Brian Eno – 2 Forms Of Anger (taken from Small Craft On A Milk Sea) by Warp Records
Some pounding guitars invade this preview of the new Eno/Warp collaboration just after the two minute mark. Just wonderful stuff! Can’t wait for the full release on November 2, 2010. Here’s the Warp link, and a tip of the hat to Synthtopia for bringing this delicious clip to my plate.
More details coming tomorrow, but today I got notice on (evil evil) Facebook that Mr. Tom Jenkinson, the inimitable Squarepusher, will have a new album on a new label THIS MONTH. This is incredibly exciting since the artist had been on Warp for ages. His sound wasn’t stale by any means, but I sensed a lack of excitement at the label on the last two releases. Today’s announcement is striking because it is accompanied by a single, which I’ll post tomorrow, and because the record will be in our hands before we know it.
Many moons ago there had been a rumor of collaboration between Squarepusher and Eno, which sounds mind-blowing in a cross generational way. Within the past week it was revealed that Eno will release an album of edited jams with himself, a guitar player and a drummer. I’ll post more on this tomorrow as well. While such a project is extremely exciting on it’s own (apparently recorded over several years of jamming), of note is that it will be released on Warp. That news briefly reawakened hope of a Squarepusher Eno project, but with the former moving on, I think it’s less likely. I, for one, will be perfectly satisfied with new music from each, even if not on the same record.
Finally, the Paul Gilbert album “Fuzz Universe” came out in the U.S. today, and I’ll be on iTunes bright and early to get my copy of shredding, shredding, and more shredding. Looking forward to reporting on that soon after.
In the meantime, don’t forget to check out the Progscape Podcast, which is new every Tuesday. That means you can download it at the Progscape page or from iTunes right now. I’m looking forward to seeing what treats Mike has picked for us this week.
The number of flat screen spewing useless information to the public as it passes by is abhorrent. Cable news, ESPN, weather reports, and countless, countless ads. I’ve been railing against this sickness for over a year – here, here and here. But now Eno has an idea, called 77 Million Paintings, for something else to do with all those big bright screens. Put ’em to work in the name of beauty!
(via Synthtopia)
Eno also has an iPhone / iPad app for generative ambient music that adheres to his current aesthetic principles. Here is a visual example of what you can do with Bloom from Gilli.es:
Gilli.es early experiment with Bloom
Beautiful stuff.