von Minimal Music zu Minimal Techno. Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlers

Minimal Music

•  Sammelbegriff für unterschiedlichste Kompositionsprinzipien.

•  Auch: repetitive Musik, Pattern/ Pulse Music, Trance Music usw. (vgl. MGG Bd. 6, Sp. 294ff.).

•  Anfänglich Bezüge zu: –  Experimentelle Musik, –  Meditation, Esoterik, –  Außereuropäische (repetitive) Musikstile, –  Kunst (Minimalismus/ Minimal Art), –  Hippie-Kultur.

Minimal Arts

Keupp 2009: Unsquare Dance Kuiper2010: Brigitte Bardot‘s lips in minimal art

Minimal Music •  Erster Schwerpunkt: 1960er bis 1970er-Jahre. •  Länder: USA, England, Holland. •  Schwerpunkte (Potter, Gann, Ap Siôn 2013):

–  Harmonic Stasis, –  Repetition, –  Drones, –  Gradual Process, –  Steady Beat, –  Static Instrumentation. –  Metamusic, –  Pure Tuning, –  Audible Structure.

Minimal Music

•  Häufig werden nur die „großen“ vier amerikanischen Komponisten genannt (Wim Mertens 1983): –  La Monte Young (Cage-Schüler, Fluxus), –  Terry Riley, –  Steve Reich, –  Philipp Glas.

Minimal Music

•  La Monte Young: –  For Brass (1967)

•  Phill Niblock: –  The movement of people working (ca. 1973).

•  Charlemagne Palestine: –  Strumming Music (1974):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bulibjyaQ0s

Minimal Music

•  Terry Riley: –  In C (1964). –  Lifespan: IV. In the summer (1974).

•  Steve Reich: –  It‘s gonna rain, Part I (1965). –  Music for 18 Musicians – Pulses (1976).

•  Philipp Glas: –  Einstein on the Beach: Knee 1 (1975). –  Étoile polaire – Étoile polaire (1977, M. Oldfield: 1979). –  Koyaanisqatsi: The Grid (1983).

Post-Minimalismus

•  Als Begriff bereits eingeführt etwa 1982: –  „using repetition for texture rather than for structure, and

embracing sounds from jazz and the classics“ (Pareles 1983, S. 64)

•  Teilweise in „Moderne“ oder Post-Moderne übergegangen. Es finden sich aber immer wieder Zitate oder Techniken der „Ur-Minimalisten“ wieder: –  Oren Ambarchi & Keith Rowe: Flypaper IV (2002)

Minimalismus/ Europa

•  Christopher Fox (GB, „machine“, „systems music“), –  More things in the air than visible, Section 2 (1992-1994)

•  Arvo Pärt (EE), •  Michael Nyman (GB, „The Piano“-Soundtrack), •  Yann Tiersen (FR, „Amélie“-Soundtrack), •  Louis Andriessen, Simeon ten Holt (NL).

Minimal Electronic Music

•  Mike Oldfield, –  Tubular Bells (1973):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBaVTBQW0I

•  Brian Eno, –  Rising Thermal (1980)

•  Can, •  Soft Machine, •  Tangerine Dream.

Minimal Techno

•  Robert Hood: –  Museum (1994).

•  Aphex Twin: –  Icct Hedral (1995, mit Orchester-Remix von P. Glass)

•  GMAN: –  Quo Vadis (1999).

•  KOMPAKT Label (Köln) –  DJ Koze: Mariposa. –  Michael Mayer & Reinhard Voigt: Transparenza.

Minimal heute?

•  Spezialisierte Festivals und Ensembles wie etwa „in process“: –  http://www.minimal-music-festival.de/ –  http://www.minimal-music.com

•  In der „klassischen Musik“ junge Generation von (Post-)Minimalist_innen: Eisenga, Sommacal, Don Li.

•  Immer wieder Zitate oder Übernahmen in Kompositionen oder (Re-)Mixes von Minimal Music auch in der populären Musik.

Minimal heute:

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