November 2009
1 post
October 2009
3 posts
The Album Covers of Brian Eno, by Geeta Dayal →
“Geeta Dayal, author of the new book about the making of Another Green World, offers ten of her favorite Eno album covers of all time.”
“In modern recording one of the biggest problems is that you’re in a world of...”
– Brian Eno (via austinkleon) (via rocketsandrayguns)
September 2009
5 posts
Air →
A new iPhone app by Sandra O’Neill and Bloom co-creator Peter Chilvers. Similar to Bloom, this uses generative music principles and vocal/piano samples. Eno says: “Air is like ‘Music for Airports’ made endless — which is how I always wanted it to be.”
How Brian Eno Helped Travelers Check Their... →
A light and short 2007 piece from the Washington Post on Brian Eno’s Music for Airports.
Singing: The Key To A Long Life →
Brian Eno’s contribution to NPR’s “This I Believe” series.
I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness and a better sense of humor. A recent long-term study conducted in Scandinavia sought to discover which activities related to a healthy...
August 2009
23 posts
Bloom | GenerativeMusic.com
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Bloom is a generative music app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, developed by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers. It’s a very beautiful little program: in the way it works, the sounds it makes, and its appearance.
A Big Theory Of Culture: A Talk With Brian Eno →
Brian Eno talks with John Brockman; introduction by Stewart Brand.
ENO: Most of the questions I’m interested in about art and culture really are based on trying to look at them with some kind of big theory of that kind, which is not oblique, not mysterious, is quite easily graspable, and would allow a real discussion about culture. It’s partly because I think most art writing is...
“Something that particularly belongs to music is the way it allows you to monitor...”
– Brian Eno (via grapepop) (via douglaswolk)
Oblique Strategies →
All about the deck of “worthwhile dilemmas” created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt.
Brian Eno: Let There Be Light →
Chain Reaction: Alan Moore vs. Brian Eno →
Chain Reaction was a BBC Radio 4 interview series, based on the simple concept that one week Person A would interview Person B, then B would interview C the following week, and so on. In January 2005, it was Alan Moore’s turn to do the interviewing, and his subject was Brian Eno.
(This is one of the most unexpected stream-crossings of my own interests that I’ve seen in weeks.)
Geeta Dayal on "Apollo: Atmospheres and... →
Dayal has also written a piece on Brian Eno and cooking for the inaugural issue of Loops (excerpt), and her book about Eno’s Another Green World is coming soon.
The Long Now Foundation →
Brian Eno is on the Board of the Directors of the Long Now Foundation. From their About page:
The Long Now
The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to today’s “faster/cheaper” mind set and promote...
The Windows 95 Microsoft Sound, composed by Brian...
"Dr Pangloss" by Brian Eno →
Eno on the fall of the record industry and the rise of live music.
Brian Eno: The night something fictional and... →
In 1983, Brian Eno released an album inspired by Apollo 11. It has now been reworked for its first live performance. Here he talks to Roger Highfield, the editor of New Scientist, about the project.
enoweb →
We would be remiss to not include a link to enoweb, which has been serving Brian Eno goodness to the web since the Neolithic Era (aka 1993).
July 2009
4 posts
Last.fm: Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain →
Pick your contender for most beautiful male rock... →
An oldie but goodie from the Guardian music blog, accompanied by a pretty scrummy picture of Brian Eno from the 1970s.
