Philip Glass is an American classical musician considered to be highly influential in the creation of consonant minimalist music. Inspired by Steve Reich who he studied alongside at the Juillard school of music in New York city, Glass went on to form an ensemble including Steve and another student at the school, Jon Gibson.

The ensemble played mainly in art galleries to free thinking artists within the New York scene. With songs such as ‘Music in the shape of a square’ and ‘1+1′ it was clear the ensemble was exploring and contributing towards minimalist ideas and the role of music in these developments.

The links to electronic repetitive structures are clear, and with Glass citing Aphex Twin as a friend an inspiration, who knows hopefully a collaboration may be on the cards? – just done a bit more research and it has already happened, back in 1995, Watch the bottom video.