I decided
to put aside my dreams for some time and dedicate a few posts to music.
Recently, during our English classes I presented a podcast which was an
interview with Brian Eno. He is an English musician, composer and music
producer born in 1948 in
Woodbridge
He
is a pioneer of one of my favourite music genres called ambient music. It is an
experimental electronic music which as distinct from classic electronic music
doesn’t contain linearly developed melodic line and tracks are composed of
dispersed composition of sounds. Eno came up by accident with the idea of
making music which isn’t a focal event but the surrounding or the background of
our everyday activities. One day he had an accident, he was hit by a taxi and
he was immobile for some days. He was lying in bed and listening to music but
one of his speakers had failed and he couldn’t move from the bed to change up the volume. It was raining
outside and the only thing that he heard was a sound of raindrops beating
against the window and from time to time some notes of a harp coming from the
player. This way he discovered a new way of listening to music.
Why do I
love ambient music? I came across this genre for the first time about three
years ago. I found it very strange but beautiful music. It is usually very
peaceful and relaxing. It helps me to relax and calm down after a stressful
day. It also helps me to concentrate during learning and is very inspiring
during working on something. Listening to it is like a trip to another place on
the world. If you have never had to deal with ambient and want to listen to it
for the first time I recommend you to sit comfortably and close your eyes so
you could derive more pleasure from that. Here is the first piece of ambient
music that I heard and also my favourite one: An Ending (Ascent) from Brian
Eno’s album Apollo:
Another
ambient music I listen to: Biosphere, Boards of Canada
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