Philip Glass on His Collaboration With Aphex Twin | Red Bull Music Academy

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The celebrated composer Philip Glass recalls meeting a young Richard D. James, AKA Aphex Twin, in New York City and collaborating with the producer on a handful of tracks and combining their unique approaches.

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It’s hard to overstate the influence of New York City composer Philip Glass. Along with Steve Reich, his minimalist compositions transformed the world of classical music and, eventually, popular music in general.

Glass’ early epiphanies occurred in Paris during his time in the mid-’60s studying under Nadia Boulanger and in New York when he heard Steve Reich’s “Piano Phase.” These events helped set Glass on a course toward the repetitive, dramatic, and conceptually rigorous style that has become his trademark.

Throughout the ’70s Glass refined his work, resulting in career-defining compositions like Music In Twelve Parts and Einstein On The Beach. In the process, he became a popular sensation, a serious composer who wasn’t willfully obscure or too difficult to understand. Glass’ stunning soundtrack work for films like The Thin Blue Line and The Hours, and a symphony based on David Bowie’s album Heroes, has only elevated his standing as one of America’s most popular living composers.

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To watch the full lecture and learn more about the collaboration with Aphex Twin...

RBMA
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you know your are some serious shit when Philip Glass spends 3 mins talking about how unique you are.

DoctorBlankenstein
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"I like music when I don't understand it". Richard said the same thing in an interview at some point.

jamescope
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Rumour has it he is still twice his age

chat-dmt
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*'I like music when I don't understand it'* ~ That's exactly why I love both their music. I don't really understand it in any structural sense, but the puzzle fascinates me. And every time I hear it I discover something different I didn't notice before.

CptNemo-ls
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The way he describes Aphex Twins music is exactly how I feel about it as well.

murtasma
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I saw Phillip Glass perform at my college and it was a mesmerizing experience. Got to meet him later and he was very very kind.

NightMedicine
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That Icct Hedral orchestration was great

XanltheCSG
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I need to hear those sound experiments

BeatsbyBlanch
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I don’t understand Phillip Glass’ music, either, and yet I’m intrigued every time I hear it. Aphex Twin is easy to like. Put them together and you’ve got something INTERESTING 🧐

jeffdawson
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Saw Glass in Bristol many years ago.. absolutely amazing… the audience was made up of the classical folk in dinner attire.. and weirdo electronica people, Philip played beautifully and both sets of the audience loved it. So glad I got to be there.

The_Sound_Technician
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It’s really nice to hear a Legend comment on his work with another Legend

justindawson
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I feel glass when he said he was attracted to music he didnt understand but liked very much.

Crispywing
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I had a chance several years back to hear Mr. Glass live with full orchestra playing his Heroes composition (among many others). Richard James' remix of Glass' version, basically combining elements of himself, Glass, and Bowie remains one of my favorite go to tracks.
Of course my best friend decided to get married and make me his best man on the exact day of the concert.
I'm still bitter about it. 😅

ice_fox
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"When I don't understand something I get curious about it".
If only more people approached the unknown like that, Bob Dylan would've never wrote "Don't criticize what you can't understand".

theendisnear
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another great clip, thanks RB Music Adacdemy for these interviews. good questions, very open format, great guest and interviewer

akiraakiraakiraakira
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experimenting with random equipment seems so fun. this collab is interesting

xiss
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Was RDJ being modest? It seems pretty clear that he knows his way around a keyboard. Either that or he took lessons in the late 90s.

stevetobias
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There were some sounds that I had to warm up to with Richard's music. It didn't make sense. I couldn't congeal the sound.. But then I started hearing it and I could see. It became less like noise and became organic. There still are certain sounds/noises that I don't like, i.e. highpitched tones sustaining through a track, but those are designed to irritate to a degree.
I've been listening to Aphex since '96.

atrocious_prxy
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Nice clip but I can't forgive this man for haunting my dreams with his music from Candyman.

senorblanco