I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much money you had.

It can be found when listening to the fictional radio station "The Journey". Produced and directed by Robert Ashley. Techniques
Riley's music is usually based on improvising through a series of modal figures of different lengths such as in In C (1964) and the Keyboard Studies.

His work has been deeply influenced by both jazz and Indian classical music.