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Is Minimalism still relevant?

By NewMusicBox Staff on November 1, 2001No Comment
Charlie Hoyt Charlie Hoyt
“It’s going to be a while before we see people roaming the streets in Steve Reich t-shirts and blasting Górecki from their car stereo systems…”
Randall Woolf Randall Woolf
“By now, I am good and sick of minimalism in my own music. I have not at all lost interest in the early minimalists…”
Wendy Mae Chambers Wendy Mae Chambers
“Obviously, minimal music will continue to go on as it has in the religious context…”
Robert Maggio Robert Maggio
“Minimalism is definitely relevant today and it will continue to be part of our listening for years to come…”

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