Archive For The “Brian Eno” Category
Something of a mystery surrounds this record – it was withdrawn a couple of weeks before its scheduled release date, but not before preview copies had been sent out to the press. it consists of twelve tracks, four of which resurfaced on “Nerve Net” and one on the CD single ‘Ali Click’. Others, if my … Continue reading »
Just as Rock is officially declared dead, along comes Anna Calvi, a singer and guitarist of determined originality to breathe life into the twitching corpse. Touchstones include Diamanda Galas, PJ Harvey, Edith Piaf, Brian Eno and David Lynch. Occasionally as forbidding as it is bewitching, this album is splendidly gothic, epic even. Better yet, we [...]
No question here, album of the year has to be ‘High Violet’ by The National. Absolutely stunning and it has to be said, streets ahead of the competition. This was the year The National really delivered. A league of their own. The next nine, reviewed elsewhere in these pages… 2. Tindersticks – Falling Down A [...]
Contrary, Provocative, Gorgeous, Dissonent, Ambient, Electronic, Organic, Percussive, Improvised, Experimental, Wonderful. He’s back and he doesn’t disappoint. This collaboration with Jon Hopkins and Leo Abrahams leans back towards the organic classical of his work with Harold Budd in places, teasing impossibly lovely melodies from the barest of instrmentation. Elsewhere we find dense and propulsive percussive 
….And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness represents an extraordinary leap forward from the potential of earlier works by Olafur Arnalds, which threatened at times to collapse under the weight of the melancholia dominating the emotional range, particularly in last years ‘Found Songs’. A broader musical palette, even introducing drums to the mix, enables 
At £20 per ticket, this event deserved a better sound system, but overhearing an earnest debate on who performed the original “Burning Down The House” – Talking Heads or Tom Jones? was worth the price of admission alone. Tony Allen of course played on neither version, but as Brian Eno pointed out in his introduction, 
Fabrica in Brighton is presenting 77 Million Paintings as part of Brighton Festival 2010. Brian Eno is this year’s Guest Artistic Director and this free exhibition is running until the end of May. The exhibition uses translucent and richly coloured abstract images, mainly hand drawn on 35mm slides, to form component elements that are almost [...]
