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  • Artist(s): Brian Eno
  • Summary: This is the debut full-length collaboration between brothers Brian and Roger Eno.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Mar 19, 2020
    80
    This kaleidoscope of colors, minimalistic sounds, and levitating textures result in a kind of imaginative synaesthesia constituting a deep feeling of oneness. The oceanic quality in this otherworldly music is always present. In this regard, Brian and Roger Eno's Deutsche Grammophon debut represents a refreshing antithesis of today's harsh and accelerated times.
  2. Mar 23, 2020
    80
    Electronics are very much to the fore. This feels like an analogue record, each note having a furry aura.
  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 7, 2020
    80
    An 18-song adventure in sparse and particular beauty. [Jun 2020, p.97]
  4. The Wire
    Mar 17, 2020
    70
    Each piece is sturdily constructed, but a loose leaf informality allows the 18 tracks to hang without necessarily hanging together. [Apr 2020, p.53]
  5. Mar 27, 2020
    67
    This is music that is nearly impossible to dislike and is a fair recommendation for almost anyone seeking tranquility or quiet music for contemplation. Still, we should expect more from the Eno brothers, who are both iconic musicians in their own right and have left their impression on both the mainstream and experimental worlds forever.
  6. Mar 31, 2020
    60
    While Mixing Colours has some of these delights, it is a much less grandiose affair borne out of amiable melodies and dulcet tones.
  7. Mar 20, 2020
    58
    The album is too inoffensive to leave much lasting impression. Over 18 songs, its initially appealing tastefulness becomes cloying and monotonous. Instead of the dynamism of mixing colors, the album mostly yields just a uniform pastel wash.

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  1. May 6, 2020
    5
    ( 55/100 )
    @tuznalgaz
    No es que no sepa apreciar la Música Clásica o la música Ambiental y Experimental, es uno de los géneros que
    ( 55/100 )
    @tuznalgaz

    No es que no sepa apreciar la Música Clásica o la música Ambiental y Experimental, es uno de los géneros que probablemente es más difícil crear, sin embargo Roger Eno y Brian Eno han hecho un álbum sin discurso, sin emoción, sin narrativa. Es apenas una sensación que se va tan rapido como llega. No hay decoro, extensión o tamaño, simplemente un ruido espacial que de dudosa procedencia y que pasa en frente de nuestros oídos con indiferencia, y aunque nos incite a voltear a ver, simplemente la ausencia de una forma o figura es lo que deja al espectador confundido y dormido. Sí hay algún valor en esta música necesita ser explicada pues su destino carece de propósito. Estas canciones de cuna son perfectas para no ser escuchadas.
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    It is not that I don't know how to appreciate Classical Music or Ambiental and Experimental music, is probably one of the most difficult genres to create, nevertheless, Roger Eno and Brian Eno has made a speechless album, with no emotion and no narrative. It is barely a sensation that goes away as quickly as it came. There is no embellishment, extension, or size, simply a spatial noise of doubted origin that comes by in front of our ears with indifference, and even if it provokes us to turn to see, simply the absence of form and figure is what leave the spectator confused and sleepy. If there's any value in this music, it needs to be explained because its destiny lacks porpoise. This llulaby is perfect for not being listened to.
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