Alan Licht's Minimal Top Ten

1. Charlemagne Palestine - Four Manifestations on Six Elements (Castelli-Sonnabend, 1974)










2. Terry Riley - Reed Streams (Mass Arts, 1966)











3. La Monte Young - The Black Record (Edition X, West Germany, 1969)











4. Steve Reich - Four Organs / Phase Patterns (Shandar, 1971)











5. Phill Niblock - Nothin' to Look at, Just a Record (India Navigation, 1979)










6. Henry Flynt - You Are My Everlovin' / Celestial Power (self-released, 1987)












7. Tony Conrad - Outside the Dream Syndicate (Caroline, 1974)











8. Jon Gibson - Two Solo Pieces (Chatham Square, 1977)











9. Remko Scha - Machine Guitars (Kremlin, 1982)











10. Terry Fox - Berlino / Rallentando (Het Apollohuis, 1983)











11. Richard Youngs - Advent (1990)