See Radiohead Side Project the Smile Perform New Song 'We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings'
Eno sought to create music that could be interrupted at any time (for flight announcements and such) without in any way harming the music. Also, since the music would probably be talked over, none of the instruments or frequencies matched the sound of the average human voice so there would be no need to compete for sonic space. He also noticed that... See more
Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports [Full Album]
Pure Scenius will be a six-hour improvised show featuring several musicians ... Pure Scenius first took place in Sydney last year, prompting the Morning Herald to say: "The theatre of the music-making process was as enthralling as the music itself." Above the musicians sits an overhead projector, on which Eno writes notes. "I'll write things like, ... See more
Stuart Jeffries • Surrender. It's Brian Eno
Bodysong sounds very much like the ultimate sideman’s record. The pieces don’t really register as songs, but as evocative assemblages of incredible sounds—there’s some heart-stopping classical music in the style of Krzysztof Penderecki, some Bitches Brew jazz, a bit of skronky guitar, and a whole lot of irregular electronic beats.
Steven Hyden • This Isn't Happening
How to Disappear: A Photographic Portrait of Radiohead
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There were four in Joy Division – Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris – but Ian was their eyes and ears: it was he who propelled them into uncharted territory – songs like ‘Dead Souls’ which, cold as the grave, has the infinity of a Gustave Doré hell.
Deborah Curtis • Touching From a Distance: The only in-depth biographical account of the legendary lead singer of Joy Division.
“On the day that they switched the preset, it was the beginning of this separation of one song from the rest of our catalog,” Krukowski said: “Strange” was being recommended by that system more often than any of Galaxie 500’s other songs.