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“They describe themselves as a Mantra-Rock Dada Pythago-Cubist Orchestra, and the band name translates to ‘angina of the chest’”: The microtonal music theory behind viral math-rockers Angine de Poitrine

Our resident music professor breaks down the experimental tunings and time signatures behind the costumed Québécois duo breaking the internet

MusicRadar

Terry Riley: The Columbia Recordings album review – early masterworks from a founding father of minimalism

Nothing can surpass the originality of 1968’s In C, repackaged here with three other discs to mark the composer’s 90th birthday

The Guardian - UK

In C review – Sasha Waltz matches Terry Riley’s 1964 classic with a minimalist community

The choreographer pairs the semi-improvised score with similarly loose structures that reflect on collective action and identity

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London Sinfonietta at Southbank Centre review: expressive freedom both sensual and amusing

4/5 Dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests provide choreography for a one-of-a-kind performance of Terry Riley’s In C

Evening Standard

“Gong is the band you listen to when you smoke your first joint or drop your first acid trip at school”: The mind-bending story of cult psychedelic heroes Gong

Looking back on the career of psychedelic oddballs Gong, one of rock’s most eccentric bands

Louder

Pop! goes the curriculum: songs to inspire primary school children

Keir Starmer is on a personal mission to promote music to the under-11s. From rock’n’roll to Jonathan Richman, our writers suggest songs for an alternative schooling

The Guardian - UK

Catherine Christer Hennix obituary

Swedish composer who mixed computerised sounds with traditional instruments to create finely tuned textures

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Kronos Quartet: Five Decades review – virtuosic quartet celebrate with djembe, eggplant and Hendrix

In a 50th anniversary concert, the San Franscisco group, led by founding member David Harrington, dipped into a vast, varied back catalogue with their eyes firmly on the future

The Guardian - UK

Francis Monkman obituary

Multi-instrumentalist with Curved Air and Sky who composed the soundtrack to The Long Good Friday

The Guardian - UK

Manuel Göttsching laid the groundwork for generations of electronic musicians

The restlessly innovative German guitarist went on to make records including the legendary E2-E4, a foundational source for techno and ambient house

The Guardian - UK

‘Like them, we’re fragile’: how Randall Poster assembled his star-packed birdsong project

The esteemed music supervisor enlisted stars such as Mark Ronson, Nick Cave, Beck, Sean Penn and Tilda Swinton for an ambitious new project

The Guardian - US

‘He would get high before teaching’: how Mills College gave birth to music’s boldest minds

Fuelled by psychedelic counterculture, the Californian university has nurtured Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson and more – and caused riots at its concerts. But can it survive?

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