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Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno's Diary Hardcover – 18 January 2021
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At the end of 1994, musician, producer and artist Brian Eno resolved to keep a diary. His plans to go to the cinema, theatre and galleries fell through quickly. What he did do - and write - however, was astonishing: ruminations on his collaborative work with artists including David Bowie, U2, James and Jah Wobble, interspersed with correspondence and essays dating back to 1978. These 'appendices' covered topics from the generative and ambient music Eno pioneered to what he believed the role of an artist and their art to truly be, alongside razor-sharp commentary on his day-to-day tribulations and happenings around the world.
A fascinating, candid and intimate insight into one of the most influential creative artists of our time, A Year with Swollen Appendices is an essential classic, reissued for a new generation of readers.
This beautiful 25th anniversary hardback edition has been re-designed in A5, the same size as the diary that eventually became this book. It features two ribbons, pink paper delineating the appendices (matching the original hardback edition) and a two-tone cover on boards that pays homage to the original design.
- Print length480 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFaber Social
- Publication date18 January 2021
- Dimensions15.62 x 3.94 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-100571364616
- ISBN-13978-0571364619
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"Brian Eno's dual role in experimental and popular music is without precedent, and his influence on the music scene as a whole is difficult to overstate." -- Pitchfork
"Behind Eno stand John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, and Erik Satie." -- New Yorker
"As singular and as entertaining as anything the pop polymath has produced." -- Observer, The 50 Greatest Music Books Ever
"A Year with Swollen Appendices is by turns fascinating, engaging and wonderfully mundane. Our world has changed in profound ways, but Eno's ideas are remarkably durable, his perspectives still feel fresh with possibility. This writing hasn't lost any of its power to entertain, persuade and inspire." -- The Wire
"At the end of 1994, the ambient giant began to keep a diary, writing about his collaborations with artists like David Bowie, U2, James and Jah Wobble. He also wrote about the role of generative and ambient music, plus observations on art, the role of artists and the world around him...The 25th anniversary hardcover has been redesigned in the size of the original diary. It features two ribbons, pink paper delineating the appendices (matching the original edition) and a two-tone paper-over-board cover, which pays homage to the original design." -- Ryan Middleton, Magnetic Magazine
"A captivating document of a brilliant and relentlessly driven mind." -- Brian DeGraw
"Interesting and lastingly relevant." -- Under the Radar
About the Author
To date he has released over thirty albums of his own music and exhibited extensively, as far afield as the Venice Biennale and the sails of the Sydney Opera House. He is a founding member of the Long Now Foundation, a trustee of ClientEarth and patron of Videre est Credere. His latest album with brother Roger, Mixing Colours was released on Deutsche Grammophon earlier this year.
Product details
- Publisher : Faber Social; 1st edition (18 January 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 480 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0571364616
- ISBN-13 : 978-0571364619
- Dimensions : 15.62 x 3.94 x 21.59 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 122,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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