Brian Eno: Su Musica y Sus Colores

BRIAN ENO ••• HIS MUSIC
AND THE

VERTICAL COLOR OF SOUND by Eric Tamm

DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to my parents, Igor Tamm and Olive Pitkin Tamm. In my childhood, my father sang bass and strummed guitar, my mother played piano and violin and sang in choirs. Together they gave me a love and respect for music that will be with me always.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION............................................................................................ i TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................... iv CHAPTER ONE: ENO’S WORK IN PERSPECTIVE ............................... 1 CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND AND INFLUENCES........................ 12 CHAPTER THREE: ON OTHER MUSIC: ENO AS CRITIC................... 24 CHAPTER FOUR: THE EAR OF THE NON-MUSICIAN........................ 39 Art School and Experimental Works, Process and Product ................ 39 On Listening........................................................................................ 41 Craft and the Non-Musician................................................................ 44 CHAPTER FIVE: LISTENERS AND AIMS ............................................ 51 Eno’s Audience ................................................................................... 51 Eno’s Artistic Intent ............................................................................. 55 “Generating and Organizing Variety in the Arts” ................................. 59CHAPTER SIX: THE COMPOSITIONAL PROCESS............................. 63 Equipment........................................................................................... 63 Systems of Composing ....................................................................... 75 Verbal Expression and Lyrics.............................................................. 80 CHAPTER SEVEN: THE MUSICIAN ASPHILOSOPHER .................... 85 Ultimate Realities ................................................................................ 85 Culture and Information....................................................................... 88 The Masculine and the Feminine ........................................................ 89 Politics................................................................................................ 91 Metaphors and Images ....................................................................... 93 CHAPTER EIGHT: TAKING ROCK TO THE LIMIT............................... 96 The Albums......................................................................................... 97 CHAPTER NINE: ENO’S PROGRESSIVE ROCK: THE MUSIC ......... 107 Assaultive Rock Songs..................................................................... 110 Pop Songs ........................................................................................ 114 Strange Songs .................................................................................. 116 Hymn-like Songs............................................................................... 120 Instrumental Pieces.......................................................................... 120

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CHAPTER TEN: THE AMBIENT SOUND............................................ 128 Long Ambient Pieces ........................................................................ 129 Short Ambient Pieces........................................................................ 138 CHAPTER ELEVEN: COLLABORATIONS......................................... 146 With Robert Fripp.............................................................................. 146 With David Bowie.............................................................................. 151 With Talking Heads and David Byrne................................................ 154 CHAPTER TWELVE: ESSENCE, HISTORY, AND BEAUTY .............. 158 The Music’s Essence...