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Roger Eno &  Brian Eno|Mixing Colours

Mixing Colours

Roger Eno & Brian Eno

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March 2020 sees Brian Eno releasing the first official album in collaboration with his younger brother Roger. The two have been in the studio together, way back in 1983 for the space odyssey Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks which was released by Brian as a solo effort. The brothers also collaborated on the soundtrack to David Lynch’s Dune in 1984, but this record Mixing Colours is the first to feature the two names on an equal footing, and is the first for the prestigious German label Deutsche Grammophon.

The album is made up of classical Schubert-style pieces composed by Roger Eno over the last 15 years on a MIDI keyboard. Brian then took these demos and put them through his ambient software, naming each one a different colour (nuanced as they are), such as the cosmic Blonde, the melancholic Rose Quartz or the morbid Obsidian. Although he is often described as a musical painter, could this Brian Eno’s most monochrome album? The British musician, who doesn’t have synesthesia, admits that while he does often compose with colours on his mind, he likes music for its “completely nonfigurative” nature, and enjoys this paradox: “I don’t think anyone listens to music in the hope of visualising a painting’s landscape. Yet many people find abstract painting inaccessible, despite music being a resolutely abstract art.” Something to think about when listening to this record while seeing the new Kandinsky exhibition. ©️ Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz

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Roger Eno & Brian Eno

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1
Spring Frost
Roger Eno
00:04:07

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

2
Burnt Umber
Roger Eno
00:04:15

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

3
Celeste
Roger Eno
00:04:22

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

4
Wintergreen
Roger Eno
00:04:10

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

5
Obsidian
Roger Eno
00:05:06

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

6
Blonde
Roger Eno
00:04:10

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

7
Dark Sienna
Roger Eno
00:03:47

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

8
Verdigris
Roger Eno
00:04:03

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

9
Snow
Roger Eno
00:04:40

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

10
Rose Quartz
Roger Eno
00:04:07

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

11
Quicksilver
Roger Eno
00:05:12

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

12
Ultramarine
Roger Eno
00:02:27

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

13
Iris
Roger Eno
00:02:53

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

14
Cinnabar
Roger Eno
00:03:20

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

15
Desert Sand
Roger Eno
00:04:50

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

16
Deep Saffron
Roger Eno
00:04:38

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

17
Cerulean Blue
Roger Eno
00:04:05

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

18
Slow Movement: Sand
Roger Eno
00:04:55

Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Eno, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Opal Music Ltd.

Album review

March 2020 sees Brian Eno releasing the first official album in collaboration with his younger brother Roger. The two have been in the studio together, way back in 1983 for the space odyssey Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks which was released by Brian as a solo effort. The brothers also collaborated on the soundtrack to David Lynch’s Dune in 1984, but this record Mixing Colours is the first to feature the two names on an equal footing, and is the first for the prestigious German label Deutsche Grammophon.

The album is made up of classical Schubert-style pieces composed by Roger Eno over the last 15 years on a MIDI keyboard. Brian then took these demos and put them through his ambient software, naming each one a different colour (nuanced as they are), such as the cosmic Blonde, the melancholic Rose Quartz or the morbid Obsidian. Although he is often described as a musical painter, could this Brian Eno’s most monochrome album? The British musician, who doesn’t have synesthesia, admits that while he does often compose with colours on his mind, he likes music for its “completely nonfigurative” nature, and enjoys this paradox: “I don’t think anyone listens to music in the hope of visualising a painting’s landscape. Yet many people find abstract painting inaccessible, despite music being a resolutely abstract art.” Something to think about when listening to this record while seeing the new Kandinsky exhibition. ©️ Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz

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