Album: Brian Eno, Lux (Warp)
Lux was conceived to play in the backround of an art gallery in Turin. Which, as is so often the case with Eno, raises questions about the utilitarian, form-follows-function, context-reliant nature of ambient music.
I once put some shelves up for a mate, but I don't expect people to regard them as art. This album consists of four numbered 19-minute movements. It's often barely there, notably the final minutes of "Lux 4". This is musical homeopathy.
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