Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by indigodaddy on Friday November 25, 2022 @10:46PM
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Perhaps he’s an acquired taste. Although I fell for Glass immediately as an adult. As soon as I heard a few notes I was drawn to the music.
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Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by bb88 on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:04PM
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I think the Tales From the Loop soundtrack is easy to get into. Yes there is repetition, but there's also motion as the phrases change to convey different ideas.
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by indigodaddy on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:12PM
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Yes, I enjoyed the music in that series. VERY reminiscent of Truman soundtrack, but of course, he borrows and does variations upon his own earlier works all the time. Truman is very reminiscent of Mishima imo also.
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by FpUser on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:23PM
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Exactly my experience as well
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by mlinksva on Saturday November 26, 2022 @12:30AM
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From pretty much the first time I'd heard/heard of Glass (conceivably Koyannisqatsi) I found him kind of boring, and didn't listen carefully, except for the Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass album, because I love KQ. Apparently dismissing Glass is a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizP7IFyWig
Anyway, after many years I've listened carefully and love it all. I hope to experience (and will gladly fly to) a live performance of Einstein on the Beach someday. Like the infinitely more sophisticated person in the linked video, I was wrong about Glass.
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by indigodaddy on Saturday November 26, 2022 @01:31AM
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Pretty much same for me. Listened very casually/cursorily/briefly in my late teens, tried a few times again in my 20s and 30s, and found it kind of boring and unexceptional.
Then in my early 40s I dug in a bit and really started actually listening and exploring. And oh man what a wide universe of musical discovery burst forth for me after that. And I couldn’t believe that I didn’t put in a little effort earlier..
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by justincormack on Saturday November 26, 2022 @04:05AM
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I managed to see Einstein on the Beach in London a while back, recommended! It is performed maybe once a decade or something somewhere…
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by andrei_says_ on Saturday November 26, 2022 @02:52PM
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I discovered him through the soundtrack for the American remake of Breathless with Richard Gere. His music makes the film.
I recently listened of Philip Glass: Piano Works performed by Vikingur Olafsson and that left me speechless.
Softer, more dynamic, more soulful, less mechanical.
Highly recommended.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5q7DgKLBQ54FXKAfGxNMGs?si=zwt...