Fractal Zoom [SINGLE] [EP]

Brian Eno

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 13, 1992)
• Original Release Date: August 11, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, EP
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002M2U
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #226,096 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eno's take on minimalism, January 9, 2003

By	Nathan J. Goldberg (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

I didn't know what to expect with this cd. Eno tries everything! I have always loved his catchy hooks, infectious rhythms and thought-provoking (or mind-numbing) lyrics.

This cd is not ambient music, and it is not some form of heady satirical/lyrical rock. What it comes closest to is his take on minimalism, as apparently repetitive patterns are laid out, but slowly transform in different ways (not so repetitive after all!). It isn't dance music exactly, since it isn't that intense -- but it isn't entirely vacuous either. In my opinion, it's a welcome in-between: music to drift in and out of, while doing something else. I can sink into it at moments, or let it go on without me. It sparks my imagination without dominating my thoughts, and that's just what I was hoping for when I bought it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not bad, September 23, 2000

By	Sean M. Kelly (Portland, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I was intrigued by the concept of Eno and Moby getting together (and this was in 1992 when they did this..Moby's "Go!" was still a major club hit,and I was spinning it at clubs then, but very few people knew who he was otherwise) to do some work, and in some places ("Fractal Zoom" is the only track, but mixed and whatnot a dozen or so ways, Mody involved on more than 1/2 of them) it works out nicely.

Ultimately, the 2 could have spent more time together, perhaps helping Eno get a better basic track made from which to base these remixes.

For Eno fans and Moby fans, this cd is certainly a curio, but not as groundbreaking as it could have been..I would love to see them try to do this project again, now that Moby is supersaturating the AOM charts- maybe it will help Eno gain a new fan base who can respect his music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't be put off by the label "single", April 11, 2006

By	G. Faville "gfav611" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This CD is made of many different remixes of the song "Fractal Zoom" off of Eno's Nerve Net album, plus the inclusion of the song "The Roil, The Choke" which is a superb construction of electronic melancholia. Even though the disc is labeled as a "CD Single" it contains, if I recall correctly, 65-70 minutes of music.

The song is remixed about every way you could think, from small rearrangements of sounds to complete destruction of the original into slow ambience. So even though the same song is listed, many of them sound nothing alike. For the money of a used CD, which is apparently the only way to get it, it's definitely worth it if you're an Eno fan. I was not aware that Moby had anything to do with this disc, since this came out in 1992 and I wasn't even aware of Moby's existence until his 1995 "Everything is Wrong." I will have to go back and look at my Fractal Zoom case now and listen with a new perspective.