Selected Works I & II: Experiments In Psychoacoustics, Timbre & Minimalism: 2011–2021
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THERE was a time when the avant-garde masters were almost celebrities. John Cage, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Pierre Schaeffer and the like, they were all allowed to infiltrate the mainstream to some extent, just as radical artists do in other areas of the arts. Things are different now, and you’re not likely to see Sarah Davachi espousing her views on septimal just intonation on primetime TV – and yet she’s that rare 21st-century example of someone who’s receiving a heartening degree of acclaim and fame while making undoubtedly ‘difficult music’.
