Brian Eno — Ambient 1: Music for Airports

In high school I had a weird ritual where I would listen to this suite while I did my math homework. But it sort of makes sense because Brian Eno wanted this music to reduce tension. He conceived it while observing the stress and rush at a German airport during the mid-1970s. And it really works.

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Scape, Brian Eno’s new ambient music creation app is now available on the iPad (video)

Scape, Brian Enos new ambient music creation app is now available on the iPad video

Music making apps for the iPad are ten-a-penny, but when it’s the brainchild of a super-producer like Brian Eno, you have to take notice. Scape is the third of his collaborations with Peter Chilvers after Bloom and Trope, an app that lets you generate ambient music with Eno’s own sounds on a colorful, conceptual interface. Unlike standard beats’n’loops setups, each sound is tied to a series of rules — including the time of day — that ensures the tunes you create never play the same way twice. It’s available from iTunes for $5.99 / £3.99, and who knows, maybe in a few years time, Coldplay’ll come calling for your professional expertise.

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Brian Eno’s Bonkers New iPad App Thinks for Itself [Video]

Brian Eno has made some trippy iOS music apps before but the latest, Scape, takes Tiger Mountain by wackiness. Look at the video above. What are all those strange symbols and shapes? Is this a music app or a weird new age religion? Or Scientology? More »