Track listing
- 1 Triennale 4:05
- 2 Alhondiga 3:17
- 3 Markgraph 3:42
- 4 Lanzarote 8:39
- 5 Francisco 4:46
- 6 Riverside 3:51
- 7 Innocenti 4:20
- 8 Stedelijk 5:29
- 9 Ikebukuro 16:08
- 10 Cavallino 3:07
- Total length: 57:24
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Music to disintegrate by. Stop-motion flowers bloom from an ivory ribcage.
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This is a cool collection of works Eno composed specifically for art installations. He dedicated the album to his friend and Russian painter Sergei Shutov, who had difficulties obtaining his music in Russia at the time.
I do find it strange that nowhere in the liner notes of the vinyl record does it mention Sergei Shutov anywhere, or sort of pay his work homage in any way, or describe their relationship to personalize and contextualize the album at all. What you get is part of a transcript of him participating in some Q&A where he engages with questions of High/Low art and the state of Russian and Eastern European art at the time. I don't see Shutov mentioned anywhere in this and it has bothered the living shit out of me since I got this album on vinyl.
That being said, as pieces for an art installation these are decent compositions for the most part. Some passages are a bit too minimalist and toothless for their own good and lack the depth to successfully establish much of a vibe at all. It is clear these were composed in an attempt to put himself back in the same territory as Ambient 4: On Land, however as an entire project these pieces don't flow as well together and lack the dexterity of those on Ambient 4.
Not a bad album at all, and there are some good entries scattered throughout, such as "Lanzarote". Worth listening to if you're an ambient fan, but there is much better both in Eno's discography and elsewhere.
I do find it strange that nowhere in the liner notes of the vinyl record does it mention Sergei Shutov anywhere, or sort of pay his work homage in any way, or describe their relationship to personalize and contextualize the album at all. What you get is part of a transcript of him participating in some Q&A where he engages with questions of High/Low art and the state of Russian and Eastern European art at the time. I don't see Shutov mentioned anywhere in this and it has bothered the living shit out of me since I got this album on vinyl.
That being said, as pieces for an art installation these are decent compositions for the most part. Some passages are a bit too minimalist and toothless for their own good and lack the depth to successfully establish much of a vibe at all. It is clear these were composed in an attempt to put himself back in the same territory as Ambient 4: On Land, however as an entire project these pieces don't flow as well together and lack the dexterity of those on Ambient 4.
Not a bad album at all, and there are some good entries scattered throughout, such as "Lanzarote". Worth listening to if you're an ambient fan, but there is much better both in Eno's discography and elsewhere.
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Triennale
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Alhondiga
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Markgraph
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Lanzarote
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Francisco
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Riverside
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Innocenti
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Stedelijk
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Ikebukuro
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Cavallino
In dark trees
The Shutov Assembly sees Brian Eno contemplating further on dark ambient in the vein of his classic 1982 album Ambient 4: On Land, this time more gloomy and less melodic. Track two Alhondiga even sounds like a far cousin to On Land's second track The Lost Day and does manage to create a very visual atmosphere of darker cloud-covered forests and lands.Highlights are the fantastic Ikebukuro and the only "lighter" song on here Riverside .
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Eighties ambient Eno compositions. No Lanois, no Laaraji, no Budd. Just Eno, a DX-7, loops, a bunch of delay, and a boatload of reverb. All this on some slow, slow tapes. Does that sound like fun? Well, I'm a sucker for that sound. I like it quite a bit. Sometimes it helps to go to sleep with it. Sometimes it's great for those early hours. Sometimes it's nice to read while the sombre waves of looped sounds form a cozy blanket around your world. Want to enjoy this disc even more? Reverse the sequence. Hit shuffle. Make it a new experience every time.
It's my favorite Eno ambient album. There, I said it.
It's my favorite Eno ambient album. There, I said it.
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Art for art's sake? Nah ....but I wanted to use that line so ner ner ner ner ner! You know what it sounds like.....It's Eno being ambient!
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Eno returns to purely ambient work again, and its not bad if hardly close to the standard of his best work from this field in the 70s . Its a bit more sombre in tone, More like "music from a darker airport" "or even more discreetly sinister music".
I understand this stuff was mostly conceived for art installations and exhibitions and that fits . "ikebukoro" is one of the dullest things you will encounter , but "lanzarote" on the other hand is quite lovely.
I understand this stuff was mostly conceived for art installations and exhibitions and that fits . "ikebukoro" is one of the dullest things you will encounter , but "lanzarote" on the other hand is quite lovely.
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Slightly dreamy, slightly spooky, very moody. Each track has its own personality and aural space-print. However, nothing really makes a hard, memorable impression. I use it frequently as music to read to or go to sleep. When I first acquired it I drove late at night on rural highways to it, and that was pretty interesting. Even though I wish it would have something that I could latch on to slightly more, I realize that more defined melodic/harmonic/emotional impressions would actually be a detraction, ultimately. The music exists on a more abstract level and forces the listener to travel through its layers and find his own moments of interest. Eno shows himself to be a master of environments yet again.
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By far the most diverse ambient record ever made by Eno - which is funny, considering it's all about paintings...
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Triennale
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Alhondiga
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Markgraph
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Lanzarote
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Francisco
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Riverside
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Innocenti
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Stedelijk
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Ikebukuro
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Cavallino
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