It's like a Minimalist comedy, a cross between an Andy Kauffman routine and Steve Reich's stuttering compositions.

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And as much as Blackshaw took his first influences from John Fahey, he's always been outside of the new crop, more in touch with modern composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

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On Monday evening I sat enthralled as he performed in King's Place London in a recital that combined his own compositions with works from Steve Reich and Max Richter, accompanied on screen by technology provided by Microsoft Research and others.

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But four years on, they pounced on their opportunity to take the title after Christian Reich and Steve Anderhub in Switzerland 1 failed to exert enough pressure with their final run.

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