ICONS - The American Minimalists: Steve Reich - Philip Glass - Terry Riley

Almost every story about minimal or repetitive music starts with the triumvirate Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Terry Riley. Each in their own way, paved the way for one of the most exciting and thriving movements in music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Minimal music has been an inspiration for Eric Sleichim since the 1980s. Today, BL!NDMAN’s demarche towards the renewal of early music finds more than ever a connection with Reich, Glass and Riley whose works draw inspiration from the oldest polyphonic techniques.

In this programme, BL!NDMAN offers a sampling of the exceptional timbres generated by his unique line-up: with his saxophone, string and percussion quartet, piano, electric guitar, tubax and electronics, BL!NDMAN conjures up a 21st-century orchestral sound. The solo works combine the virtuosity of the soloists with the use of electronic doubling, while in the tutti works, the instrumentation and powerful consonance of the full BL!NDMAN ensemble provide the very diverse perspectives that give full credit to these extraordinary compositions.

The choice of relatively well-known and, above all, lesser-known works by the three icons of repetitive music gives raison d’être to a triple album that also immediately aroused the interest of major record label Warner Classics.

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CD1 Steve Reich

1. Nagoya Marimbas
2. Cello Counterpoint: Movement I
3. Cello Counterpoint: Movement II
4. Cello Counterpoint: Movement III
5. New York Counterpoint: Movement I
6. New York Counterpoint: Movement II
7. New York Counterpoint: Movement III
8. Triple Quartet: Movement I
9. Triple Quartet: Movement II
10. Triple Quartet: Movement III
11. Electric Counterpoint: Movement I
12. Electric Counterpoint: Movement II
13. Electric Counterpoint: Movement III

CD2 Philip Glass

1. Music In Fifths
2. Music in Contrary Motion: Cell 1-10
3. Music in Contrary Motion: Cell 11-14
4. Music in Contrary Motion: Cell 15-18
5. Music in Contrary Motion: Cell 19-20
6. Music in Contrary Motion: Cell 21-22
7. Music in Contrary Motion: Cell 23
8. Music in Similar Motion
9. Music with Changing Parts: Part 1
10. Music with Changing Parts: Part 2

CD3 Terry Riley

1. The Tuning Path
2. Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band
3. In C: Part 1
4. In C: Part 2
5. In C: Part 3
6. In C: Part 4
7. In C: Part 5
8. In C: Part 6

Line-up

Eric Sleichim
Concept, arrangements & artistic direction
Tubax CD2: 1-10, Soprano Saxophone CD3: 2, Electric Guitar CD1: 11-13 – CD3: 3-8,
Bass Guitar CD1: 11-13, Electronics CD2: 1-10

BL!NDMAN [sax]
Pieter Pellens Alto Saxophone CD1: 5,-7 – CD 2: 2-7, Soprano Saxophone CD2: 1, 8-10 – CD3: 1, 3-8
Hendrik Pellens Alto Saxophone CD2: 1, 8-10 – CD3: 1, 3-8
Piet Rebel Tenor Saxophone CD1: 5-7 – CD2: 1-10 – CD3: 1-8
Sebastiaan Cooman Baritone Saxophone CD2: 1, 8-10 – CD3: 1, 3-8
and
Koen Maas Soprano Saxophone CD1: 5-7 – CD2: 2-7
Raf Minten Baritone Saxophone CD1: 5-7 – CD2: 2-7

BL!NDMAN [strings]
Stefanie Van Backlé Violin CD1: 8-10 – CD2: 1-10 – CD3: 3-8
Femke Verstappen Violin CD1: 8-10 – CD2: 1-10 – CD3: 3-8
Monica Goicea Viola CD1: 8-10 – CD2: 1-10 – CD3: 3-8
Suzanne Vermeyen Cello CD1: 2-4, 8-10 – CD2: 1-10 – CD3: 3-8

BL!NDMAN [drums]
Yves Goemaere Marimba CD1: 1 – CD2: 1-10, Percussion CD3: 3-8
Hannes Nieuwlaet Marimba CD1: 1 – CD2: 1-10, Percussion CD3: 3-8
Ward Deketelaere Vibraphone CD2: 1-10, Percussion CD3: 3-8
Gideon Van Canneyt Percussion CD2: 1, 8-10 – CD3: 3-8
and
Christiaan Saris Percussion CD2: 2-7

Fabian Coomans Synthesizers CD2: 1-10 – CD3: 3-8