La Monte Young has pioneered the concept of extended time durations in cont… Read Full Bio ↴La Monte Young has pioneered the concept of extended time durations in contemporary music for over 40 years. He contributed extensively to the study of just intonation and to the development of rational number based tuning systems that are used in his periodic composite sound waveform environments, as well as in many of his major performance works. Presentations of Young's work in the United States and Europe, as well as his theoretical writings, gradually influenced a group of composers to create a static, periodic music which became known as Minimalism. Musician magazine stated, "As the acknowledged father of minimalism and guru emeritus to the British art-rock school, his influence is pervasive," and in 1985 the Los Angeles Herald Examiner wrote, " for the past quarter of a century he has been the most influential composer in America. Maybe in the world." In Minimalism:Origins, 1993, Edward Strickland added, “Young is now widely recognized as the originator of the most influential classical music style of the final third of the twentieth century.”
Composition 1960 No. 7
La Monte Young Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by La Monte Young:
31 VII 69 10:26-10:49 PM: Munich From Map of 49's Dream the Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic I Say it was your babel Said it was my babel It was…
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Mike Boreal
I really wish La Monte’s stuff was more widely accessible and on streaming platforms, the guy rules.
Lucha Libre Films
I was lucky enough to get the entire recorded archive on download. It's very hard to find in the traditional music market places.
SerialGothQueens
Listening to this puts you in a very unique headspace. It's almost dreamlike; I can easily fall into a peaceful sleep while listening to this, and not because I find it boring. Far from it. I find it magical.
Ben Hall
That's the beauty of drone.
Will Johnson
This is really fantastic! Thank you very much for such a brilliant performance of La Monte.
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this is the first time in a while that the youtube algorithm gave me something favorable and I am extremely grateful to be listening to this serene soundscape
alaeifR
Thank you very much! Incredible. One of the best LMY performances I've ever heard.
Anthelme Davy
This composition is quoted in Johan Girard's book on the musical aesthetics of Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass.
It describes the adventure of minimalist and repetitive music. La Monte Young is cited as a pioneer in the use of magnetic tape loops. It is indeed an interesting archive to illustrate this experimental period. The sound of the strings is naturally rich but it is further enriched by the defects linked to the unwinding and the suturing of the magnetic loop. Well seen !
Obviously, I am thinking of "Vexations" by Erick Satie and its "loop" played 840 times without cheating on the piano. Score unearthed by John Cage and played in public for the first time in 1963. 24 hours to overcome it. The sound environment is different but inevitably we get into the sound... Thank you for this archive. I put a link on my wall.
Za Gee
If you'd like, it's mentioned in Joachim E. Berendt "Nada Brahma - Die Welt ist Klang" (The world is sound), too. Astonishing book as well
JoJoTheModern
Was reading the extremely thorough biography of Andy Warhol by Blake Gopnik and saw that Andy loved the drone music of one La Monte Young. This is my first time hearing that music and oh wow... talk about ahead of his time.
Absolutely brilliant.