An historical treat - while browsing the interwebs yesterday, I came across UbuWeb's anthology of recordings on Brian Eno's short-lived (1975-1978) Obscure label. Back at that time, I had collected three of the recordings - Eno's Discreet Music (Obscure No. 3), the Jan Steele/John Cage split LP Voices and Instruments (Obscure No. 5), and Harold Budd's lovely Pavillion of Dreams (Obscure No. 10). Based on the numbering sequence, I knew that there must have been other records in the series somewhere out there, but at the time, in those dark, pre-internet, days, I had no idea what they were or where to find them.
You can listen to the complete 10 recordings of the label over at UbuWeb.
Eno's Discreet Music, from the 1975 album of the same name, was his first true ambient composition, predating the landmark Music For Airports (1978) by three years. Not surprisingly, Music For Airports was originally intended to be released as Obscure No. 11, but instead came out as Ambient 1, and initiated a new series of recordings, which included seminal performances by Eno, Budd, Laarji, and the estimable Jon Hassell.
Eno's Discreet Music, from the 1975 album of the same name, was his first true ambient composition, predating the landmark Music For Airports (1978) by three years. Not surprisingly, Music For Airports was originally intended to be released as Obscure No. 11, but instead came out as Ambient 1, and initiated a new series of recordings, which included seminal performances by Eno, Budd, Laarji, and the estimable Jon Hassell.
Anyway, here's Discreet Music. Enjoy!
And if that's not enough, here's Harold Budd's Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim, featuring Marion Brown on saxophone, from The Pavilion of Dreams.
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