MEMORA8ILIA

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brian eno

❝ The Ambient Machine has four rows of eight switches. By flipping the first row of switches, you can choose from a range of sounds, from wave sounds, ambient music to white noise. The second row lets you control volume, while the third applies sound effects. The final row lets you alter the speed. […] Combining sound and music to form “background environmental noise” has a long history, explains Suzuki, citing the work of French composer Erik Satie to Brian Eno’s ambient music. “White noise can mask unpleasant sounds around us and give us a sense of relief,” [designer Yuki] Suzuki says, while natural sounds can “provide the feeling of relocating to a new environment”. ❞ *

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/05/10/the-ambient-machine-has-four-rows-of-eight/

First Authorized Brian Eno Documentary in the Works, and It Won’t Be a Conventional Bio-Doc

❝ The feature film will be released in multiple versions and is set to use groundbreaking generative technology in its creation and exhibition. “Eno” incorporates hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage for the career-spanning take on Eno’s life, including unreleased music from Eno’s personal archive and visual art. ❞ *

Gary Hustwit’s documentary on Dieter Rams is an excellent film so I have little doubt this project will be exceptional, too.

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/04/28/first-authorized-brian-eno-documentary-in-the/

Music for Neighbors by The Trypes

❝ Music for Neighbors marks the 40th anniversary of the formation of The Trypes in the blue-collar New Jersey town of Haledon, NJ … [this collection] brings together all of The Trypes studio recordings, along with many home and live recordings that explore the band’s quirkiest musical inclinations. ❞ *

The Trypes featured all of The Feelies in its rotating membership. Once The Feelies became more of a focused affair after The Good Earth, the core Trypes continued on as Speed The Plow (with The Feelies’ Stanley Demeski and Brenda Sauter continuing to contribute). The first five songs in this collection constituted a prior release by The Trypes, a hard-to-find 5-song EP from 1984 called The Explorer’s Hold. Those songs kind of feel like if Eno worked with a psych-folk band after leaving Roxy Music rather than recording Here Come The Warm Jets. Also, for fans of The Good Earth (my favorite album of all time, btw), “The Undertow” sounds like a solid outtake from that recording session.

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/04/19/the-trypes-from-the-morning-glories-music/