...here we have a compilation of artists that maybe seen on the periphery in some cases, but were equally as important to shaping the sounds of the era, and some even having a greater influence on the German underground music that followed than the bigger bands.
Brian Eno
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Opal Compilations can be rather odd releases, especially ones that cover a large period of time. Normally tracks jar against each other as the artist refines their music and even change styles. This is not the case with Film Music 1976-2020, where Brian Eno’s work seamlessly melds together to give the album the feel that you are listening to a cohesive piece of work especially composed for this […]
Deutsche Grammophon The brothers Eno‘s Mixing Colours album was released at the start of the global pandemic of Covid-19, when most countries were in a state of lockdown. From reactions I read online, its soothing tones certainly helped many people through that difficult time, as it transported them to somewhere else away from the confinement of their living rooms and gave them a semblance of peace through a […]
All Saints Spinner is an oddity, even in Brian Eno’s vast back catalogue; the music was originally conceived as the soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s film Glitterbug, a posthumously released compilation of old super 8 film that had been gathered together as the director was dying of AIDS.
UMC I first bought a copy of Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks when it came out in 1983 on vinyl and a copy has remained in my collection ever sincem as its one of my all-time favourite Brian Eno albums. The early 1980s were as many artists began to explore this area and records were beginning to sell rather well.