Brian Eno - Ambient: Music For Airports - 2/1

The first of Brian Eno's four albums released formally under the 'Ambient' banner, Music For Airports consists of four compositions designed to be looped as a sound installation within an airport terminal, so as to re-engineer the atmosphere of the space, creating a more relaxed, less anxious environment. For these compositions Eno called upon long-standing collaborators Robert Wyatt and Rhett Davies, working with loops of piano, synthesizer and vocals, all set up to run in and out of phase with one another. The results are marvellous - not to mention hugely influential. Another classic.

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[Сергей Коваль]

That would be really great. Maybe someday we will hear ambient music in the places to wich it was dedicated

[robert griffiths]

about time brian got proper respect for defining in music chords and harmonics that touch and change the human psyche

[Evilpacman828]

very curious as to how he got the voices, anyone know the synth?

[onegathers]

one of my favourite albums ever, and one of the finest in professor brian's sumptuous oeuvre.

[Robin Turner]

Well good for them!

[misterbassful]

they play it in Laguardia in New York City

[mitch biulenon]

... fa bene all'anima!!!

[bluemoonrising26]

Of course!

[Robin Turner]

I wonder if any airports actually played this.