ARTIST: Brian Eno
TITLE: Discreet Music
LABEL: Virgin
GENRE: Ambient
BITRATE: 191kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 55min total
RELEASE DATE: 05 Oct 2004
RIP DATE: 13 Dec 2004
Track List
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01. Discreet Music 31:34
02. Fullness Of Wind 9:56
03. French Catalogues 5:20
04. Brutal Ardour 8:13
Release Notes:
Digitally Remastered/2004 US Release
"Re-transferred by Simon Heyworth from the original analogue
masters as they are not technically re-EQ'd but transferred
to the digital domain using the best technology currently
available."
The latter part of 1975 was a remarkably creative period for Brian Eno. With his
masterpiece Another Green World, Eno began moving away from the structure and
sound of pop music toward a more static instrumental model, influenced in part
by Erik Satie and strongly informed by his prior collaborations with Robert
Fripp. Recorded just a month after Another Green World, Discreet Music is his
first full foray into what has become known as ambient music. Using the same
system of two reel-to-reel tape recorders as No Pussyfooting and Evening Star,
Eno was able to layer simple parts atop one another, resulting in a beautiful
piece of music that never really changes but constantly evolves with the
addition and decay of different parts. And while there were elements of noise
and dissonance on the albums with Fripp, all the sounds here are calming and
serene. The second half of the album deals with the same ideas of recurring
themes and evolution but uses a different approach. Here, members of the Cockpit
Ensemble use pieces of the score of Pachelbel's Canon in D Major, but the
relation of these elements changes over time by having the parts slow at
differing intervals or using different lengths of the musical score. The same
notions of theme and constant variation appear, but without the aid of the tape
delay system. The tones of the strings are vastly different from the synth tones
of the title track, but the effect on the listener is the same, with the pieces
delicately unfolding over time. Discreet Music's reputation as a groundbreaking
and influential work is surpassed only by its placid beauty. Highly recommended.