STEVE REICH, KRONOS QUARTET, PAT METHENY : DIFFERENT TRAINS / ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT [Elektra Nonesuch]

Catalogue : Elektra Nonesuch / 9791761Format : LP, Vinyl, AlbumCondition : Used / Mint / Near MintCountry : EuropeReleased : 1989Genre : New Classical, AmbientTechnically it is hard to wrap your head around the idea that a string quartet of minimalist music with pre-recorded analog voices, train sounds and whistles could be ‘technologically innovative’, and yet this was. It has been said that this piece has made fundamental changes to the modern views of composing and recording music, and that Reich is one of few who could be described as truly altering the course of music history.