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a boring recommendation thread. seeking ambient/instrumental
De_El:
Haha! Awesome! Now we get to tell you that you're wrong.
But seriously, that's silly. For one, Here Comes the Warm Jets has got some amazing glam rock tunes, Another Green World is a masterful mix of arty rock, little electronic experiments and some proto-ambient segments, Before and After Science is great...Really the greatest disservice one could do one's self when it comes to Eno is to listen to Ambient 1 and assume that's all Brian Eno is about, because it's okay, but really a pretty boring record. Ambient 2/The Plateaux of Mirror, Eno's first record with Harold Budd is a lot better. It's less programmed and detached; there's a stronger sense of melody across all of it, and although it's got a similar sense of gentle elegance, Ambient 1 is almost flimsy.
But really what you want to do is listen to Evening Star.
E. Spaceman:
You mean Another Day On Earth?
De_El:
I don't, but that one's good too. See! Another reason. So many reasons. Brian Eno for president.
TheFuriousWombat:
--- Quote from: De_El on 04 Nov 2009, 23:57 ---Haha! Awesome! Now we get to tell you that you're wrong.
But seriously, that's silly. For one, Here Comes the Warm Jets has got some amazing glam rock tunes, Another Green World is a masterful mix of arty rock, little electronic experiments and some proto-ambient segments, Before and After Science is great...Really the greatest disservice one could do one's self when it comes to Eno is to listen to Ambient 1 and assume that's all Brian Eno is about, because it's okay, but really a pretty boring record. Ambient 2/The Plateaux of Mirror, Eno's first record with Harold Budd is a lot better. It's less programmed and detached; there's a stronger sense of melody across all of it, and although it's got a similar sense of gentle elegance, Ambient 1 is almost flimsy.
But really what you want to do is listen to Evening Star.
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Look, I actually have listened to a lot of what Eno's done, including the albums you mention. He's a diverse artists, absolutely. His work with Harold Budd is indeed rather incredible. I'm a big Budd fan but, again, I don't often have any urge to put on his music. You definitely accurately described a bunch of Eno albums there but that doesn't seem to me to be a compelling reason to listen to the guy a lot. Like I said, he was a pioneer. He opened musical and aural doors and is an undeniable influence on countless musicians and sound artists. At the same time, there's plenty of said artists that engage me more, that grab me in more visceral ways or that make me feel something more substantial. I feel like a lot of art is like this. Warhol is brilliant and absolutely crucial to the history of art but I'd still rather look at a Basquiat. Just b/c the guy set the stage doesn't mean his music is the best out there or the most engaging or even particularly enjoyable all the time so, when making a choice to listen to something ambient or more along the lines of "sound art" or noise or whatever, I tend not to choose Eno.
onewheelwizzard:
I recommend El Ten Eleven for instrumental rock purposes and Growing for ambient purposes.
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