Contents Foreward by Robert Ashley Landscape with David Behrman “Extending our nervous systems” Drifting Harmonies (Paul DeMarinis) Landscape with Philip Glass “I’m making the rules” Music of the Moment (Peter Gordon) Landscape with Alvin Lucier “With and without purpose” Stretching Our Imagination (Jill Kroesen) Landscape with Gordon Mumma “I’m using the by-product of my culture” The System Is the Composition Itself (Maggi Payne) Landscape with Pauline Oliveros “I can feel myself changing” Shedding Another Skin (Margaret Ahrens) Landscape with Roger Reynolds “I’m always interested in new experience” Extending Instrumental Techniques (Paul Robinson) Landscape with Terry Riley “Music is my spiritual path” Terrry Is a Solo Act (Craig Hazen) Landscape with Robert Ashley Sound Changing Its Own Behaviour (Robert Sheff) Epilogue Robert Ashley Documents the Aether (Tom Johnson) Essayist’s Biographies Composers’ Selected Discographies Index of Names