Terry Riley is an American composer famous for his minimalist classical style. Despite being a composer of many styles and instruments, he is mostly known for his innovations in the genre of electronic music. His famous electronic album "A Rainbow in Curved Air" was a revolutionary album for electronic recording. This album inspired many inclusions of synthesizers in popular music including artists such at "Pete Townshend" and "The Who."
Riley went on to record many more albums such as "In C" and "Church of Anthrax." Each of his future albums continued to be experimental and had a great influence on future ambient music. Riley uses many keyboard instruments for his recordings and it is evident in listening to his compositions.
Terry Riley's music not only pushed the boundaries of what had been done, it was inspiring as well. Many musicians saw with his music the possibilities of electronic instruments and composing. Some of his music to me personally is a little too ambient to be listened to on it's own, I still see the innovations and approach as something to be admired.
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