Daniel Ham Come Out Analysis
Another of Reich’s groundbreaking pieces in experimental music was a work entitled ‘Come Out’ in 1966. This work continued exploring the technique of phasing from ‘It’s Gonna Rain’, again exploring the acoustics of speech to create musical ideas. ‘Come out’ was produced from an interview from a young man named Daniel Hamm who was arrested during the Harlem riots in 1964. The opening of the piece features original material from the interview detailing how Hamm and several others were taken into police custody and beaten savagely by the police.
The speech from the interview opens the piece with Hamm saying, "I had to like open the bruise up and let some of the bruise blood come out to show them." Reich fragments this recording and loops the
The speech from the interview opens the piece with Hamm saying, "I had to like open the bruise up and let some of the bruise blood come out to show them." Reich fragments this recording and loops the