Music for 18 musicians

During Amsterdam Dance Event, plunge into the minimalist music of Steve Reich, brought to life by Asko|Schönberg and HIIIT. This psychoacoustic journey for eighteen musicians marked Reich’s landmark 1976 breakthrough, and its impact remains just as potent in 2025! Within the first minutes, a torrent of swirling harmonies unfolds, exceeding anything Reich had created before. 

Reich temporarily stepped away from his earlier, extreme minimal experiments and created a vibrant, high-energy piece where every instrument claims the spotlight. From the female vocals to the humming clarinets and the invigorating percussion, everything flows together. A hallucinatory network of rhythmic pulses and powerful melody lines that never let your attention wander. Music for 18 Musicians is proto-techno, a sleek and swinging trip that pulls you in.