.----. .-----. .----. .-----. .--------. .--------------------. ( home )( intro )( gigs )( radio )( mixtapes )( barticle@hotmail.com ) '----' '-----' '----' '-----' '--------' '--------------------' .--------------------------------------------------------------------. | <prev> -< 31-10-01 accelerator 073 >- <next> | | .----------------------------------------------------------------. | | | "the life of brian [eno]" | | | | despite the fact that he was sadly unable to attend the degree | | | | awards ceremonies here at suffolk college last week to receive | | | | his planned honourary qualification i felt that i should still | | | | mark the occasion by playing a few of my favourite releases by | | | | music legend, brian eno. his career spans over 30 years (for a | | | | comprehensive summary of which i refer you to his mini-biog on | | | | the www.allmusic.com site) but i'm most interested in his work | | | | as one of the major pioneers in the field of ambient music and | | | | this was reflected in the tracklist of my programme today. the | | | | show featured a range of his music from the past three decades | | | | and included: 'deep blue day' (taken from the lunar soundtrack | | | | album 'apollo' but best known for featuring in the suppository | | | | recovery scene in trainspotting!), a collaboration with harold | | | | budd, remixes from the nineties of the grid and massive attack | | | | and a track from his beautiful 'ambient 1: music for airports' | | | | (which somewhat bizarrely featured in the movie 9½ weeks!). to | | | | find out more about brian eno check out "enoweb" on hyperreal. | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------' | | -< set track-listing >- | | 01 'ambient 1: music for airports 1/1' - brian eno [virgin/eg '78] | | 02 'deep blue day' - brian eno, daniel lanois & roger eno [eg '83] | | 03 'their memories' - brian eno & harold budd [eg '84] | | 04 'web' (lascaux mix) - brian eno [warner '92] | | 05 'fractal zoom' (separate time full length) - brian eno [ibid.] | | 06 'heartbeat' (beating time mix) - the grid [virgin '92] | | 07 'protection' (the eno mix) - massive attack [circa '95] | | 08 'an ending (ascent)' - brian eno [eg '83] | '--------------------------------------------------------------------' .----. .-----. .----. .-----. .--------. .--------------------. ( home )( intro )( gigs )( radio )( mixtapes )( barticle@hotmail.com ) '----' '-----' '----' '-----' '--------' '--------------------'