![]() ![]() He may have only been involved in their first two glam-tinged albums, providing synthesizer, 'tape effects' and backing vocals, but what a thrilling pair with which to announce yourself to the world. Let me count the ways, chronologically, how Eno has worked his magic:ฤก He helped make Roxy Music become the great British art-rock band of the 1970s. And, over the course of more than 40 years, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno has truly cast a spell. If 2016 was the year in which we paid tribute to all those greats who departed, maybe this year we could look anew at those giants who are not just with us, but continually adding to the vast sonic tapestry. It's being billed as the first endless album which, I suppose, it is. This being Eno, there's real innovation, too - a version, released as an app, endlessly 'rewrites' itself. ![]() It's a beautifully understated, meditative album to provide the gentlest possible start to our new music listening for 2017. His latest offering, Reflection, does just that. Not many would release an album boasting just one track and weighing in at 54 minutes, but few artists are as doggedly single-minded as Brian Eno. ![]()
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