Remixed 2006 vinyl

To coincide with his 70th birthday, Nonesuch Records releases the Steve Reich single "Reich: Remixed 2006" - a collection of newly commissioned remixes of the legendary American composer's work. On September 4th "Reich: Remixed 2006" comprises Four Tet's remix of "Drumming" (1971) and Alex Smoke's remix of "Proverb" (1995). The single also includes the winning remix of "Music For 18 Musicians" (1976) from a competition hosted by BBC Radio 1's show "The Breezeblock", which gave listeners the chance to remix a section of Reich's seminal work. The winning entry by Ruoho Ruotsi was chosen by Reich himself. On September 25, Nonesuch releases "Phases: A Nonesuch Retrospective", a five-CD, career-spanning box set of Reich's work, as well as an updated version of the acclaimed 1999 album "Reich: Remixed", featuring the new reworkings by Four Tet and Alex Smoke alongside the original selection by the likes of Coldcut, Ken Ishii, Mantronix, Howie B and others. Between September 28th and October 8th, the Barbican in London mounts a wide-ranging and exploratory retrospective of Reich's music. Phases is a festival of his music, video art and dance projects that looks at the defining moments in the composer's career, and will bring together long-term collaborators, such as Kronos Quartet, Bang On A Can, The London Symphony Orchestra and Paul Hillier to pay tribute to this celebrated composer. Steve Reich was recently called "The master of modern minimalism" by Mojo, "America's greatest living composer" by The Village Voice, "The most original musical thinker of our time" by The New Yorker, and "Among the great composers of the century" by The New York Times.