Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (1980) {2009 Virgin DSD Remaster}
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Ambient / Electronic / Avant-Garde / Experimental
The second in
Brian Eno's ambient series, The Plateaux of Mirrors fuses the fragile
piano melodies of Harold Budd and the atmospheric electronics of Eno to
create a lovely, evocative work. In sharp contrast to the exaggerated
pieces found on his debut, The Pavilion of Dreams, this record finds
Budd delivering sharp shards of piano notes pregnant with meaning and
minimal in the best sense of the word. Eno's unobtrusive electronics add
a resonance and atmosphere that draw from the ambient textures found on
Discreet Music, Music for Films, and Evening Star.
The album's best moments evoke their subject matter efficaciously and
effortlessly; "First Light" creates an audible early morning chill, "An
Arc of Doves" employs flights of Frippertronics, "Not Yet Remembered"
seesaws between sleep and consciousness, and so on. Although neither
artist is a musician in the usual sense of the word -- Budd's piano
playing is still somewhat limited here -- they excel as musical
painters. The wisps of synthesizer that snake through the rattling
percussion of "Wind in Lonely Fences," the wistful melody held at a
remote distance in "Among Fields of Crystal," the unbounded edges of the
piano notes on "Above Chiangmai" -- these wash over the listener in a
suffusion of sound. The Plateaux of Mirrors remains a fascinating hybrid
(as are many of Eno's collaborations), reflecting the uniqueness of
both composers in a most flattering light.
Personnel:
Harold Budd - piano and electric piano
Brian Eno - other instruments
tracklist:
01 - First Light
02 - Steal Away
03 - The Plateaux Of Mirror
04 - Above Chiangmai
05 - An Arc Of Doves
06 - Not Yet Remembered
07 - The Chill Air
08 - Among Fields Of Crystal
09 - Wind In Lonely Fences
10 - Failing Light
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