When the Man Tried to Sell Minimalism to the Counterculture

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Article discusses how Columbia Records marketed Terry Riley's 'In C' to the counterculture movement, and the subsequent discussion revolves around the composer's utopian energies.

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4 months ago

> Columbia Records saw Terry Riley’s "In C," now rereleased for his ninetieth birthday, as a perfect anthem for the psychedelic Zeitgeist, but the mainstream couldn't contain the composer’s utopian energies for long.

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