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Modern Composition
Tape Music
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Artists
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Tape Music consists of the fragments, loops, and samples and speed manipulation of pre-recorded sounds, their alteration, and use in modern composition. Tape music is an integral part of musique concrète.
Tape Music Artist Highlights
More Tape Music Artists
Terry Riley
Ian William Craig
William Basinski
Luc Ferrari
Frank Zappa
Sean McCann
Steve Reich
Arturo Parra
Aaron Dilloway
Lucrecia Dalt
Smegma
Kronos Quartet
Philip Glass
Brian Harnetty
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Tape Music Album Highlights
More Tape Music Albums
Terry Riley
A Rainbow in Curved Air
Steve Reich
Steve Reich: Early Works
Philip Glass
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Steve Reich
Steve Reich: Four Organs; Phase Patterns
Aaron Dilloway
Modern Jester
Kronos Quartet
Steve Reich: Triple Quartet
Frank Zappa
Lumpy Gravy
Lucrecia Dalt
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Aaron Dilloway
Lucy & Aaron
Terry Riley
Terry Riley: Reed Streams
More Tape Music Albums
Tape Music Recent Releases
More Recent Releases
Kronos Quartet
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Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon: Campaign Songs
Beatriz Ferreyra
Senderos de luz y sombras
Brian Harnetty
Words and Silences
Dan Nicholls
Mattering and Meaning
More Recent Releases
Tape Music Song Highlights
More Tape Music Songs
A Rainbow in Curved Air, for electric piano, dumbak & tambourines (partially improvised)
Terry Riley
Terry Riley
Clapping Music, for 2 performers
Steve Reich
Russ Hartenberger
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Steve Reich
Eight Cut Scars [For Robert Turman]
Aaron Dilloway
Electric Guitar Phase, for 4 electric guitars (arr. of Violin Phase)
Steve Reich
Steve Reich
Lumpy Gravy, Pt. 1: The Way I See It, Barry/Duodenum/Oh No/Bit of ...
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Tender Cuts
Lucrecia Dalt
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Aaron Dilloway
Fontana Mix with Aria
John Cage
Music Promenade
Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari
This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
Time Perspectives
Pauline Oliveros
More Tape Music Songs
Other Styles in Modern Composition
Computer Music
Drone
Experimental
Microtonal
Minimalism
Modern Composition
Musique Actuelle
Musique Concrète
Post-Minimalism
Tape Music
Computer Music
Drone
Experimental
Microtonal
Minimalism
Modern Composition
Musique Actuelle
Musique Concrète
Post-Minimalism
Tape Music