ICONS - The American Minimalists -

BL!NDMAN provides a sample of the unique timbres that the specific distribution can realize autonomously and together: saxophone quartet, string quartet, percussion quartet, piano and electronics.

The early minimal repertoire was material for many choreographers, such as A.T. De Keersmaeker and Wim Vandekeybus with whom Eric Sleichim, BL!NDMAN’s artistic director, had his first collaborations. The material included here is highly representative of the various techniques used by the icons of this movement.

The repertoire brings a wider audience that finds it hard to connect to contemporary classical music, to a different oeuvre than the traditional works of “classical music”. BL!NDMAN also finds a link here with its démarche to the renewal of “old music”; minimal music is inspired by the oldest polyphony techniques.

The choice for relatively well-known and especially less well-known works of Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Terry Riley, the three icons of repetitive music, gives a right to exist. The recording of a triple album immediately aroused the interest of major record label Warner Classics. Release 14 April 2023.

The Tuning Path – Terry Riley

The Tuning Path – Terry Riley BL!NDMAN (sax) from BL!NDMAN on Vimeo.

Triple Quartet mvt.2 – Steve Reich

Triple Quartet Mvt. 2 – Steve Reich from BL!NDMAN on Vimeo.

Cello Counterpoint mvt.3 – Steve Reich

Cello Counterpoint Steve Reich BL!NDMAN (strings) Suzanne Vermeyen from BL!NDMAN on Vimeo.

Music in Similar Motion – Philip Glass

Music in Similar Motion Philip Glass BL!NDMAN from BL!NDMAN on Vimeo.

Nagoya Marimbas – Steve Reich

Nagoya Marimbas Steve Reich BL!NDMAN (drums) from BL!NDMAN on Vimeo.

New York Counterpoint – Steve Reich

New York Counterpoint – Steve Reich BL!NDMAN (sax) from BL!NDMAN on Vimeo.