Ambient pioneer Brian Eno teams with like-minded musicians Jon Hopkins and Leo Abraham on Small Craft on a Milk Sea, an album that both recalls and rivals his innovative works of the ’70s.
Eno has said that Small Craft was born out of improvisations intended to conjure sonic “landscapes,” which may explain the songs’ transportive powers. “Slow Ice, Old Moon” evokes an ancient, glittering tundra, while the muted “Written, Forgotten” gives the sense of calling, faintly, across a great distance. Elsewhere, the glitchy “Horse” really does gallop, while the title cut is the perfect accompaniment to a late-night voyage over silent waters.
As a musician and a producer, Eno has always been energized and enhanced by his collaborations, with everyone from his Roxy Music bandmates to Robert Fripp and David Byrne, and this album is no different. Small Craft is 21st-century ambient in its best and truest form — not a soundtrack for coffee shops, but music that enhances and transforms the atmosphere around it.
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It’s an incredible album and has totally captivated my nine-year old son. He wants to meet Brian Eno and tried to convince me to buy the deluxe edition! As soon as I get my download code, it’s going on my iPod – and his.
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Brian Eno has managed to remain at the forefront of music, art and popular cultrue for more than 30 years. No easy task. It doesn’t hurt that he is brilliant and has almost no ego whatsoever. – JC
LOVE this. listening now for the second time in a row, while working. GOOD working music.
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the man…the legend.
is it just me or the link to stream teh album does not work?
I’ve just received my limited edition box set and I can’t stop enjoying it. Best album of the year along with the one from The Orb featuring David Gilmour.
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