"Four Organs/Phase Patterns," and "Early Works," are both great, though I could still go with the "doggedly hammering into the ground" description.

At 02:43 PM 6/30/2002 -0400, TagYrIt@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 6/30/2002 2:40:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, maurice@mac.com writes:


Oh, yeah--here's another disappointment: Steve Reich's _The Cave_,
which starts strong and then very quickly reveals itself as an
experiment that just doesn't work, but which he doggedly keeps
hammering into the ground.


Couldn't this describe ANY Steve Reich album? Although I do have to admit, I like Different Trains a lot.

Dale.

Chris Selvig