Rhys Chatham

Rhys Chatham
Born: Sep 19, 1952 in New York, NY
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Styles: Avant-Garde, No Wave, Microtonal, Post-Minimalism, Modern Composition, Electronic, Experimental
Biography: Post-minimalist composer and New York downtown music figure Rhys Chatham was involved in music at an early age. He studied classical flute, and was already playing works by contemporary composers such as Luciano Berio and Pierre Boulez by the time he began studying composition (including serialism) in ...Read full biography
Die Donnergotter
Released: 1987
Label: Homestead
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Though he studied under teachers from the avant-garde and electronic tradition such as Morton Subotnik, Rhys Chatham came into this own when he combined those influences with the activity occurring in ...Read full review
Factor X
Released: 1984
Label: Moers
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Recorded a few years prior to the major works on his album Die Donnergotter, Factor X explores the same two specific territories which occupied most of Chatham's time in the '80s. "For Brass" is actually ...Read full review
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