Style: Ambient
Primary Emotions/Themes: The original, the first, this is where it all started
Thoughts: A piano playing a lonely melody... looped ad nauseum. A loop of five to seven notes with one of the first uses of tape delay. "Music that is as interesting to listen to as it is to ignore" is the words from Mr. Eno himself, and I couldn't agree more.
Ambient 1 came out in 1978 and while not the first entry into the ambient realm, it is often credited as the first intentionally ambient album. The recording was conducted by creating loops of music that were played at the same time and then the remainder left up to chance. The loops played at random intervals and interacted with each other whenever the recordings went over the tape head.
It's a novel idea for the time, and one that remains innovative to this day. The intent of the music was to distill down the hustle and bustle of an airport and calm the minds of the listener. 1/1 in particular is good at doing this. It is detached, and ultimately uninterested in what the listener wants from it. It is content to be... and in that approach it is able to truly bring peace. It exists in it's own realm, a place where we are either welcome to dwell with it or pass by.
Ambient 1 had no need for my wants or cares, but if I want to spend some time with it I am welcome. There is no judgment here, there is nothing but the peace that comes from truly relinquishing the care of the world and the frustrations that it brings.
Written September 5th 2024
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