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BRIAN ENO’S
Ambient 1: Music
for Airports
Oxford K EY NOT E S
Series Editor K e v i n C . K a r n e s
BRIAN ENO’S
Ambient 1: Music for
Airports
JOH N T. LYSA K E R
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CONTENTS
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xii Acknowledgments
limited, particularly where disagreements could arise. But
I have benefited from the scholarship, which I’ve noted
throughout. However, I want to acknowledge my grati-
tude beyond those notes, particularly for the writings of
Geeta Dayal, David Sheppard, Cecilia Sun, Eric Tamm,
and David Toop, none of whom I know but all of whom
have proven good company. (You’ll find the titles of their
books alongside others in the section called Additional
Sources for Reading and Listening.) I must also thank
the tireless laborers that maintain two websites: MORE
DARK THAN SHARK and EnoWeb. Each has gathered
numerous interviews that are resources for scholars and
fans alike.
Other support was literally more material. Several
record and CD shops have kept me flush since I first fell
for music around 1980. I name them with gratitude and
pleasure: the Princeton Record Exchange; the House of
Records in Eugene, Oregon; and now several in the greater
Atlanta area—Criminal Records, Decatur CD, Ella Guru,
and Mojo Vinyl. A good shop curates as well as stocks, and
I’ve been the beneficiary of many top-flight curators. (Our
neighborhood postman, David Bomar, also brought many
LPs and CDs, and always asked how the book was coming
along, which was much appreciated.)
I’m one whose love of music generated a love for the
kind of equipment that can make it sing. Echo Audio in
Portland, Oregon, has been my dealer for what is almost
twenty years, and I thank them—particularly Kurt Doslu—
every time the needle drops or I press play. In particular,
Kurt’s old turntable brought Music for Airports to life in
new and startling ways.
Acknowledgments xiii
My beloved wife, Hilary Hart, was, as in everything, a
boon companion throughout the writing process, which
occasionally left me distracted, puzzled and puzzling, and
probably for the birds (as opposed to airports). Our mar-
riage is an ongoing joy, and her indulgence was very much
appreciated.
Kevin Karnes has proven a great interlocutor along the
way, whether in response to writing or in conversation.
I probably never would have pursued the project without
his prodding, and it would have been worse off without his
feedback and willingness to hear me riff on some recent
discovery or, as was more often the case, confusion.
Finally, my ear for music changed radically when I began
to make my own with Steven Brence, Jeff Stolle, and John
Capaccio, and then later with Steve, Jeff, John Fenn, and
Ben Saunders. I began to hear so much more, and to hear
choices made (and resisted) in the music of others. And
I got a feel for how sounds present a kind of meaning
that resists translation into discursive prose, which I hope
informs what follows. Furthermore, trying, alongside Jeff
Stolle, to write songs that didn’t embarrass us (or those
who heard them) made me a good deal humbler in the face
of whatever music catches my ear. I can’t thank the lads
enough, Jeff and Steven most of all. They let an untutored
ear and throat into their midst and that reopened a world
I thought I knew.
xiv Acknowledgments
BRIAN ENO’S
Ambient 1: Music
for Airports
INTRODUCTION
WHITE NOISE, SEMINAL SOUNDS
2 Introduction
F igu r e 0. 2 The label of a Japanese pressing of MFA, side one
Even Weems hadn't imagined how well his plan was taking root.
Back on Earth the whole F. O. had gone yellow, trembling at the gills
lest they should actually have to fight. And it was perfectly obvious
that they would, for when planetary integrity directs no mere
individual might stand in the way.
There was a great dearth of news; there had been for the past few
hours of the crisis. Since that God-awful business from the Mars
Embassy stopped and the entire staff there had—presumably—been
shot in the backs while hard at work fabricating incredible dispatches
there was a mighty and sullen silence over the air, ether and sub-
etheric channels of communication.
On Venus things were pretty bad too. A lot of Earthmen had been
interned and the whole planet was sitting on edge waiting for
something to happen. It did happen, with superb precision after
exactly seven hours of silence and inactivity.
There was a frantic call from—Jupiter! Jupiter claimed that the whole
business was a feint and that the major part of the Earth fleet was
even now descending on the Jovians to pillage and slay.
The official broadcast—not a beam-dispatch—from Jupiter stated
this. Earth promptly denied everything, in a stiff-necked
communique.
Venus grinned out of the corner of its mouth. In an answering
communique she stated that since Venus was invariably to be found
on the side of the underdog the Venus Grand Fleet would depart
immediately for Jupiter to engage the enemy of her good friends, the
Jovians.
Earth, to demonstrate her good faith, withdrew her own fleet from
anywhere near the neighborhood of Jupiter, going clear around to
the other side of the Sun for maneuvers.
Lovers of peace drew great, relieved sighs. The face-to-face had
been broken up. The ultimatum had been forgotten in Earth's
righteous stand that she had not invaded Jupiter or intended to. This
made Venus look and feel silly. This made the crisis collapse as
though it had never been there at all.
And just after the Venus fleet had reported to its home F. O.—this
was three hours after the ultimatum had elapsed without being
noticed by anybody—there were several people in the Earth
Embassy on Mars acting hilariously. There was a Jovian who
gurgled over and over:
"I didn't know it would be this much fun! We would have got into the
game years ago if we'd known."
"And I," said the Ambassador, "have the satisfaction of knowing that
I've given a pretty headache to the best code experts in the system.
And all by the simple expedient of sending a code message that
means just what it says."
"And I," said Weems, upending a glass, "have aided the cause of
peace between the planets. If I can get to the Karfiness and let her
know that she's being played for a sucker by the munitions people—"
"Let it come later," said Dr. Carewe. "I wish I could live another eighty
years to read in the history books. But it really doesn't matter,
because they'll say something like this:
"'Toward the end of this year there arose a crisis between Earth and
Venus, seemingly over matters of trade. It actually reached a point of
ultimatums and reprisals. Fortunately the brilliant, calm and efficient
work of the Hon. Secretary of Recession, Jowett Osgood, saved the
day. He contracted a defensive alliance with Jupiter, the combined
might of the Earth-Jovian fleet crushing any idea of victory that may
have been the goal of the Venusians.'"
Dr. Carewe laughed loud and raucously as she refilled her glass.
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