Brian Eno - Music for Installations

Brian Eno has announced details of a new box set called Music For Installations.

that looks rather ​sexy

The Caretaker's 6CD album Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia was priced a touch more reasonably...

  On 3/13/2018 at 4:36 PM, Blank said:

https://umc.lnk.to/MFI-SuperDeluxeUM

Very expensive :S

 

Maybe I'll get the CD set if the price lowers or something, I really love the installation pieces he does (especially I Dormienti, if you haven't heard it yet pls do) and I'd be especially interested to listen to the unreleased stuff for sure

There's actually very little on there that hasn't been released already. I'd only want Disc 1 and 6. The rest I've had for years.

In all honesty, it's a disappointing release (so heavily weighted towards the 2000's - when his installation stuff was (mostly) rubbish, IMO.

There's literally one track on the whole thing from his 1980s output - arguably his best decade for installation music. Where is the Quiet Club stuff? 

Not to mention this:

Goto 27:48

Fumi is Eno's number 1 fan round these parts (methinks)

Watching the video, just maybe (please...) that music is for these paintings that appear during that sequence.

yeah i trust fumi on this. seems slightly disappointing 

i cant see the prices :(

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:00 PM, xox said:

i cant see the prices :(

Standard LP Edition - £152.99

Deluxe CD Edition - £329.99

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:00 PM, xox said:

i cant see the prices :(

Only the super deluxe edition has been priced so far: £341. For Six cds. Three of which are supposedly rare but go for about a fiver each on eBay.

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:07 PM, fumi said:

 

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:00 PM, xox said:

i cant see the prices :(

 

 

Only the super deluxe edition has been priced so far: £341. For Six cds. Three of which are supposedly rare but go for about a fiver each on eBay.

 

Ah, see above.

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:06 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:00 PM, xox said:

i cant see the prices :(

Standard CD Edition - £52.99

Standard LP Edition - £152.99

Deluxe CD Edition - £329.99

 

That's obscene, especially as none of it is really that rare. Only the contents of discs one and six have never been made commercially available. 

I think Brian needs to go stand in the corner and reflect on his actions. Shameful.

Once the standard 6CD set comes down in price I'll probably get this.

Another late 1980s piece that won't be on there.

Okay, that's enough whining from me. Sorry, Guys.

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:11 PM, fumi said:

 

That's obscene, especially as none of it is really that rare. 

I wouldn't say that's fair - I Dormenti, Kite Stories and Lightness are each going for about the price of the standard CD boxset on Discogs at the minute, so if you're after those than it's actually a bargain in comparison.

Actually, what's most frustrating about this is that it isn't remotely complete. Given the second-hand prices of a lot of the installation CDs, this could have been a nice box collecting it all together for people who don't have that cash. But then there's no White Cube, Civic Recovery Centre, Compact Forest Proposal... So for people who haven't got any of it, it still leaves a lot of gaps, while people who picked up those CDs on release will want this box for the previously unreleased stuff. Doesn't really suit either camp.

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:29 PM, purlieu said:

 

  On 3/13/2018 at 5:11 PM, fumi said:

 

That's obscene, especially as none of it is really that rare. 

I wouldn't say that's fair - I Dormenti, Kite Stories and Lightness are each going for about the price of the standard CD boxset on Discogs at the minute, so if you're after those than it's actually a bargain in comparison.

 

Actually, what's most frustrating about this is that it isn't remotely complete. Given the second-hand prices of a lot of the installation CDs, this could have been a nice box collecting it all together for people who don't have that cash. But then there's no White Cube, Civic Recovery Centre, Compact Forest Proposal... So for people who haven't got any of it, it still leaves a lot of gaps, while people who picked up those CDs on release will want this box for the previously unreleased stuff. Doesn't really suit either camp.

 

Yeah, it's a missed opportunity, for sure. So many gaps and great stuff missing. I wonder if he actually even had any hand in any of this?

It seems woeful for those looking to complete their collections.

  On 3/13/2018 at 4:36 PM, Blank said:

https://umc.lnk.to/MFI-SuperDeluxeUM

Very expensive :S

 

Maybe I'll get the CD set from Recordstore if the price lowers or something, I really love the installation pieces he does (especially I Dormienti, if you haven't heard it yet pls do) and I'd be especially interested to listen to the unreleased stuff for sure

 

edit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qEu0kuoKEQ

thanks for sharing that, hadn't heard it before

whew glad im not an eno completionist.

Music for White Cube's sales history on Discogs is between £185 and £240. 

  On 3/13/2018 at 8:09 PM, purlieu said:

Music for White Cube's sales history on Discogs is between £185 and £240. 

Goodness me. It's not even that good. I think he lost his way during the 2000's, all that koan stuff put me to sleep. Maybe that was his intention. Personally, I think his strongest installation works are stuff he wrote during the 80s, Thursday Afternoon, Mistaken Medieval Memories of Manhattan, The Quiet Club (never released), Five Paintings, Contemporary Data Lounge, Crystals, Another Room, Interactions.

A really complete box set would probably run to maybe twelve or fifteen discs. Maybe that's not an economical option for the record company.

another day on earth was great. a high point of 00s eno

  On 3/13/2018 at 8:33 PM, dr lopez said:

another day on earth was great. a high point of 00s eno

I'm just referring to his instrumental stuff for installations and galleries etc.

the price for the standard cd box is not high imo

Bleep pre-ordering now.

https://bleep.com/release/96443-brian-eno-music-for-installations?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Post&utm_campaign=Music%20For%20Installations%20by%20Brian%20Eno

Eno is a hack, and has been since around 1980.

my life in the bush of ghosts (1981)

on land (1982)

buuuusted.