago) link
terry riley will never die; he will just vibrate into eternity
― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 03:33 (six years ago) link
Wow, thanks, tyler! Just downloaded.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 04:24 (six years ago) link
i was just talking about that film and score on one of the Twin Peaks The Return threads, after episode 8 showed. Crossroads was playing on a loop at an exhibit I went to last year and I found it exhilarating. Found a Riley studio album that was similar but am super psyched to get the actual score.
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
oh haha, am0n — gotcha. i was half asleep last friday. you can watch an excerpt from crossroads over here: https://www.vogue.com/article/bruce-conner-restored-crossroads-film
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
The Crossroads I'm familiar with involved a guitar shred duel between Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai. I'm assuming this is a different one but perhaps I should try soundtracking those images with this recording.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
hey london sorts, this should be a decent performance of 'in c' next month (tickets = £5)
https://www.multi-story.org.uk/events/2018/5/10/terry-riley-in-c-living-programme-notes
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Thursday, 19 April 2018 11:21 (six years ago) link
Sweet.
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Thursday, 19 April 2018 12:05 (six years ago) link
Not to forget the man himself:
https://ovalspace.co.uk/events/view/terry-riley/
― We're comin' to your town, we'll party down, we're a Kobaian band (Matt #2), Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
i've been listening to les yeux fermes and lifespan a lot, they are wonderful
― marcos, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:17 (six years ago) link
ok good, not dead yet, phew
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
alive and kicking...it with Geeta who just posted a picture of the two of them to instagram or facebook or somewhere.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
I like Lifespan a lot
― Meunier tear has to fall (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
Haven't done any comparative listening yet, but enjoying most of this performance (maybe some treading water at times, but they don't get stuck):
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2803949314_16.jpg
― dow, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 01:03 (six years ago) link
i think my favorite riley piece of the ones i've been listening to a lot this summer is this performance of poppy nogood and the phantom band at suny buffalo in 1968. it is tense and haunting
https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/232000/large/original.jpg
― marcos, Friday, 10 August 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
oh and i just saw this now https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-terry-riley
― marcos, Monday, 13 August 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
us tour with kronos quartet in spring 2020? saw a date posted locally, can't find the tour listed anywhere though. kronos quartet is fairly hit or miss with me but riley was amazing when i saw him at big ears
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 15 June 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
ooooooh! that is good news
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 15 June 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
Listening to "Happy Ending" and right at the death this jazzy piano part kicks in and it is so out of character and awesome
― the Swedish taboo (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 January 2020 11:00 (four years ago) link
love that bit
i did a short mix with that track on it https://theporouscity.com/entries/2175
― lukas, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
sweet!
― the Swedish taboo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
okay i guess calling a 20 minute terry riley piece a "track" is a bit lol
― lukas, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 22:23 (four years ago) link
Fucking ... fuck.
Terry Riley raga class in KamakuraJune 25 & 26Infohttps://t.co/QK9jTMS8Rthttps://t.co/jCMAQBHaZb#terryriley #テリーライリー #宮本沙羅 #saramiyamoto #ラーガ #パラダイスアレイ #今此処商店 #rootculture #kiranaeast #panditprannath #インド音楽 pic.twitter.com/mwh0HTJFqn— Terry Riley(lives in Japan since Feb. 2020) (@nimconpoopoo) June 7, 2022
― death generator (lukas), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
フジロック ピラミッドガーデンこんな感じですhttps://t.co/gnUguw6K7s朝の開放感夜中のキャンドル勿論2回とも即興つまり 違う演奏テリー・ライリーw/宮本沙羅SAT morning 10:00&SUN night 23:40#terryriley #テリーライリー #宮本沙羅 #saramiyamoto #fujirock #pyramidgarden pic.twitter.com/WxYxK78g52— Terry Riley (Official) (@nimconpoopoo) July 1, 2022
― dow, Friday, 1 July 2022 21:52 (two years ago) link
yall know about his youtube channel right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWoFcYI64hA
― dow, Sunday, 14 August 2022 03:57 (two years ago) link
Today, At Joe Hisaishi’s studio本日、久石譲さんのスタジオにて#terryriley #テリーライリー #久石譲 #joehisaishi pic.twitter.com/fg17vk9rXt— Terry Riley / テリー・ライリー (@nimconpoopoo) September 27, 2022
― death generator (lukas), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 16:38 (one year ago) link