The Endless Inspiration of Steve Reich's Phasing Technique

[@Hainbach]

Music and the full 50 min of phasing available on my patreon.com/hainbach Thanks for you support!

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[@BlAcKpHrAcK]

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[@BlAcKpHrAcK]

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[@karolisprekeris]

Came here for the phasing, stayed for the sweaters

[@moirot]

I too would like to know more about the sweater.

[@nathanielrhysdavis]

Coogi?

[@wudimusic]

You can use Hainbachs Sweater to make a Colorimeter Test on your TV/Monitor

[@zekeriyakarakus4889]

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[@drik79]

​@@zekeriyakarakus4889 those sweaters were massive in the 90's.

[@Brumata]

Probably my favorite technique. Whether it is with loopers or sequencers, it is endlessly entertaining.

[@edgeeffect]

Also cool but very hard work if done with live musicians.

[@tebi1kurieudidon172]

@@edgeeffect Like the piano phase performance done by Rob Kovacs.... That is one legendary rendition of this beautiful work.

[@WokeUpScreaming]

I often do this on a guitar when I've got more than one looper in the chain and it is the most hypnotic thing ever.

[@GrumIsMe]

I'm a simple audio nerd - I see a thumbnail with a couple of vintage Nagras, and I click.

[@synthxperiments3691]

I love Steve Reich, a lot of his works are really mesmerising! In the digital world it's easy to achieve his results, but seeing you working like in the 60s is so inspiring!

[@duncanparsons]

Magnificent

[@SynthuxAcademy]

Fantastic seeing this now. Perfect timing as we’re developing a dual looper in the community, and one of the core inspiration sources is Steve Reich. Beautiful video (and sweater) as always!

[@chbuschmann]

I fell in love with Reich with his "Music for 18 Musicians" way back in 2004

[@lootwijk]

The very same here!

[@tomahzo]

My favorite! As well as Coldcut's interpretation called "Music for No Musicians" :D

[@chrisbarnett5303]

It's one of my favorite pieces of music ever.

[@LudovicCoullet]

Like Steve Reich, you came out to show them !

[@ajsmith4181]

Touché

[@justlavooij]

This video start pretty technical but slowly gets more and more musical until I am in a dancehall by the end. I love it!

[@Pichuscute]

Absolutely love Steve Reich's style of composing. Done it a handful of times myself and loved the result every time.

[@Nethanieal]

The Steve Reich remixed album changed my perception of music, space and time... That piece you did was quite nice - cheers

[@robford3211]

Really well done Mr Hainbach and well explained . I think the harmonic overtones of saxophone sounds will add an interesting dimension.

[@shansoley]

Never gets old watching you work with tape. Thanks for helping bring back a lot of older methods!

[@wd4187]

Loop one was unbelievably tight! A testament to your tape editing skills and quality of the Nagras

[@Hainbach]

Thanks! It had me stumped at first as it took so long to drift.

[@wd4187]

@@Hainbach Haha! "Is this thing on?"

[@loopinnerthe]

Tubular Bells just comes straight to mind. Mike Oldfield must have drawn from many places and you have shone a light on this. Echoes of Steve Reich in your studio, you lucky man. Hainbach this is absolutely beautiful. The track is beautiful, the process is beautiful.

[@isolamusic6205]

Came here for just one phase, stayed for a-a-n-n-n-n-o-o-o-o-o-o-t-t-h-e-e-e-rr! I take a bow, Hainbach, so worth watching you doing your magic!

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Mr. Reich watching: "Wow, very industrious over here. Back in the 60's, we just cut the tape once and somehow it all worked out."

[@jimmyhillberg4628]

Being a huge Steve Reich fan since late nineties this is just perfect. And I found this channel just like a week ago. Absolutely love your content.

[@aidanduffy5443]

Wow. I love the sounds you achieve in this video. Gorgeous.

[@ovalesobliques]

Music as a gradual process. Beautiful !

[@btl1533]

Very cool. I just watched the documentary «tones, drones and arpeggios» this weekend, so the timing of your video was perfect. I can really recommend it to anyone interested in minimalism.

[@turpialito]

After having had and lost my dream custom hi-fi system I finally upgraded from a cheapo soundbar to a decent pair of speakers. I had been missing so many subtleties of your music, Hainbach! Thoroughly enjoying this video. Cheers!

