The listening room
Music for
Airports.
Brian Eno · 1978
Eno’s work, performed live by Bang on a Can All-Stars
Begin with 1/1 · 16 minutes
Press play, then return to your reading.
A little room to think
“Ambient Music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.”
Brian Eno, album liner notes, 1978
We like Eno’s idea of music that makes room for the character of a place, and for different kinds of attention. It can sit quietly alongside what you are doing, then catch your ear when your thoughts wander.
That feels like good company for these essays: a little space to read, pause and let an unfinished thought take shape. In Eno’s words, “as ignorable as it is interesting”.