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This complex sound sculpture was created by Brian Eno in 1978 and was even installed for a while at the Marine Terminal of New York at LaGuardia Airport. The ambient-minimalist soundscape has been alternately described as background Muzak, a profoundly artificial musical milieu, and a groundbreaking studio creation. Eno designed Music for Airports from a few simple notes and the serial organization of variable tape loops that didn't quite match up. It's a groundbreaking elaboration on the aural/spatial dimension that utilizes silence, piano, synthesizer, female voices, and, most importantly, the technology of the studio. A true metaclassic, the "music" is divided into four distinct movements. This record is the first of Eno's ambient series and is undoubtedly the best. --Mitch Myers
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The transfer from the Original Masters has been undertaken with great care by Simon Heyworth. All four albums have been Mastered using 'Class A' Analogue Electronics combined with the best Analogue to Digital conversion. No attempt has been made to re-equalize, remix or in any way tamper with or alter the original EQ'ed analogue production masters. These are the Original Masters as Brian Eno intended them to be heard.
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By Tim
Format:Audio CD
"Music for the Airports" is the grand pioneer work of the Ambient Music and one of the "Ambient Series" that Eno proposed.
All tracks in this album are named homogeneous titles by Eno.
It's indicating that "Music for the Airports" is based on the consistent concept.
Actually, all track has some common peculiarities.
Such as, beautiful melody, deep resonance, graceful atmosphere,
non-beat, non-noise, non-aggressive, and so on.
It's like a sense swimming in the deep sea or floating in the outer space.
The lenge of "Music for the Airports" is about 50 minutes.
However, so to speak, you may feel everlasting time in this album.
All tracks in this album are named homogeneous titles by Eno.
It's indicating that "Music for the Airports" is based on the consistent concept.
Actually, all track has some common peculiarities.
Such as, beautiful melody, deep resonance, graceful atmosphere,
non-beat, non-noise, non-aggressive, and so on.
It's like a sense swimming in the deep sea or floating in the outer space.
The lenge of "Music for the Airports" is about 50 minutes.
However, so to speak, you may feel everlasting time in this album.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
We use to play this record around 5:30 am when the sun was rising.
This was such wonderful sunrise music, also especially
comforting for a mind that had been up all night on LSD.
This was such wonderful sunrise music, also especially
comforting for a mind that had been up all night on LSD.
By Annie B
Format:Audio CD
I had owned this back in LP form when it first came out and loved it then. It has stayed in the back of my mind for a couple of decades and then I decided to try and find an old copy somewhere. All the music stores I went to knew about it but had no copies...I was sooo happy to find it on Amazon! I couldn't believe how crisp it sounded. I tried to entice my 23 year old daughter into listen to it but she said she wasn't interested in music from the 70's. I tried to explain 'abient', but couldn't really. I tried to explain the music, but couldn't. Then she came in to the room one afternoon when I had it on and it blew her mind. Now I have to order another one I guess 'cause she's always got my CD! She turned her friends on to it, and they're all hooked, too. "It makes me float," she says "just what I need after a crazy day and tons of studying."
Annie B. Toronto
Annie B. Toronto
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Apt for Airports, Eno is a major innovator
Nearly everyone who uses a computer is familiar with at least one piece of Eno's work; he wrote the little 3 second Windows booting-up music for Microsoft. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2004 by Joanna Daneman
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful
Ambient 1 is one of the best, and in a way, one of the most beautiful albums ever released.
In the past, many people have tried to listen to and judge this album as some sort... Read more
In the past, many people have tried to listen to and judge this album as some sort... Read more
Published on Dec 24 2003 by Ben
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The most important music in the world...to me.
Ambient 1 is a simple piano, the angelic chorus of an electronic choir. Subtle, soft, repeating, meter-less loops of sound. Peaceful, yet longing. Initially non-descript. Read more
Published on Dec 13 2003 by "bogunula"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Minimalism
This is a very beautiful album of minimal musics. Listening to it while driving around the city at night makes for a wonderful audio/visual experiance, with the streetlights... Read more
Published on Dec 7 2003 by Philippe Landry
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Simplicity.
Brian Eno's "Music For Airports" is an exquisite piece of beauty that still holds up since its initial release 25 years ago. Read more
Published on Sep 22 2003 by Louie Bourland
5.0 out of 5 stars
genius
i first was turned on to eno's music via his "apollo" CD which to date is my favorite. i recently picked up "bang on a can's" version of the ambient 1 CD and... Read more
Published on May 19 2003 by Mat Bernhardt
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Dream Music
Brian Eno's beautiful ambient texture music began with this. Originally it was intended to be used for exactly what its title implies, Music to be piped over intercoms at... Read more
Published on Mar 1 2003 by musicburgler
5.0 out of 5 stars
Audio Relaxation
This is my favorite album ever. Listen to this turned way up or or simple play as subtle background music. It works well either way. Read more
Published on Feb 24 2003 by "cfgillis2"
5.0 out of 5 stars
FUTURISTIC MUZAK : AMBIENT 1
When Brian Eno presented the final master tapes of the record that would become Music For Airports: Ambient 1 to the record executives of his label, raised eyebrows and equally... Read more
Published on Nov 26 2002 by Blythe H. Evans III
5.0 out of 5 stars
best mood music of all time
ever since i was ten years old i've always loved the background music on underwater nature shows, but finding that music in recorded format was always an impossibility. Read more
Published on Nov 5 2002 by evan valentine
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