He modifies drum machines and bits and gear. He had a show where he had a machine that plays the piano. So there's this huge grand piano playing a quite simple melody, swinging 18 feet in the air on either side. And this amazing acoustic, which, you know, have you ever heard that before? It's not even a person. I don't know if he made it, but he has access to this machine."
A conversation with my brother about a specific musical genre, "ambient". We discuss Brian Eno's inspiration and approach to his first ambient albums, talk about the genre's origins in French 19th century classical music, jazz and the avant-garde and describe ambient trance music from the 80s and 90s including artists like Aphex Twin, The KLF, The Orb and The Irresistible Force. Enter the ambient zone on LEP.
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