LUX

Brian Eno | Format: MP3 Music

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 12, 2012
• Label: Warp Records
• Copyright: 2012 Warp Records Limited
• Total Length: 1:15:19
• Genres:
  • Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi
  • Rock
• ASIN: B00A3AU1U6
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,064 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 54 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Another lovely ambient journey from Mr. Eno November 13, 2012

By William Merrill TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Audio CD

When the mood is right, there are few greater pleasures for me than traveling along with Brian Eno and submerging into one of his sparklingly beautiful ambient mindscapes. His newest, Lux, was designed to accompany an art installation in Turin, Italy, themed around "the play of light." The album is a series of four long pieces totaling about 1.2 hours. The structure is alternating and overlapping synth tones which seem to shimmer and hang in the air like the play of light that inspired the music. The music sounds fairly harmonious on its surface, but there is subtle tension lurking below, slightly more noticeable within "LUX 2" & "3." This would seem to be perfect music for experiencing an art installation, but it's also excellent as background music for working on the computer, reading a magazine, drinking a glass of wine, etc. Maybe for meditation, too, although I wonder if the subtle shifts in feeling might prove too distracting for that purpose.

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for Cemeteries (And Other Quiet Spaces.) November 15, 2012

By Starr

Format:MP3 Music

I LOVE this album and have been waiting with baited breath for a return to form.

"Lux" falls in with "Neroli" and "Thursday Afternoon," is autumnal in tone and would work nicely in headphones while sitting in and/or strolling through a sunlit cemetery that's bursting with foliage in the very early afternoon hours of a day off from work.

Though past outings such as "Drums Between the Bells" and "Small Craft on A Milk Sea" explore DIFFERENT sides of his muse, it's always been his more ambient efforts which have afforded me the opportunity to actually "listen" to myself.

I'm a hospital switchboard operator, so you can only imagine how my ears THIRST for THIS KIND of ear candy after an 8-hour shift of marathon-speaking, thinking, processing and typing. Thank you, Brian! :-)

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Measuring the intensity of light November 14, 2012

By L. T. Gallagher

Format:Audio CD

As much as I enjoy the recent diversity of Eno's output, he is back to his bread and butter with "Lux." For well over a decade - as both "Most Played" and threadbare disc surface will attest- Eno's ambient "Thursday Afternoon" masterpiece has been a source of inspiration for me, a sort of soundtrack to my life. After giving Lux a turn, I can tell instantly that this work is bound to cast a similar spell. These 4, technically seperate tracks, actually comprise a whole. Deeply layered, subtle and at times haunting, There seems to be endless possibilities to explore here. I havent read any of the album credits (downloaded only the mp3 version so far), but it sounds as if Harold Budd or Harold Budd-esque piano work meanders through the work. Along with "Thursday Afternoon," my other favorite ambient album is the beautiful Budd & Eno, "The Pearl"; A haunting piece that uses heavy doses of acoustic piano, blending perfectly over Eno's meandering sonic scapes. Equally so here on "Lux" While written for a specific art installation, (as have so many of Eno's recent compositions) This work would seem to transcend a soundscape for a singular, particular piece of art. It has the quality-like all truly brilliant ambient pieces- to provide living music, useful in just about any and all situations throught the day. Sorry for rambling, but I just gave the album another spin and couldn't be happier with my purchase. Thank you Brian.