BRIAN ENO is due to release “FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE”, on October 14 on UMC
‘We Let It In’- brand new track and video out today
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Brian Eno: unique talk at The Barbican, London
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Photo credit: Cecily Eno
Praise for the first song released in July – ‘There Were Bells’:
“a gorgeous, still song, with Eno’s crystalline vocals rising and falling over swells of synth” – Stereogum
“Solemn and reverberating” – i
“An eco-message drift, with Eno joining Mark Hollis or Scott Walker as voice of ether” – Mojo
Brian Eno will release his latest studio album FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE on October 14 on vinyl, CD and digital formats. The record was made at his studios in West London and Norfolk and is available to pre-order HERE. A song-based album, Brian’s vocals are featured on the majority of the 10 tracks, which makes it a first since 2005’s ‘Another Day On Earth’.
New Track and Video – ‘We Let It In’
Unveiled today is the track ‘We Let It In’, a haunting hymnal in which Eno’s daughter Darla sings an angelic counterpoint to Brian’s vocal. An ominous snarl of sound is detectable, but when Brian concludes “the whole of it in gorgeous flame,” we are left in no doubt that We Let It In. The new video for ‘We Let It In’, also out today, takes its inspiration from the song’s lyrics, and was created by London-based, multi-disciplinary artist, Orfeo Tagiuri and Brian. The handwriting was provided by his granddaughter, Anya. WATCH
As mentioned, a vocal album, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE is made up of 10 distinct songs and Brian has experimented on the record using tonal over major chord changes:
“My voice has changed, it’s lowered, it’s become a different personality I can sing from. I don’t want to sing like a teenager, it can be melancholic, a bit regretful. As for writing songs again – it’s more landscapes, but this time with humans in them.”
“I like creating worlds, that's what I do as an artist, creating sonic worlds. Now after quite a long absence of humans in those worlds I have tried putting one in and seeing how they feel in the world I've made.” Brian Eno
Brian Eno: Space Music, The Barbican, London
Hear musical pioneer, Brian Eno talk on a number of sound issues at The Barbican in London on October 23. Tickets will go on general sale on Friday 9th September at: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2022/event/brian-eno
Aside from his own recorded work, British composer, musician, and producer Brian Eno, has helped define and reinvent the sound of some of the world’s most popular music artists over the past 50 years. He is renowned for his pioneering work with ambient, generative and 3-dimensional music and has had over 300 audio-visual installations around the world since the early ‘80s. He continues to exhibit worldwide. His new album FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE will be released on October 14 and is his first song-based vocal album in many years.
The Barbican is very pleased to present Eno in this rare one-off talk as he discusses his approach to 3-dimensional sound, the environment and where we are in the world just now.
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Released in July as an introduction to the new album, 'There Were Bells’ (CLICK TO WATCH) was written by Brian Eno for a performance by him and his brother Roger at UNESCO World Heritage site, the Acropolis in August 2021. It was 45 degrees in Athens on the day of the concert with wildfires raging just outside the city, prompting his introductory comment “I thought, here we are at the birthplace of Western civilisation, probably witnessing the end of it.”
‘We Let It In’ and ‘There Were Bells' provide a poignant reminder of the current climate emergency, a theme that is explored throughout the album.
FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
Produced by Brian Eno. Post-producer – Leo Abrahams.
LP & digital tracklist:
Who Gives a Thought
We Let It In
Icarus or Blériot
Garden of Stars
Inclusion
There Were Bells
Sherry
I’m Hardly Me
These Small Noises
Making Gardens Out of Silence
CD tracklist:
Who Gives a Thought
We Let It In
Icarus or Blériot
Garden of Stars
Inclusion
There Were Bells
Sherry
I’m Hardly Me
These Small Noises
Making gardens out of silence in the uncanny valley
All voices and instruments by Brian Eno except:
Leo Abrahams – guitar on Who Gives a Thought, Icarus or Blériot, Garden of Stars, There Were Bells, Sherry & These Small Voices.
Darla Eno – additional voice on We Let It In & I’m Hardly Me.
Cecily Eno – additional voice on Garden of Stars.
Roger Eno – accordion on Garden of Stars & There Were Bells.
Peter Chilvers – keyboards on Garden of Stars.
Marina Moore – Violin and Viola on Inclusion.
Clodagh Simonds – additional voice on These Small Noises.
Jon Hopkins – keyboard on These Small Noises.
Kyoko Inatome – voice on Making Gardens Out of Silence.
Garden Of Stars and There Were Bells were originally performed by Brian, Roger and Cecily Eno with Leo Abrahams and Peter Chilvers at their performance as part of the Epidaurus Festival in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the Acropolis, Athens on August 4th, 2021.
Making gardens out of silence in an uncanny valley was originally included in an audio installation which is Brian Eno’s contribution to the London Serpentine’s long-term, interdisciplinary programme addressing the ongoing climate emergency, Back To Earth.
Album Artwork by Nick Robertson