“How minimal is too minimal? British hip-hop kid Req is a minimalist, though he's not a student of Philip Glass and doesn't know or care about microsound. What Req is about is beats, with every trace of meat and gristle gnawed off. He wants to see how little he can leave inside his raw, repetitive loops and keep people interested. He'll take a drum break or an 808 pattern and let it run solo longer”
