Brian Eno The Shutov Assembly

A natural successor to Brian Eno's seminal ambient sides On Land, Music For Airports and Thursday Afternoon, this 1992 collection of pieces recorded between 1985 and 1990 sees the enigmatic artist moving blocks of sound in an abstract, painterly way, never losing his knack for uncovering startling moments of beauty in immersive, hypnotic arrangements. Eno had discovered that Russian artist and friend Sergei Shutov often painted to his music but was unable to obtain many of his records in then-communist Russia. He resolved to collate a tape of previously unreleased material to give to Shutov and upon listening himself discovered a previously unnoticed thread that ran through the pieces, creating an unintentional full length work. Each piece is named after and derived from one of Eno's audio-visual installations. Vinyl edition re-cut as a double LP for improved sound quality.