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    <reviewbody>wow some steve reich on archive .org.  that and such a good/difficult piece to post.  really well produced.  well done.  more please</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>better than life</reviewtitle>
    <stars>5</stars>
    <reviewer>greenhouse george</reviewer>
    <createdate>2007-02-09 12:21:53</createdate>
    <reviewdate>2007-02-09 12:21:53</reviewdate>
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  <review>
    <reviewbody>Wow! May I say, masterpiece?</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>It does not get much better than this!</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>ishboo442</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2007-02-27 02:02:09</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2007-02-27 02:02:09</createdate>
    <stars>5</stars>
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    <reviewbody>I have heard this piece before, presumably by multiple pianists or computer generated from one pianist. Being an accomplished pianist myself, I know how hard it is to keep a certain rhythm while there are slightly different rhythms going on around you, but to play two different rhythms on seperate pianos, even if its the same simple melody, with such accuracy as Peter Aidu, is remarkable!&#13;
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@Altisidoran.petulance: Minimalist music is very different from minimalism in other arts, as it isn't so much about being minimal as it is about having things in different proportions which may make certain aspects seem minimal to an untrained ear. For example, a melody that would normally last 7 seconds is played over the course of an hour with an immense amount of new information put within that melody. It is "minimal" because of the fact that your melody/time ratio is very small, but I'm sure you can understand how you could just as easily call it "maximalism." For minimalist music, "minimalism" is purely an arbitrary label. Additionally, while it is extraordinarily difficult to perform this piano with one person on two pianos, it is humanly impossible to do so with one hand on one piano. That is something Liszt wouldn't have been able to do even if you gave him 30 years to master it.</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>Wow</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>soldier9599</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2009-05-09 21:23:13</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2008-01-27 00:00:18</createdate>
    <stars>5</stars>
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  <review>
    <reviewbody>The next step in this minimalist reductivism might be to eliminate the second keyboard and play both parts with a single hand.  Or sing it with one voice using harmonics.  Or ?</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>One piano, one hand?</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>Altisidoran.petulance</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2008-06-07 14:37:12</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2008-06-07 14:37:12</createdate>
    <stars>0</stars>
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