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Best minimalism artists of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Everyone who released a minimalism album in the 2000s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

  1. 2John CaleJohn Cale1 album here3.94.0 avg · 3 ratings
  2. 3Nils FrahmNils Frahm1 album here3.93.8 avg · 3 ratings
  3. 4William BasinskiWilliam Basinski1 album here3.73.3 avg · 3 ratings
  4. 5Philip GlassPhilip Glass2 albums here
  5. 6Duane Pitre2 albums here

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