The Importance of Minimalism in Music

Rish and Riley were profoundly influenced by the first recordings of Indian music that were reaching the West at this time in the late 50s and early 60s. Miles Davis was one of our first minimalists, you could also call John Coltrane one of ourfirst minimalists. In pieces or albums like Africa Brass, tracks like India, he, like Rish and Riley, were significantly influenced by North Indian music, West African music,. And incorporated those influences into their music which resulted in an attraction to drones, an attraction to repetition.