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Brian Eno: His Music And The Vertical Color Of Sound
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Eric Tamm
Musician, composer, producer: Brian Eno is unique in contemporary music. Best known in recent years for producing U2's sensational albums, Eno began his career as a synthesizer player for Roxy Music. He has since released many solo albums, both rock and ambient, written music for film and television soundtracks, and collaborated with David Bowie, David Byrne, Robert Fripp,...more
Paperback, 246 pages
Published
August 22nd 1995
by Da Capo Press
(first published 1989)
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Paul
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Now probably some of you wanted to be a rock star at some point in your soggy unpleasant youth - even if only for five minutes. Come on, that was you with your badminton racquet in front of the mirror pretending to be Axl Rose or Charles Manson or Joe Strummer or Celine Dion. I saw you! Well, being somewhat English, I didn't go for that rough heavy metal stuff, I used to play air sitar. After I realised I had no talent and couldn't be any kind of musician, I realised that someone had also not be...more
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"The conditions before and after science are identical in terms of how people will relate to each other. [...] Right now, although you may have your personal oases of before or after science, the world is in science. I use that word in a limited sense: deification of rational knowledge [...] The Western version of masculinity opposes rational man against intuitive woman. The part of my being that interests me has always been my intuition ... I don’t bother to question my intuition. If I fee...more
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Excellent. A thoughtful, clear and articulate analysis of Eno's musical and intellectual contributions to the realms of art, rock, and the avant garde.
Thanks, Brandon!
Thanks, Brandon!
I've checked this out from the library about 5 times now. Maybe I should just buy it?
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