“I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly shift out of phase with each other…”

— Steve Reich

Source: Steve Reich, ‎Paul Hillier (2002) Writings on Music, 1965-2000, p. 20

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