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I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly shift out of phase with each other...

— Steve Reich ‎Paul Hillier (2002)

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What I don't want to do is to go and buy a bunch of exotic-looking drums and set up an Afrikanische Musik in New York City.

‎Paul Hillier (2002)

...in serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the same thing.

‎Paul Hillier (2002)

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Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges.

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