[@daniel2622]

I'm so glad you posted this. It's somewhat daunting to try and find anything close to what Steve Reich or Terry Riley sounds like

[@andrewmorse7912]

I honour your bravery sir. Most of us would not fail on stage as we’d be too worried to even try something untested. Well done, love your work.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you! I love doing things like this live, it adds excitement.

[@andrewmorse7912]

@ so true. Here in Sydney there are limited opportunities for music that pushes boundaries (some of us are trying) but if you tour here I’ll be there in a shot.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

I like phasing melodies/harmonies that are really drawnout and rhythmically less pulsing where there is more space between things and also more space between end and start of loop. There are so mxny wonderful chance happenings and interactions between loops.

[@venomxx2f399]

The time somthing like this takes adds to it beauty like in come out by Steve reich you really hear the slow degradation of any semblance of words and it’s awesome

[@yfrontsguy]

I, like you, was completely mesmerised the first time I heard 'music for 18 musicians', 'clapping music' etc. I've been to many of his concerts over the years & each time it is truly magical The sitar loops gave a soupy effect that reminds me of Gavin Bryars 'The Sinking of the Titanic', another work that just sends me into bliss

[@SorryIwasntListening]

Wonderful stuff Sir....there are many phasing vids on YT and this is one of the best.... Really atmospheric

[@RegebroRepairs]

Testing a new technique live? Well, can't fault your bravery.

[@PontiacS]

OMG!!!! HAINBACH!!!!! You have Outdone Yourself with That Sweater(Jumper). Over The Top. Sensational!!!!!!!

[@BenjaminFranceMusic]

This video was incredible, Hainbach! I could hear a ton of different harmonies that would work with those loops in my head. SO much fun!!!

[@lootwijk]

Such lovely sounds. Great work, Stefan!

[@Winterdagen]

Love this! Such a big fan of these kind of techniques. The music in the end is just absolutely gorgeous!

[@oswaldalien]

Thank you. The music you created was captivating.

[@peterwhitehouse]

I was blown away when I first heard Steve Reich's Phasing works, the emergent complexity, acoustic percussion caused by interference and the trippy abstract concept of noise as art. Reich's pieces were long, gradual meditations and you can lose yourself in them. Your experiments are also fascinating, it was fun you wondered why the changes were so slow - are we becoming less patient I wonder? Piano phase and other found sounds interact in ways that are hard to predict but beautiful none the less - thank you for sharing your experiments.

[@BeyondTyrants]

I was obsessed with Steve Reich in high school but I dressed like I was obsessed with Trent Reznor. I loved it when kids would come to me wanting to hear whatever "heavy shit" I was into, so I'd hand them my headphones with Reich's "Come Out" playing on it. The bewildered look on their faces is forever etched in my memory.

[@permut8]

Fantastic! I love this in the same way I enjoy my attempts at recreating The Disintegration Loops (by William Basinski) with cassette tape and my own electro-magnetic field recordings. Nothing beats being 8 years old with tape loops! Never let the old man in! :)

[@BeauKnechtel]

Amazing work as always, Hainbach!

[@alastpicturefromvoyager]

Syper nice ! I'm used to working with asynchronous loops with a faster shift between the two, but your subtle glide with these two loops is just perfect. Well, on the other hand, I can't compete-I'm editing a video right now about the same technique 😅. Guess it'll have to wait a bit to release !

[@freebeerecords]

A fantastic sonic feast for the ears, eyes and mind! Many thanks!

[@doctorc-ton1099]

I love the sounds/music! Inspiring to try some things on the DAW.

[@NoSe_Quien]

OH hey HAINBACH! i got your cassette tape from spitfire LABS, and just now i got suggested this video on Reich's tape technique. awesome! i just subscribed. I love some Steve Reich tape phase shit. and the sounds on your cassette are incredible. 🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@NoSe_Quien]

also, it's incredible to see the reason for some of the run times of Reich's phases being what they are once you run the experiment yourself - the time is a consequence of the form. the shifts are so gradual, you have to allow for the development of the psychoacoustic rhythms to emerge.

[@donerskine7935]

I like to record a hoe-down of Shepard tones by blowing over a Klein bottle, recorded on a Mobius tape loop. A bit of reverse echo livens it up. Sometimes I release the recording before I have even made it.

