Ambient music is a style that focuses on sound and space rather than melody and form. It is music that is intentionally created to be used as both as background music and as music to listen to. It usually features slowly evolving sounds, repetition, and is relatively static. In 1978, Brian Eno released Ambient 1:… Read More Ambient Music
Day of Radiance is a little different from the other three members of Eno’s seminal ambient series. It sounds upbeat and happy! How much happy ambient music do you hear? This album is basically a Laraaji album produced by Brian Eno. This album is the brightest and most upbeat in Eno’s Ambient series. Edward Gordon,… Read More Brian Eno/Laraaji – Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
When this album was released in 1978, few would have thought that it would give birth to an entire genre of music. In 1978, the Village People had a hit with “YMCA”, Meatloaf with “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”, and Donna Summer with “Last Dance”. The disco era was in full bloom, and fringe hits… Read More Brian Eno – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Brian Eno, Peter Schmidt In 1975, Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno created the original pack of Oblique Strategies cards. The Oblique Strategies constitute a set of over 100 cards, each of which is a suggestion of a course of action or thinking to assist in creative situations. These famous cards have been used by many… Read More Eno’s Oblique Strategies Available!
This classic is nothing short of amazing. Each of Eno’s Ambient works has a different mood, with unique instrumentation and textures. On Ambient 2, Eno and Harold Budd create a intoxicating world that, once you’ve visited, you’ll want to return to. Harold Budd creates slow piano works, reminiscent of some of Eric Satie’s more well-known… Read More Brian Eno/Harold Budd – Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
This is the last recording in Brian Eno’s seminal Ambient series, and after 20 years, it still sounds beautiful and disturbing. Brian Eno originated the modern idea of ambient music. In his series of 4 ambient albums, Eno established the modern idea of a shifting audio environment, free of the constraints of melodies or song… Read More Brian Eno – Ambient 4: On Land
