A musical serial. Episode 20: Ambient Colours
Sometimes the best guide is not an idea but just the direction the music wants to go. The minimal C major piano in last weeks Youssef’s Song is strongly reminiscent of Brian Eno’s classic 1-1, from the album Music for Airports. That leads us into ambient, music that fits the time of year (on the Northern Hemisphere, that is). We try to provide further colouring with works by Brother Saturn, The Next Commuter and Julio Di Benedetto.
Playlist:
00:51 Anouar Brahem – Youssef’s Song
13:15 Brian Eno – 1-1
29:57 Brother Saturn – Between Our World And Yours
34:41 The Next Commuter – GS1
39:38 Julio Di Benedetto – A Tide Pool Of Memories 5
42:42 Brother Saturn – Two Earths
52:00 The Next Commuter – GS3
Sources:
Souvenance, 2014, ECM 2423/24
Ambient 1: Music for Airports, 1978, Virgin EEGCD 17
Two Earths E.P., 2014, self-published
Generative Stills, 2013, self-published
A Tide Pool of Memories, 2012, Digital Voices
Sensenta is a programme about long attention spans. Every episode slowly changes hue, and every next episode picks up where the last one left off. This a creates a musical serial, a chain of episodes, touching on different genres at it goes. You’re welcome to join in and give us your opinion. Where should this chain go next? Send us an e-mail at harrold@concertzender.nl, or follow Sensenta at Twitter and Facebook.
