Steve Reich: Music For 18 Musicians

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Currie’s connection with this music is unashamedly deep, bordering on the spiritual...Likewise, the listener ’s relationship with this recording is dependent on the ability to enter a place of... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 21st Apr 2023
Catalogue No: CCR0006
Label: Colin Currie Records
Length: 63 minutes

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Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

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Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals

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One of Steve Reich's most famous and enduring works, Music for 18 Musicians first captured the imagination of percussionist Colin Currie in the 1980s. Over the years that followed, Currie dutifully built his library of Reich scores and recordings, but it was this work in particular that truly captured his imagination, holding him in it's epic grasp ever since. Of Reich's comprehensive catalog, it is this warm and resonant composition that signifies a major breakthrough in the sphere of minimalist music. "The perfect musical beehive" is how Currie describes performing the piece-and it's easy to see why, with each musician purposefully teasing the material along, playing their own brilliantly contained part, yet contributing to something greater that hums with life. Following the success of his previous albums, "Steve Reich: Drumming" (2018) and "Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton" (2019), Colin Currie is joined on this album by his closest musical colleagues and companions, the Colin Currie Group and Synergy Vocals, who recorded the work at London's Abbey Road Studios in 2022.

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July 2023

Currie’s connection with this music is unashamedly deep, bordering on the spiritual...Likewise, the listener ’s relationship with this recording is dependent on the ability to enter a place of stillness and meditation.

August 2023

The character and timbral quality of each individual group is...introduced from the beginning – a quite radical departure from previous recordings, which have tended to emphasise a homogeneous sound quality.

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