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6. Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land (1982)

Number four in Eno's ambient series, On Land sounds most like what most people would think of as ambient music, incorporating natural sounds, or natural-sounding electronic effects, that evoke tangible environments. Eno's original inspiration for his ambient series came from natural sounds intruding on composed music, but Music for Airports, The Plateaux of Mirror and Day of Radiance had not included these elements. On Land suggests terrain, landscape, the ambience of a place. Even the song titles: "Unfamiliar Wind (Leek's Hills)," "Dunwich Beach Autumn 1960," or "A Clearing" seem to suggest documentation of real or imagined locations,field recordings from an unknown land. Dark, murky thuds and hums, organic whirrs and chirps blend with electronic and acoustic instrumentation to create an engaging, slightly ominous soundworld. Despite perceptions of the style, the first three albums of Eno's Ambient series were not synthesizer-based, instead starting with acoustic instruments, albeit transformed, looped and altered by studio processing. On Land included more electronic timbres, although often indistinguishable from the processed acoustic sounds and effects. This combination of quiet atmospheres and natural sounds best exemplifies the central aesthetic of ambient music to follow.



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