This album's recording together with the preceding vii exhibit European tour yesteryear the duo marked Fripp's firstly output later disbanding King Crimson together with his final earlier temporarily retiring from music (at the fourth dimension view to live on permanently) to report at the International Academy for Continuous Education inward Sherborne House. Wiki.
Robert Fripp's 2nd squad upwardly alongside Brian Eno was a less harsh, to a greater extent than varied affair, closer to Eno's then-developing view of ambient music than what had come upwardly earlier inward (No Pussyfooting). The method used, in 1 lawsuit again, was the endless decaying tape loop scheme of Frippertronics but refined alongside pieces such every bit "Wind on Water" fading upwardly into an already complex bed of layered synths together with treated guitar over which Fripp plays long, languid solos. "Evening Star" is meditative together with calm alongside gentle scales rocking to together with fro acre Fripp solos on top. "Wind on Wind" is Eno solo, an excerpt from the before long to live on released Discreet Music album. The nearly 30-minute ending piece, "An Index of Metals," keeps Evening Star from beingness a purely background nous every bit the loops this fourth dimension comprise a serial of guitar distortions layered to the nth degree, Frippertronics every bit pure dissonance. As a culmination of Fripp together with Eno's experiments, Evening Star shows how far they could go. All Music.
his is a really hard cd to discovery at present, together with i was fortunate plenty to larn it for a reasonable price. I started looking for it later i found out that the beautiful vocal i'd been listening to on a friend's unlabeled mixed cd was the championship rails to Evening Star. The opening rails (Wind on Water) is a really strangely crafted slice of music. It almost never establishes a "tonic" or resolving note, yet the whole thing sounds similar home. The guitar operate inward it hardly sounds similar a guitar, together with is mixed really good alongside the synth inward the back. the slice sounds similar you're watching something naturally epic happening, similar cells going through mitosis.
The championship track, which is all the same my favorite, is in all probability the most visionary together with picture-painting rails on the cd. i don't similar the discussion soundscape because it's hence cliché together with abused. robert fripp actually shines on this piece, together with makes his guitar expressive of things that most guitar players discovery non bad difficulty inward bringing to life. the beautiful thing nigh this song, together with actually the whole album, is how *subtle* it all is. it never hits yous inward the human face upwardly similar a stone song, no affair how loud yous plough it up. the whole thing plays through similar a soundtrack to something wonderful happening nether a microscope, or through a telescope. either way, it's really cosmic.
the exclusively thing i'd criticize is the final track, "An Index of Metals." if you're familiar alongside King Crimson (Fripp's band), you'll know what i hateful yesteryear this. similar a handful of Crimson pieces, it takes a acre to larn started, alongside what seems similar several minutes of near-silence at the beginning, together with and hence pretty much sits dorsum together with enjoys a one-half hr of disturbing dissonance together with nighttime ambience. it's a contrast, every bit the remainder of the album is really low-cal together with relaxing. It's reminiscent of Crimson's "The Mincer," or "Starless together with Bible Black" on the Starless together with Bible Black album, hence if yous tin dig it, together with hence it's pretty intense.
Overall, i'd highly recommend the album, together with hopefully they'll re-release it before long hence everyone tin nous to it without paying xl dollars for the cd. If you're looking for truely "ambient" music (meaning non pumped upwardly trip the low-cal fantastic beats alongside spacey music inward the back, but actually atmospheric stuff), together with hence you'll in all probability live on to a greater extent than than satisfied alongside it. on the other hand, it mightiness non live on fully appreciated yesteryear someone who expects something much to a greater extent than defined together with typical of a newer generation, similar menage music or techno-ambient materials similar Orbital. By Alex H. Miller
I've ever been an agnostic when it comes to remastered versions of classic albums. However, this bright album was remastered yesteryear Robert Fripp himself, along alongside Simon Heyworth. As a result, the integrity of the music is maintained acre the lineament of the recording stands caput together with shoulders inward a higher identify the remastering attempts of others.
"Wind on Water," which originally sounded to a greater extent than or less similar enterprise chords, is revealed every bit an intricate network of looped sounds. "Evensong" besides is exposed every bit having much greater depth than I ever suspected. As for "Evening Star," a slice of music hence beautiful it seems every bit though it merely dropped out of heaven, it's fifty-fifty richer.
However, it is "An Index of Metals" that stands every bit a will to the science of Fripp together with Heyworth. I've listened to this slice hundreds of times, together with it never sounded similar this. The depth, the clarity, together with the dynamics that are acquaint inward this remastering are unparalleled inward whatever remastered CD I've ever heard. By The Glass Guitar.
As the cite implies, Fripp & Eno is a musical pairing of ii highly prolific together with influential musicians. Brian Eno has worked alongside together with influenced countless musicians alongside his innovative production operate together with solo albums that pushed the boundaries of ambient/experimental music. On the other hand, Robert Fripp is best known every bit the guitarist of the legendary progressive stone band King Crimson. Together they released ii ambient albums inward the 1970s, entitled ‘(No Pussyfooting)’ together with ‘Evening Star’.
‘Evening Star’ is the album that opened my eyes to the potential beauty together with role of ambient. The album is filled alongside bubbling electronics together with beautifully lean guitar melodies that intertwine alongside 1 around other to brand around of the most gorgeous, but subtle music I’ve ever heard. The championship track, which is my personal favorite, begins alongside a guitar loop panned to 1 side alongside accompanying electronic keys panned to the other. As the the slice progresses, soaring waves of audio are added into the mix, resulting inward an almost overwhelming sense of exquisiteness. The final one-half of the album is dedicated to a 28 infinitesimal audio experiment entitled “An Index Of Metals”. Layers upon layers of guitar together with effects are piled upon 1 another, every bit the droning sounds like shooting fish in a barrel motion into dissimilar stages of distortion. Despite its length, this rails is an ultimately rewarding sense together with set the groundwork for many artists inward the champaign of audio experimentation.
‘Evening Star’ should live on 1 of the stepping stones for anyone who is interested inward ambient music. The arrangements on the firstly one-half of the album are accessible plenty for anyone alongside a beloved of music to enjoy. The carefully placed layers of audio give away novel details alongside every listen, which ever makes for a rewarding experience. Check out this album for its excogitation together with pairing of ii musical geniuses at the superlative of their game. yesteryear Kyle
Track listing
All tracks written yesteryear Brian Eno together with Robert Fripp, except "Wind on Wind" yesteryear Eno.
1. "Wind on Water" – 5:30
2. "Evening Star" – 7:48
3. "Evensong" – 2:53
4. "Wind on Wind" – 2:56
5. "An Index of Metals" – 28:36
Personnel:
Robert Fripp – guitar
Brian Eno – tape loops, synthesizer, pianoforte
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