Rework: Philip Glass Remixed cover

Rework: Philip Glass Remixed

Composer
Released

Perhaps the most famous and popular of the first-generation minimalist composers, Philip Glass created music that is particularly well suited to dance music adaptation. He favored straightforward eighth- and sixteenth-note rhythms and hypnotically repetitive arpeggios, making his music particularly attractive to artists working in house and techno genres. You’ll hear some of that on this collection of “remixes” of Glass’s work, which includes contributions from Memory Tapes, Tyondai Braxton, My Great Ghost, and even Beck – but you’ll also find less propulsive and more abstract treatments from Nosaj Thing (with what sounds like an extract from Einstein on the Beach) and Peter Broderick, and to be honest, Tobin’s take on “Warda’s Whorehouse” is downright rockish.

Rick Anderson

Recommended by

Suggestions
Echolocation cover

Echolocation

Graham Haynes vs Submerged
Une Meeles cover

Une Meeles

Maarja Nuut
Hologram cover

Hologram

Logistics
Oscillations cover

Oscillations

Bill Laswell
Sabsylma cover

Sabsylma

Zap Mama
Uma Elmo cover

Uma Elmo

Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy
Exposure cover

Exposure

Robert Fripp
Discourses cover

Discourses

Jon Balke