[Review] Harold Budd/Brian Eno: Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
The music of Harold Budd reborn and rediscovered in Eno’s strange and alien world of electronic treatments.
Category: Daniel Lanois
[Review] Jon Hassell: Dream Theory In Malaya (Fourth World Volume Two) (1981)
The second installment in Hassell’s fourth world series, featuring African dream-telling and watersplashing.
[Review] Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno: Apollo – Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Brian’s soundtrack to the film, For All Mankind, features some truly celestial ambient music.
[Review] Harold Budd/Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois: The Pearl (1984)
A deeper reflection on the musical possibilities of The Plateaux of Mirror, mixed with the vastness of Apollo.
[Review] Peter Gabriel: So (1986)
Peter Gabriel’s so-phisticated response to the Afrobeat awakening.
[Review] Peter Gabriel: Us (1992)
Not quite the coming out party of his last record, Gabriel balances his interests in world ambient music with pop.
[Review] Ringo Starr: Vertical Man (1998)
Ringo’s second golden age continues as a busload of guests hop on for the ride.