Terry Riley albums referenced in Ocean of Sound
 

Cactus Rosary (1993, "jazz, blues, electronic keyboards, ritual")
Persian Surgery Dervishes (1971//2, "two live solo performances for electric organ and tape delay system," leading Riley to become "the guru of trance improvisation and meditative music")
Dorian Reeds, Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (soprano sax albums)
Keyboard Studies, Rainbow in Curved Air (which, "in particular, exemplified the transition from music which is interpreted from written instructions on a score to music which emerges from a combination of composed melodic and rhythmic elements, improvisation and sonic manipulation through technology")
Mescaline Mix (1960)
 
"You can get high by getting in one groove," [Riley] says. "You can get high by staying on one note, tehre's different ways but that's definitely a way to ecstasy"
> from David Toop's Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds (1995)

> tagged with #music, #ritual, #ecstasy, #to_hear

> created November 5, 2023 at 1:36:29 PM


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