Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Foundations 1.5: Brian Eno on Ambient Music

Consider this a supplemental reading/listening that you can do either for tomorrow's foundations class on listening or next Tuesday's foundations class on John Cage.  We mentioned Brian Eno yesterday, and among his long and prestigious career as both a musician and producer, perhaps his greatest achievement is the conceptualization of ambient music.  Below you'll find two masterpieces of the genre, along with their liner notes, which provide a surprisingly succinct explanation of the ideas behind these works.



Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) [liner notes]




Discreet Music (1975) [liner notes]

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