inherent rhythms

January 30, 2017

Notes On Russell Hartenberger’s “Performance Practice in the Music of Steve Reich”

I first heard Steve Reich’s music in the early 1990s when I was studying music at the University of Toronto. At a used record store I bought an LP of his Six Marimbas and Sextet, and a CD of his early tape pieces, Come Out and It’s Gonna Rain. The music sounded otherworldly—as if Continue reading

book reviews, drumming, inherent rhythms
December 15, 2016

Polyrhythms, negative space, circuits of meaning: making sense through Dawn of Midi’s “Dysnomia”

My essay on the music of Dawn of Midi, “Polyrhythms, negative space, circuits of meaning: making sense through Dawn of Midi’s Dysnomia”, is now available in the journal Popular Music. You can read an abstract of the essay here. Continue reading

inherent rhythms, negative space, polyrhythm

Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

inherent rhythms

Notes On Russell Hartenberger’s “Performance Practice in the Music of Steve Reich”

Polyrhythms, negative space, circuits of meaning: making sense through Dawn of Midi’s “Dysnomia”