With the release of his album “Ambient 1 Music for Airports” in 1978, one of popular music’s foremost innovators, Brian Eno, famously set out to create music that was “As ignorable as it was interesting." In doing so, birthing a whole new musical genre - ambient music.
In this video, we’ll take a closer look at the music of this classic album and the reason why Brian Eno wanted to give airports all over the world an official soundtrack.
Lift off!
00:00 Intro
00:57 Brian Eno: Beginnings, First Solo Albums & Car Accident
04:26 A Brief History of Ambient Music
05:08 Ambient 1: Music for Airports
08:46 Legacy/Conclusion
11:13 Subscribe? ;-)
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Music: Moby - Long Ambients
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