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Ravedeath, 1972

Revisiting Tim Hecker's uncanny ambient masterpiece

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Stephan Kunze
Aug 20, 2025
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In 1972, students of Boston’s MIT pushed a piano off its roof.

The instrument, broken beyond repair, had been sitting around one of the dorm buildings, Baker House, taking up space.

During a house meeting, a student named Charlie Bruno suggested an unusual solution to the bulk waste issue.

The MIT’s student handbook didn’t explicitly prohibit pushing thin…

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