Brian Eno - C or D?

(xp) I've got one of those albums, maybe I should listen to it myself.

Looks like A Year With Swollen Appendices is getting a 25th anniversary (gah) reissue:

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/brian-eno-book-extract

Fun little essay in there about how things are different today.

Gah indeed... Nice though, pre-ordered!

During a recent house move, I found two copies of this. One completely knackered and held together with tape, the other pretty beat up, the binding really wasn't very good. I re-read and enjoyed it and would like to read another one, although not 2020 preferably.

I have my old copy, is there anything new here but the intro (that's reproduced in that GQ link)?

Anyway, this is a really pleasant revive because I was going to bump this about 12 hours ago. I was talking with one of my kids about something, and next thing I know I'm streaming "An Ending (Ascent)." Then I dig up a repost of that unofficial "extended" version, an hour long version of the track. But as I listened I skimmed over the (recent) comments in all their earnest, honest, ridiculous glory and almost immediately got a little weepy. It's amazing the power certain piece of music can have, and what they mean to people. Stuff like:

I wish this world was a better place. I live here in Colorado and everyone hates each other here. I never see anything good anymore. This song just reminds me everything is going to be ok

This hits differently at night under the stars😔 life seems to slow down and you sit there and think how life is taken for granted every day, I wish I could go back to my child hood 😔😔 and see all my friends and family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWsTPNMYiuU

Predictably the reactions to the original and "original" extended versions posted are just as sad and profound and appreciative and ott. One comment is simply "I miss my mum."

what happened to slocki's sad youtube thread?

thought this revive would be about the Film Music compilation set to be released.

I have his PDFs somewhere compiling them.

Roger and Brian Eno Announce New Album Mixing Colours🕸

Missed this. Roger and Brian have their first joint album out on Deutsche Grammophon, March 20. First track is up:

📹

Funny, I've been relistening to this album today and it's even lovelier and more mysterious than I recalled. Made me very proud when my daughter came downstairs, listen to a second of the music, then asked me if it was Brian Eno!

Josh, by this evidence, you are a father who’s doing it right.

This is a few years ago, and yes I know I glued Eno's synth on the wrong way, don't know how I made that mistake.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8l9lma5crnx9bp/IMG_4442.TRIM.MOV?dl=0

Opal is almost 4 now and more inclined to listen to the Frozen soundtrack, but this was a proud parenting moment for me.

Opal? Is her middle name Editions EG?

It’s Judith. The Opal is actually a Syd Barrett reference despite the different spelling.

Dan, I was thinking of your post as soon as Josh posted his. I must be doing something wrong with my girls because they mostly think I’m a dork for playing this stuff.

NTI, you are also a father who’s doing it right. Keep the faith.

Lol, to be fair, my older daughter is 16! She's learned that Eno can be good for studying.

I did not come here for “my daughter” content :-/

Just be glad Eno's not dead!

Fit as a fiddle that guy.

minute 13:22 of the Unforgettable Fire documentary, during the recording of Pride

edge: i didn't feel like we peaked, necessarily.

eno: you want to go out there and peak, then?

classic

Heard someone suggest that True Thrush by Dan Deacon was a tribute to Eno’s vocal albums and now I can’t stop hearing it

XP - Eno is gold all the way through that documentary, telling the little girl outside during the eclipse that his name is Quincy Jones.

Anyone read his new book? It's in my Amazon cart but I've yet to pull the trigger

I read it back when it first came out. Well worth your time, if only for his weird digressions (like, iirc, tasting his own urine out of curiosity, or, not unrelated, supposedly sneaking a vial of his urine to a Ducahmp exhibit to spray on his "Fountain," reasoning that Duchamp would have wanted that).

Brian Eno said WHAT?!? pic.twitter.com/5ik69poEzR

— ClickHole (@ClickHole) March 12, 2021

lol, I've been listening to the expanded reissue of Mixing Colours for a month or so now, and all this time I've been assuming it was initially recorded like 30 years ago... imagine my surprise when I looked at the liner notes and saw it's originally from 2020!

This is one of the finest examples of an ambient recording that can phase shift between inconsequential and arresting... like an optical illusion, sometimes you can compel this to happen with mysterious concentration, other times it seems beyond your grasp. I love it!

Huh:

Brian Eno is pleased to share with you the launch of his new station, The Lighthouse, out now on Sonos Radio HD, which features decades of unreleased music from his extensive archive. ⁠⁠
The Lighthouse will serve as a living collection where Eno will premiere both past and new musical projects directly to fans across the world, giving listeners rare insight into an illustrious career spanning more than 50 years of creating, producing and redefining music.

The renowned musician will premiere 300 tracks on the new station, including unreleased, old and new work

https://www.mixcloud.com/sonos/program-1-introducing-the-lighthouse-from-brian-eno/

Would prefer this as a gigantic SoundCloud dump tbh, but intriguing!

I think he said that right now the earliest track is from 1990, which is slightly less interesting, because it probably just means tons of generative stuff, but who knows.

his generative music is good

I agree, but it's generative, so he could have his own station playing a song that is constantly changing forever if he wanted to.

Brian Eno from the lighthouse
Brian Eno from the lighthouse
From the lighthouse
With Brian Eno
From the lighthouse
With Brian Arno

Yes, Arno, that is what I meant to type thx phone

I thought this revive was for the great new Eno interview on Rick Rubin's podcast.

Wow, that exists? Cool.

I thought it was for two of his best regarded collaborators—Budd and now Hassell—going inside six months.

I've never seen this, it's a good adjunct to the re-release of the '95 diary, lot's of footage in his studio while working on Force Marker (that got used in the Heat soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3wxEo9FU0w

Not sure if this is the best place to post, but we've lost another collaborator - Djivan Gasparyan died on Tuesday. I got his two All Saints released as part of Warp's AS reissue series a few years back and they are truly gorgeous. Gutting to lose so many of the All Saints / Opal set in such a short space of time :(

https://www.paulstolper.com/artists/56-brian-eno/works/143-turntable/80178-brian-eno-turntable-2021/

I’m sure I can’t afford this, but it looks like it would sound amazing.

those are gorgeous, it's kind of weird that there's no specs at all though

What is he thinking in this photo

https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1600,h_1600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/paulstolper/images/view/27bfd413a3584a09f4c4a2430ce495dej/paulstolper-brian-eno-turntable-2021.jpg

He's doing what I'd do, just stare at it spinning (away).

"edition of 50"

"enquire"

I'm pretty sure most people can't afford it. Anyway Im' sure the lights cause a hum that gets picked up by the cartridge or whatever, but it does look cool.

Anyway Im' sure the lights cause a hum that gets picked up by the cartridge or whatever

That hum is a seed tone for the generative music that the turntable plays when it's not actually playing a record.

He's doing what I'd do, just stare at it spinning (away).

20,000 GBP

FFS

Wow that’s even pricier than I was expecting

It does change color when you scan the album cover, that is pretty cool

As a limited edition of 50, by a major artist, I don't know what price would be fair, but 20,000? Sure, why not.

Brian Eno: Before And After Christmas pic.twitter.com/AeyiFehZxR

— Brian Eno News (@dark_shark) December 25, 2021