Brian Eno (ambient, cassette, albums, Berlin, members)

pheurton · 01-07-2008, 10:13 AM

I hear people say he's the father of ambient/experimental rock, any recommendations as to what I should check out first to start with?
I've heard a few songs off of another green world, which to be perfectly honest did nothing. They also sounded a little too cheesy. But I'm open...

**Urban Hatemonger** · 01-07-2008, 12:56 PM

His first 4 albums weren't really ambient they were basically Roxy Music albums without Bryan Ferry.

Check out Music For Airports , Or any of the Music For Films sereis. Also he's done some good collaberations such as My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts , the album he did with David Byrne of Talking Heads and also check out Wrong Way Up , the album he did with John Cale.

**right-track** · 01-07-2008, 01:02 PM

He also did the 6 second start up music for Windows 95!

Skid Mark · 01-07-2008, 09:46 PM

I loved that start up music, I must check him out

O'Bannion · 01-12-2008, 06:55 AM

I prefer his producing to his music but he has some decent stuff. "An Ending (Ascent)" is one of the best songs I've ever heard.

Music For Films is a decent album.

But like I said I like his producing a lot more than his albums.

The **** he did with U2, Bowie and Talking Heads is the ****ing ****.

Wayfarer · 01-12-2008, 08:00 PM

Definitely check out Music For Airports. It's fackin' amazing. His collaborations with Robert Fripp are interesting as well, though a bit wearisome at times.

Skid Mark · 01-13-2008, 01:59 AM

^ That's the one I'm checking out at the moment and it is in fact fackin' amazing

pheurton · 01-14-2008, 02:18 PM

I've tried music for airports but I can't take it seriously enough.
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GravitySlips · 01-14-2008, 02:41 PM

why not?

anzamatik · 01-14-2008, 05:17 PM

For my money, it's all about "Before and After Science"...kind of a glam/ambient hybrid.

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01-07-2008, 10:13 AM
pheurton n/a Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 887	Brian Eno I hear people say he's the father of ambient/experimental rock, any recommendations as to what I should check out first to start with? I've heard a few songs off of another green world, which to be perfectly honest did nothing. They also sounded a little too cheesy. But I'm open...

01-07-2008, 12:56 PM
Urban Hatemonger Groovy Hate F*ck Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nuuk , Greenland Posts: 9,401	His first 4 albums weren't really ambient they were basically Roxy Music albums without Bryan Ferry. Check out Music For Airports , Or any of the Music For Films sereis. Also he's done some good collaberations such as My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts , the album he did with David Byrne of Talking Heads and also check out Wrong Way Up , the album he did with John Cale. __________________

01-07-2008, 01:02 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,045	He also did the 6 second start up music for Windows 95! __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.

01-07-2008, 09:46 PM
Skid Mark Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 205	I loved that start up music, I must check him out

01-12-2008, 06:55 AM
O'Bannion Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: earth Posts: 221	I prefer his producing to his music but he has some decent stuff. "An Ending (Ascent)" is one of the best songs I've ever heard. Music For Films is a decent album. But like I said I like his producing a lot more than his albums. The ** he did with U2, Bowie and Talking Heads is the ing **. __________________ Think for yourself. Question Authority.

01-12-2008, 08:00 PM
Wayfarer Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,060	Definitely check out Music For Airports. It's fackin' amazing. His collaborations with Robert Fripp are interesting as well, though a bit wearisome at times. __________________ The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

01-13-2008, 01:59 AM
Skid Mark Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 205	^ That's the one I'm checking out at the moment and it is in fact fackin' amazing

01-14-2008, 02:18 PM
pheurton n/a Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 887	I've tried music for airports but I can't take it seriously enough. \:

01-14-2008, 02:41 PM
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 729	why not?

01-14-2008, 05:17 PM
anzamatik Groupie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Clubland, USA Posts: 17	For my money, it's all about "Before and After Science"...kind of a glam/ambient hybrid.