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 (five years ago) link
ok good, not dead yet, phew
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 15:03 (five 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 (five years ago) link
I like Lifespan a lot
― Meunier tear has to fall (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:50 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (one year ago) link
yall know about his youtube channel right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWoFcYI64hA
― dow, Sunday, 14 August 2022 03:57 (one year 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