[@frankcallo6630]

I love every bit of this. A thousand thanks 🙏🙏🙏

[@juliloaiza]

The UI interface (if this term even applies to real life hardware) of the Nagra tape machines are beautiful, I wouldn't hesitate experimenting with a dedicated AudioThing plugin specifically for this phasing technique, I mean just the thumbnail alone gives that idea. But anyways, thank you for all the plugins you've helped create and the music you've documented and showcase on this channel, you and your videos bring a lot of fun into experimentation in music and I appreciate that!

[@vaaalsongs4867]

Hell yes to the final jam. Will def be listening on Patreon.

[@InnerMotionMusic]

Very cool piece, and video. Steve Reich is such an inspirational composer. I also love Conlon Nancarrow's work with tape as well. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Ooph, that's gorgeous! I was just waiting for the juddering woodwinds to come in. :)

[@Hainbach]

Yeah only had synths :-)

[@pablowentscobar]

That's really cool. I love this sort of thing, like how effects were accomplished in the past or even new ways to get effects. It's super interesting. I liked the one with the tape warble, I don't know why but I like wow and flutter from old equipment. Thanks!

[@jarickthom9767]

Wow thank you for that - Steve Reich has been one of my favourite 20th century composers for so many years. I too was lucky enough to see him live about 10 years ago and Piano Phases was on the menu of the night as well. Mesmerizing. Pulling apart the technique and demonstrating it with the loops as you go along is fabulous. Now - could I try that myself - if you've got $18,000 worth of Nagras, and all of the other equipment needed to cut, edit, loop etc., above my paygrade for sure. But it gave me the idea - is there software that would take two loops and allow you to take them out of phase? A digital reel to reel system allowing you to add mulitiple tape machines with audio, slowly pulling them in and out of phase - letting the joy of sound wash over you. I am sure this would actually be a reasonably simple project to create. If anyone knows of such software or has some ideas to do this, I would like to try to make my own Reichian loops in a manner with tape looping out of phase. I think the same sort or system would also allow you to make Frippertronics as well. OOoh .. that would be my dream to have something do both. Software or ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks Hainbach for continually sharing your passions!

[@dedicatedspuddler7641]

So very beautiful! I really enjoy phasing, and was thinking recently of trying it live myself, but with sequencers rather than tape machines.

[@Hainbach]

that works too, especially if you can cv the clock ever so slightly

[@MikeBracewell]

Outstanding work.

[@mikenoface]

Now to create my micro-cassette and circuit bent walkman looper Orchestra! Very nice, Herr Hainbach. 🤘

[@whirrings]

Lovely video, really interesting how different the results were just due to those slight variations. I too was inspired by the work of Steve Reich to try my own phasing experiments over the years, most recently using a Digitakt to trigger multiple versions of the same looped sample with no decay and then tweak the length very slightly of each one, it can work well. Also by hand using my looper pedal! 😎🎶

[@Человек-ш4ч9ц]

Как же круто ты, дружище, управляешься со звуком!😊

[@escafandrasemiotica]

I appreciate this video. This is the first time I can see how works the phasing technique on tape machines. Very interesting. Although I still find this human-made technique more surprising, as in Reich's Piano Phase. Greetings

[@johnhricko8212]

Made a piece in late 70s with 88 splices. Pain in the arse. Transferred to 3 loops, etc. Also saw an amazing Reich percussion piece at a small library performance hall - beautiful. Fun stuff! Swastika Girls always a fav...

[@geoffknot]

good job Hainbach. im no expert, but i think you got the process right here. keep up the good work.

[@crowlsyong]

I feel like you would give a really good hug.

[@VolubilisSynthesis]

Merci Hainbach pour ce moment jubilatoire.

[@Morgans_Miles]

Fantastic stuff! Thanks for explaining it to a Luddite like me! 😎

[@emperorbingo]

Absolutely fantastic

[@Andrewstolarski]

You are one clever man keep doing what you do😊😊👌

[@theobrominator]

So cool! Phasing with rounds and phrases is why I like Phillip Glass so much. Same here - ethereal.

[@johnp9650]

Awesome experiment! It was fun to see a bit of how this was done. I remember learning about this 20-some years ago in a music appreciation class in university. Since then, I listen to "It's gonna rain" about once or twice a year. Ryoksopp's collaboration with Reich: Electric Counterpoint III is amazing as well!!! Not to mention The Orb's use of a Reich tape loop in "Little Fluffy Clouds".

