Industry88

“Process Music 88″ is a collaborative experiment.

The inspiration for the “Process Music 88″ concept comes from Stephen Reich and his “Music As A Process” Manifesto.

The project will consist of 88 music, art, and technology concepts starting with volume.1.88 and ending with volume.88.88.

“One can’t improvise in a musical process – the concepts are mutually exclusive. While performing and listening to gradual musical processes one can participate in a particular liberating and impersonal kind of ritual. Focusing in on the musical process makes possible that shift of attention away from he and she and you and me outwards towards it.”

Stephen Reich from Music As A Gradual Process - 1968

Known as the founding father of minimalism, Reich’s innovations include using tape loops, and the use of processes to create and explore musical concepts. His compositions have significantly influenced music and he has been described as one of the few composers to have altered the direction of musical history.

Technology has been at the heart of Reich’s work ever since he started making music in the 1960’s, he not only changed music, but he also changed how music relates to society.

In 2000, he cited his creative-process at present time being drawn from his inspiration of emerging technology, getting stronger and stronger, and how it made him think and feel amidst his surroundings. “I find this extremely interesting and I want to deal with it in my music.”

He took a do-it-yourself approach to getting his work before the public, and was an advocate for sampling, technology, DJ, and popular culture.

“In my generation we tore the wall down, and now we are back to the “normal situation.” For example, if Brian Eno or David Bowie come to me, and if popular musicians remix my music like, The Orb, or DJ Spooky, it is a good thing. This is a natural, normal, regular, historical, way”.