Apollo (Atmospheres & Soundtracks) - Brian Eno

This collaboration of musical geniuses produced a fantastic album of ambience in 1983. The geniuses in question are Brian Eno, Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois. Brian Eno, whom everybody may know from Roxy Music, has written, produced and collaborated with lots of bands e.g. U2, David Bowie, Ultravox, Talking Heads to name but a few. Yet he is still relatively unknown, I think due to the fact that he is in the background and not the foreground.
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...deal of his work, due to the huge output he has produced, but I have heard enough to comment that he is the man that put the 'A' in ambience.

Apollo, was originally written for the 'Apollo Missions to the moon' film, directed by Al Reinhart. Eno was trying to capture the feelings, emptiness, vastness of space travel both from a subjective and objective view. It has 12 tracks, with each track trying to convey what it is like in space ... more

This collaboration of musical geniuses produced a fantastic album of ambience in 1983. The geniuses in question are Brian Eno, Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois. Brian Eno, whom everybody may know from Roxy Music, has written, produced and collaborated with lots of bands e.g. U2, David Bowie, Ultravox, Talking Heads to name but a few. Yet he is still relatively unknown, I think due to the fact that he is in the background and not the foreground.

I must admit not having heard a great deal of his work, due to the huge output he has produced, but I have heard enough to comment that he is the man that put the 'A' in ambience.

Apollo, was originally written for the 'Apollo Missions to the moon' film, directed by Al Reinhart. Eno was trying to capture the feelings, emptiness, vastness of space travel both from a subjective and objective view. It has 12 tracks, with each track trying to convey what it is like in space 1. Under stars 2. The secret place 3. Matta 4. Signals 5. An ending (Ascent) 6. Under stars II 7. Drift 8. Silver Morning 9. Deep blue day 10. Weightless 11. Always returning 12. Stars

This album is nothing less than stunning and immediately transports you to another world. Pure, unadulterated masturbation for the senses. It seems to touch all five senses and possibly even the sixth. A lot of you will know some of the tracks on the album, remember the scene from Trainspotting when he went down the toilet and started swimming in a sea of blue? well the track from that scene is called 'Deep Blue Day' (although on the Trainspotting soundtrack it is called 'Deep Blue Sea' for some reason). His work has also featured on a few adverts (I cannot remember which ones though).

My favourite tracks have to be 'An ending (Ascent); The beautiful piano from 'Deep blue day'; 'Silver Morning' and the stirring guitar piece 'Weightless'. The blend of guitars, synthesizers, and piano are sublime. The three creators have collaborated before on other works and I have heard some of it but none comes close to this so far.

It is an album to listen to with one candle burning low, lying on your back, clearing your head and let it wash over your whole body and let yourself go for 48 minutes. Go on treat yourself - let all your five senses orgasm together.

(comments are always welcomed and appreciated)
 

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