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Terry Riley (b. 1935) Terry Riley Main Page You're Nogood (1967) You're Nogood (20:33) Synthesizer [Moog], Tape [Manipulation], Loops [Tape-loops] – Terry Riley Terry Riley made "You're No Good" in 1967, but it wasn't released untill 2000. Commissioned by an experimental Philadelphia nightclub, the song is a fantastic, and stunning reworking of the R&B track 'You're No Good' by Harvey Averne. Using Tape Delay and Moog synths, Riley starts the song of as a noice/drone composition, only to come into a more familiar sounding version in which the song is then multiplied and put of against itself using tape manipulation, delay and echo. Near the end, the electronica comes back in to create a song that is drawn between sharp sinustones and a distorted r&b vibe. RELATED RESOURCES: Terry Riley in UbuWeb Historical Terry Riley in UbuWeb Film