[@chitlun]

Very enjoyable indeed squire, cheers!

[@lorentorj945]

Amazing work! 👏

[@pierresteytler9370]

I have never heard of or considered this technique before, but I am eager to experiment with it. I think an interesting idea would be to work out whether or not cutting the loop lengths with more mathematical precision, based on say an odd time signature and/or specific beat increments thereof, would be able to generate some interesting polyrhythmic effects. As always, great video and ideas!

[@tamalitogirl]

Lovely, as always❤

[@seanseuffert9623]

Beautiful sounds. 🙌

[@alphacko]

Thank you for exploring

[@karelhacker]

Very inspiring! You choose a great loop for this. Thank you for sinful videos on youtube.

[@ambroseember6392]

Nice work!

[@glnnk_art]

Watched the first 5 minutes, grabbed my Push 3 Standalone and did about an hour of jamming with some Ableton included loops. Awesome.

[@nicoincertezza5763]

beautiful

[@orionvdv499]

ahh yess hainbach and steve reich my two favs !

[@N5Gabe]

First stoned, now subscribed. Thanks!

[@philipbrougham6360]

Accidently came across phasing in the early 70's using a turntable and reel to reel tape recorder .ln my opinion tape phasing is the best way of doing it ,one of my favourite effects , especially when applied to well recorded drums...

[@GraphicEqulizerProductions]

Beautiful sound

[@pendulumdistinction2494]

Beautiful discoveries.

[@thom-novi]

Gorgeous results.

[@FlesYm80]

Absolutely cool!😀

[@SidneyBCommercialista]

I would love to see/hear a session with Hainbach and Marta Salogni togheter. A super Tape Loop session

[@Hainbach]

Me too, would love to meet her! We are in this BBC6 show together www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0025wg2

[@justawatchin2]

Chevreuil was a French guitar/keyboard & drums duo that used several Akai digital loopers in a row and the resulting out of sync loops made for a right lovely mess. I highly recommend them.

[@RealGrover]

Adrenal Vapor from the Portal 2 soundtrack is a very nice little take on this technique, albeit likely not produced with tape. No additional fluff besides the loops but occasionally flies in a third one that’s one octave up, mesmerising.

[@johnhricko8212]

Play around with speed. Even using the same technique as 'phasing' - touch the reels to slow them down... or/and, Cut off jus' a little more tape to speed up the perception of the phasing. Fun stuff!

[@Osc-Mod]

Another idea for an additional video is the same setup but on the mono machine invert the phase of tthe signal so when lined up you get null. As they separate in time different frequencies will filter through. This should sound closer to our modern day pedal counterparts but still is phasing.

[@Hainbach]

Interesting idea!

[@donerskine7935]

The tapes would have to be VERY closely synchronised to get any noticeable 'phasing' effect. Any delay more than a few tens of milliseconds, and they would instead be perceived as double tracking, echo and ultimately delayed phrase looping. The phase inversions would not then be discernible. Reich was using the term 'phasing' to describe the effect of delayed phrases. Confusing, I know.

[@eshkor101]

that was amazing

[@landscapetalknet]

Nice! Steve R phasing. A great Monday video!

[@dinsfire8489]

That part when you add in some crumar spirit... magical

[@skelingtonrick]

I think it could be very valuable to set up a loop and then time out for when you find the most impactful moments and ramping up and down, or even leapfrogging certain segments could be very cool

[@Hainbach]

Yes! That is exactly what I did in the final track. Picked the most interesting parts and spliced them together

[@skelingtonrick]

@@Hainbach very inspiring stuff

[@robst247]

Like the sound of two out-of-balance spin-driers spinning simultaneously in a laundrette/laundromat at slightly different speeds. No painstaking tape-splicing necessary, and your clothes come out drier as a bonus.

[@kittensondxm]

thank you very much for sharing this :)

[@nckwntzl]

Very fun, I think I will invite my pianist friend over to play with this after she's done touring.

[@MeikelSteiding]

This was great!

[@tonytooke76]

When I’ve experimented with this technique I find if you have a separate tape loop or sequence and just record it simultaneously to two tape recorders for a length of time, the natural wow and flutter can create the same effect and you can control it more touching the flange of the reels. It’s an easier method than trying to cut two loops exact.

[@CashMattock]

3:54 I like the camera work here 👍👍

[@pawnotdaw4559]

Love the incidental music