How Brian Eno Made Music for Airports

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0:00 Intro
1:42 The Background of Music for Airports
4:23 Generative Music
6:50 The Function of Ambient Music
8:25 End

References:
A Year With Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno's Diary by Brian Eno

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Related acts: Roxy Music, Devo, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Robert Fripp, u2, Terry Riley, Phil Spector, AI Music, Warp records, Another Green World, Here Come the Warm Jets, Steve Reich, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Radiohead, John Cage, AI music, midjourney, Discreet Music, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, Music for Films, Ambient 4: On Land, Harold Budd, Thursday Afternoon, Before and After Science

Thanks for watching! :D

[StellasEncounter]

Have you listened to this album at the airport yet?🤣🤣🤣

[mrlovegrove]

One of my all time favourite albums. Absolutely holds up to repeated listening.

[gabe_s_videos]

This album has helped me deal with my anxieties so well. When I'm anxious or high-strung, or irritated at work, I listen to a few minutes of it and it brings me to my senses.

[Lastman]

I love Brian Eno. My favorite album is Another Green World. Keep the videos coming!

[MauriceTituer]

My two favorite Brian Eno accomplishments:
1- the album My life in the bush of ghosts; a collaboration with David Byrne. They put music on different oral items like talk radio host, a call to prayer, an exorcism. It’s from the early 80s and it’s been a favorite of mine since then.
2- the second thing is not music, but a set of cards; oblique strategy. When you’re stuck in a creative process, you pick a card and do what it says, in order to help you have a different perspective on your project, and therefore get unstuck.

[davidellis]

Love Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Garden As The Theme To Stella's Encounter ! 😎

[lawrencekelli]

i'm a 70's bub so grew up on Eno..Just love him. And yes My life in the bush of ghosts was a fav of my mums.

[sman]

It's interesting that you mention Midjourney here, because I think that some of the most interesting AI art ive seen has a similar philosophy to a lot of ambient music, especially the more hands off approach of letting chaos unfold in a way that winds up beautiful.

[MichaelMikeyMike]

I don't know much about Brian Eno, so I learned a lot from this video. You brought up some interesting things that I need to think about (maybe while listening to 'Music for Airports' 😋). Thank you Stella!! ✈

[brentonharvey]

Bravo, Stella!! 
You are so joyfully enthusiastic, knowlegable and diverse in your (Music) Encounter series. Hot Stuff, Baby!!
Starting out with Brian Ferry's Roxy Music was HUGE, especially popular in UK, a bit in US with 'Love Is The Drug'.
Eno's Electro-Punk sounding 'Baby's On Fire', played on KTRU Rice University underground radio station in Houston back in about 1976, was def his breakout session. Playing with Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera on guitar and crew, Eno contributed as a writer, and his personalized 'Mood Setting' style really came to the forefront, 'Somber Reptiles' being Subminimally Superb. Excellent (yet not 'Pop" ular in US) instrumental collaborations continued with Latin Beat oriented and Venezuala based Manzanera to Rock Latin America. Fair, David Byrne & Eno RULE.
A Real Pioneer, Brian Eno eventually morphed into the Outer Stratosphere of The Inner Ear Ohm with his trademark Ambient Excellence! 🎧🔊

[BranJovan]

So nice to see young people appreciating Eno's music. You have such a nice energy emanating from you. :-)

[RinnRuannan]

When asked what is my favourite album, I always say Brian Eno's Music for Airports (I purchased it when I was eight years old). Years ago, there was an art installation at an airport, Chicago O'Hare. I don't know how many hours and how many days I spent there listening, and watching. The music, and the visuals, the art, has deep resonant effects, on those who can perceive them.The installation was by Brian Eno. The music was Music for Airports.
As I've said before, Music for Airports works quite well in a Metro station in Paris, as well.
I have all of Eno's albums. He is wonderful. Thank you, Stella! What have I done with my life! :)

[wallac]

Fantastic analysis and presentation Stella. Keep up the great work.

[splifftachyon]

Good overview, Stella, and I love your energy and your hilarious asides. Brian Eno has long been one of my favourites. Music For Airports is my number one go to album when I need to de-stress and give my mind space to clear and think. I also love the dark richness of Ambient 4: On Land and the spacey, floating feeling of Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. The fragile minimalism that hides a deep complexity on The Pearl, which he did with Harold Budd, is also extraordinary. Eno has collaborated with another of my favourite artists, Jon Hassell. It would be interesting to hear your take on him in a video. Anyway, keep the good work; your videos are well informed and insightful!

[nicksmart]

Hi Stella. Thanks for covering such an important album. Love your enthusiasm and keep up the good work 😊

[evanm]

Hey Stella, nice video! Regarding your comments toward the end about enjoying transitory/liminal locations encountered during travel, I would highly recommend checking out some music by the modern ambient artist Celer.

He weaves together highly emotional drone music and field recordings taken during travel in a way I find quite profound - his catalog is absolutely massive but I recommend checking out the albums Xièxie and Tempelhof first since they best represent that kind of sound :)

[Chadav]

Another interesting and hard to ignore video ! Thanks, Stella - Happy Lunar New Year.

[davidtollefson]

Nicely done. Brian Eno looks great in purple, I must say. Cool to mention Steve Reich, I remember playing “It’s Gonna Rain” and driving my room-mates crazy. Also, I was going to suggest Bang On A Can’s cover album of Music For Airports and I believe you showed them playing briefly. The AI aside was interesting, that faux-R.E.M. artwork DOES look like an old R.E.M. album. We’re trying to get ChatGPT to help us with our new release title! And thanks for inspiring me to listen to a ton of Eno’s ambient works because it had been awhile. Made me think of Stars of the Lid. And I have to say, the end of your videos have me cracking up.

[dequadim]

The day my father died (just over ten years ago) I made the whole journey from my workplace to the hospital where he was hospitalized with "1/1" in mind, while I kept repeating in my head "Dad, wait for me.. . ".
Arriving at the intensive care unit I found my mother in front of my father and after about 5 minutes the monitor gave the alarm; my father was gone forever.
Since then every time I listen to "Music for Airports" I relive that bad day like it's a movie.

[BobKernow]

Great video as usual, and good to see you cover Brian Eno. He’s been a favourite artist of mine for a very long time. Favourite album is a very difficult choice, Another Green World, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Plateaux of Mirror with Harold Budd, Before and After Science and On Land are all up there though. I guess my favourite at any time depends on my mood, that’s true for any genre of music I think.