Description
‘Music For Installations’ is a collection of new, rare and previously unreleased music, all of which was recorded by Brian Eno for use in his installations covering the period from 1986 until the present (and beyond). Over this time, he has emerged as the leading exponent of “generative” music worldwide and is recognised as one of the foremost audio-visual installation artists of his time. Eno’s visual experiments with light and video have proved to be the fertile ground from which so much of his other work has grown and they cover an even longer span of time than his recordings, paralleling his musical output in recent decades. These highly-acclaimed works have been exhibited all over the globe - from the Venice Biennale and the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg to Beijing’s Ritan Park and the sails of the Sydney Opera House. Designed by Brian and long-time collaborator Nick Robertson, this beautifully presented, 6CD, limited edition and numbered super deluxe box set comes with a 64-page Plexiglass cover book featuring rare and unseen exhibition photographs and a new essay written by Eno.

[tracklisting][CD1]
1. Kazakhstan (20:33)
2. The Ritan Bells (17:05)
3. Five Light Paintings (19:56)
4. Flower Bells (18:49)

[CD2]
1. 77 Million Paintings (43:57)

[CD3]
1. Atmospheric Lightness (30:40)
2. Chamber Lightness (25:00)

[CD4]
1. I Dormienti (39:42)
2. Kites I (8:07)
3. Kites II (14:29)
4. Kites III (7:34)

[CD5]
1. Needle Click (4:09)
2. Light Legs (3:38)
3. Flora and Fauna / Gleise 581d (3:56)
4. New Moons (4:03)
5. Vanadium (1:56)
6. All The Stars Were Out (3:53)
7. Hopeful Timean Intersect (5:13)
8. World Without Wind (5:24)
9. Delightful Universe (seen from above) (7:33)

[CD6]
1. Unnoticed Planet (7:45)
2. Liquidambar (6:55)
3. Sour Evening (Complex Heaven 3) (8:12)
4. Surbahar Sleeping Music (18:16)[/tracklisting]

6CD Super Deluxe Edition (shown above)
US - Available for pre-order soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B627BXH/?tag=imwan-20
CA - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07B627BXH/?tag=imwanca-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07B627BXH/?tag=imwan-21

6CD Standard Edition
US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BF854N4/?tag=imwan-20
CA - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07BF854N4/?tag=imwanca-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BF854N4/?tag=imwan-21

Bump to add an image, description and tracklist to the first post.

More of the pre-order links have become active and the Super Deluxe Edition price has dropped by a lot, but is still expensive. (The SDE is also now showing with an earlier release date in the UK than the other pressings, so we'll have to keep an eye on that.)

The most economical way to get this music would be the domestic USA pressing of the standard 6CD box:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BF854N4/?tag=imwan-20

(This is currently less than one-tenth the cost of the super deluxe set!)

I have a LOT of Eno, whether it's his rock albums, ambient albums, Roxy Music albums, collaborations with the likes of Fripp and Cluster, or guest appearances on other people's albums. The installation tracks I've heard in the past, which are included here, are VERY static, and of course that's the nature of the work. I won't be getting this, but I'm sure there is an audience...

The initial pre-order price for the domestic standard version has risen -- still a lot cheaper than the super deluxe set, but not the bargain that it was yesterday.