Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

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I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I...

I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I...

Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours...

Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours...

It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am...

It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am...

I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS....

I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS....

We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to...

We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to...

It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is...

It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is...

Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts...

Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts...

Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which...

Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which...

Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their...

Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their...

Acceleration is finite, I think according to some laws of physics.

Acceleration is finite, I think according to some laws of physics.

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Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it...

I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of...

I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of...

Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest...

Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest...

So, essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient...

So, essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient...

I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive...

I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive...