A Thousand-Year-Long Composition Turns 25 (2024)

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KnuthIsGod

about 1 month ago

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Nice idea. Mediocre music.

nrhrjrjrjtntbt

about 1 month ago

Its a slow Pink Floyd "Time"

SideburnsOfDoom

about 1 month ago

A slow start, but it really gets going in the third movement.

glitchcrab

about 1 month ago

I remember listening to Longplayer when I visited the Millennium Dome [1] way back in 2000.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Dome

thomascountz

about 1 month ago

ORGAN2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible)[1] will turn 25 next year. What a time!

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_as_Possible

nrhrjrjrjtntbt

about 1 month ago

Wanna hear? http://icecast.spc.org:8000/longplayer

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