Identity Readout
Subject La Monte Young
Realname La Monte Thornton Young
Profile La Monte Young is an American avant-garde artist, composer and musician, generally recognized as one of the first minimalist composers. His works are cited as notable examples of post-war avant-garde, experimental, and contemporary music. Young is especially known for his exploration of drone music.
Born October 14, 1935 in a log cabin in Bern, Idaho, La Monte went to high school in Los Angeles…
Genre Classical
Styles Drone · Minimal · Modern Classical · Contemporary · Experimental
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Press Press: 50 items (16 reviews · 7 interviews · 27 features)
interview Transcript: Cabaret Voltaire’s Stephen Mallinder in conversation with Nicolas Ballet — the_wire, Jennifer Lucy Allan,Mike Barnes,Robert Barry,Clive Bell,Xenia Benivolski,Emily Bick,Claire Biddles,Lisa Blanning,Chris Bohn,Gabriel Bristow,Nathan Budzinski,Filippo Cicciù,Philip Clark,Byron Coley,Lar (2026) review Quentin Tolimieri — the_quietus, Antonio Poscic (2026) interview Peer Review: Thurston Moore Interviews Bonner Kramer… and vice versa — the_quietus, John Doran (2026) feature George Mačiunas’s lesser known scores — the_wire, Anton Lukoszevieze (2026) feature Invisible Jukebox mix: Irmin Schmidt — the_wire, Leah Kardos (2026) feature “A myth can often be more stimulating than actuality”: Love Magic Power Danger Bliss reviewed — the_wire, Mark Webber (2026) feature The Sound of One String Singing: A Guide to Arnold Dreyblatt — bandcamp_daily, George Grella (2026) feature Extended Play — the_wire, Xenia Benivolski (2025) feature When Worlds Divide: Terry Riley and La Monte Young’s Parallel Universes — bandcamp_daily, George Grella (2025) review Nina Garcia — the_quietus, Levi Dayan (2025) review Interview: Caterina Barbieri — fact_magazine, Scott Wilson (2024) interview Fishing lines, mobile phones and Wirral wind: the oddly harmonious music of Ex-Easter Island Head — the_guardian, Laura Snapes (2024) interview Something Bigger Than Us: An Interview with Saagara — the_quietus, Ilia Rogatchevski (2024) review Inner Ear: Romanian Music for September Reviewed by Jakub Knera — the_quietus, Jakub Knera (2024) review Sarah Davachi - The Head As Form’d In The Crier's Choir — resident_advisor, Marshall Gu (2024) feature ‘Hip-hop is the new avant garde’: John Cale on Lou Reed, anger and continual reinvention — the_guardian, Sean O’Hagan (2024) feature A Catalog of Catherine Christer Hennix’s Spiritual Drone — bandcamp_daily, George Grella (2024) review Jozef Van Wissem — the_quietus, Richard Foster (2024) review Lou Reed - Hudson River Wind Meditations — resident_advisor, Daniel Bromfield (2024) feature “He truly loved what he did and he did it until the very end”: tributes to Phill Niblock — the_wire (2024) Press from ridden archive_api_v1 (Guardian · Pitchfork · The Wire · RA · …)
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— Terry Jennings, La Monte Young, Charles Curtis (2022) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, Theatre Of Eternal Music (2017) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, Henry Flynt (2010) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — The Dream Syndicate (2), La Monte Young (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (2006) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, Ben Patterson, György Ligeti, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, Joseph Beuys, Wolfgang Heisig, Gerhard Stäbler, Johannes S. Sistermanns (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — John Cale, Tony Conrad, Angus MacLise, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (2000) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (2000) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (1999) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, The Forever Bad Blues Band (1993) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Theatre Of Eternal Music (1974) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (1969) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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