Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Max Richter – Patterns / Solo Pt. 2 (Official Music Video)
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Released in 2015 and co-conceived with his creative partner Yulia Mahr, Richter’s magnum opus, ‘SLEEP’, is regarded as one of the most ambitious and culturally significant classical music projects of the 21st century. An 8 ½ hour musical enquiry into how sound and the sleeping mind interact, it explores the effects of subsonics and repetition to enhance slow wave sleep.
‘Sleep Circle’ is a hallucinatory 90-minute trip into the hypnagogic state – the time period when the brain transitions between a state of wakefulness and sleep and the state during which the individual dreams. Performing an abridged version of ‘SLEEP’ live in 2023 offered Richter new insights into his epic composition and led him to approach the songs with a more traditional architecture, resulting in this new recording being laid down at Studio Richter Mahr. The length is not arbitrary however; 90 minutes is the length of a typical REM cycle.
If ‘SLEEP’ provides the gateway to a full night’s sleep, ‘Sleep Circle’ provides the backdrop to a moment of complete deep sleep. The perfect mise-en-scene to dream.
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Director: Kit Monteith
Production Company: Up The Game Ltd.
Producer: Katie Cooper
Cinematographer: Tristan Chenais
Filmed at Studio Richter Mahr
Max Richter – Patterns / Solo Pt. 2 (Official Music Video)
Listen to and get your copy of SLEEP Circle here DG.lnk.to/SLEEPCircle
Released in 2015 and co-conceived with his creative partner Yulia Mahr, Richter’s magnum opus, ‘SLEEP’, is regarded as one of the most ambitious and culturally significant classical music projects of the 21st century. An 8 ½ hour musical enquiry into how sound and the sleeping mind interact, it explores the effects of subsonics and repetition to enhance slow wave sleep.
‘Sleep Circle’ is a hallucinatory 90-minute trip into the hypnagogic state – the time period when the brain transitions between a state of wakefulness and sleep and the state during which the individual dreams. Performing an abridged version of ‘SLEEP’ live in 2023 offered Richter new insights into his epic composition and led him to approach the songs with a more traditional architecture, resulting in this new recording being laid down at Studio Richter Mahr. The length is not arbitrary however; 90 minutes is the length of a typical REM cycle.
If ‘SLEEP’ provides the gateway to a full night’s sleep, ‘Sleep Circle’ provides the backdrop to a moment of complete deep sleep. The perfect mise-en-scene to dream.
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Twitter: https://x.com/maxrichtermusic
Website: maxrichtermusic.com
Join the Max Richter Community on WhatsApp:
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Director: Kit Monteith
Production Company: Up The Game Ltd.
Producer: Katie Cooper
Cinematographer: Tristan Chenais
Filmed at Studio Richter Mahr
