BRM All Stars Perform Terry Riley's "In C" at Art Cafe, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Raga Massive is a collective of forward thinking musicians rooted in Indian classical music. Their performance of Terry Riley's classic featured 21 musicians. BRM has a weekly concert series and jam session every Wednesday in Brooklyn. brooklynragamassive.com
Neel Murgai, sitar
Abhik Mukherjee, sitar
Anupam Shobhankar, sarod
Camila Celine, sarod
Jay Gandhi, bansuri
Samarth Nagarkar, vocals
Andrew Shantz, vocals, harmonium
Sameer Gupta, tabla
Suphala Patankar, tabla
Roshni Thompson, tabla
Arun Ramamurthy, violin
Trina Basu, violin
Rima Fand, violin
Dawoud Kringle, dilruba
Marika Huges, cello
Vin Scialla, vibes
David Ellenbogen, guitar
Christian VerHalen, guitar
Joel Harrison, guitar
Premik Russel Tubbs, soprano sax
Sam Crawford, banjo

[@acidolem1]

this sounds really different than all the other versions ive heard

[@pharlap12]

That's the beauty of "In C". No two performances are alike.

[@RishiDevanoor]

am confused as to who is playing what,..what exactly is happening,. can anyone explain,..

[@forrcaho]

From Wikipedia: "In C consists of 53 short, numbered musical phrases, lasting from half a beat to 32 beats; each phrase may be repeated an arbitrary number of times. Each musician has control over which phrase they play: players are encouraged to play the phrases starting at different times, even if they are playing the same phrase."

[@MaharajProductions]

In C is a musical piece composed by Terry Riley in 1964 for an indefinite number of performers. He suggests "a group of about 35 is desired if possible but smaller or larger groups will work". A series of short melodic fragments, In C is often cited as the first minimalist composition (though La Monte Young's drone compositions preceded it by several years, In C had a greater impact on public consciousness).
The piece was first performed by Steve Reich, Jon Gibson, Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Morton Subotnick and others at the San Francisco Tape Music Center.It received its first recorded release in 1968 on Columbia Records. Subsequent performances have been recorded many times since.

[@emanon321]

Mesmerizing....beautiful..thank you.