How many Steve Reich releases are on Riffiter?

60 releases are catalogued, spanning 1967 to 2025.

What genre is Steve Reich?

Steve Reich is catalogued under Composer.

What is the most recent Steve Reich release on Riffiter?

Collected Works, released in 2025.

Artist

Steve Reich

Steve Reich is a composer artist from American. 60 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Composer · American · Best composer albums

60
Releases: 1967–2025
Active years

Discography

53

Singles & EPs

7

Upcoming shows

About

Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. He is a pioneer of minimalism, although his music has increasingly deviated from a purely minimalist style. Reich's innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (examples are his early compositions, "It's Gonna Rain" and "Come Out"), and the use of processes to create and explore musical concepts (for instance, "Pendulum music" and ""Four Organs"). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures and phasing effects, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially that of his country. The Guardian has described Reich as one of the few composers to have "altered the direction of musical history." Reich often cites Pérotin, J.S. Bach, Debussy and Stravinsky as composers he admires, whose tradition he wished as a young composer to become part of. Jazz is a major part of the formation of Reich's musical style, and two of the earliest influences on his work were vocalists Ella Fitzgerald and Alfred Deller, whose emphasis on the artistic capabilities of the voice alone with little vibrato or other alteration was an inspiration to his earliest works. John Coltrane's style,…

Steve Reich in brief

How many Steve Reich releases are on Riffiter?: 60 releases are catalogued, spanning 1967 to 2025.
What genre is Steve Reich?: Steve Reich is catalogued under Composer.
What is the most recent Steve Reich release on Riffiter?: Collected Works, released in 2025.