''The Shutov Assembly'' is the thirteenth solo studio album by British musician
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop an ...
, released on 10 November 1992 on
Warner
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. One of Eno's
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albums, it was reissued in 2014 with a second disc with bonus tracks.
Overview
The album is dedicated to Russian artist
Sergei Shutov
Sergei Alekseyevich Shutov (also spelled Sergey; Russian: ''Сергей Алексеевич Шутов'', born 1955) is a Russian artist active in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and audio- and video installations. He lives and works ...
, and was created as an assembly of tracks for him, as he had mentioned to Eno the difficulty he had of getting Eno's music in the then-communist Russia.
On the rear cover of the CD, the ten tracks of nine letters are arranged in a grid as seen in a
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* Triennale – Milan festival where Eno had an installation in 1985.
* Alhondiga – Spanish installation in 1988.
* Markgraph – German exhibition music & light company that helps with installations.
* Lanzarote – Canary Islands, host to a yearly music festival. Originally released as "Glint (East of Woodbridge)" on flexi disc in ARTFORUM Magazine, 1986.
* Francisco – Installation at the ''Exploratorium'' in 1988.
* Riverside – ''Riverside Studios'' in London was the site of a 1986 installation.
* Innocenti – 1987 Florence installation (In Harmonic Space).
* Stedelijk – Amsterdam museum with the video installation of ''
Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan
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''.
* Ikebukuro – Tokyo installation in 1989.
* Cavallino – Venice gallery with 1985 installation
The album's
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History
Claiming to be the first Compact Disc, CD-only independ ...
entry describes it as "a journey through Eno's sumptuous audio-visual installations from around the world, each track touching down on a particular event and atmosphere."
Track listing
#"Triennale" – 4:02
#"Alhondiga" – 3:16
#"Markgraph" – 3:39
#"Lanzarote" – 8:37
#"Francisco" – 4:44
#"Riverside" – 3:50
#"Innocenti" – 4:19
#"Stedelijk" – 5:26
#"Ikebukuro" – 16:05
#"Cavallino" – 3:06
; 2014 reissue's bonus disc
# "Eastern Cities" – 4:32
# "Empty Platform" – 4:29
# "Big Slow Arabs" – 4:39
# "Storm" – 6:29
# "Rendition" – 5:15
# "Prague" – 2:39
# "Alhondiga Variation" – 6:33
The music
Talking to
Mojo
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magazine in 1998, Eno explained that The Shutov Assembly tracks were originally proposals for orchestral pieces.
The Netherlands
Metropole Orkest
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played two performances of the music in June 1999 at the Holland Festival, which ran from 5 to 26 June in Amsterdam, the first of which was broadcast live on Dutch radio.
Though the music can certainly be classified amongst his other ambient works, most of the compositions have a certain "dark" feel to them. In an interview, Eno said "it's the association with danger that I didn't use to like, and it's exactly that, what I do like now".
Credits
* Brian Eno – all instruments
* Recorded at The Wilderness Studio, Woodbridge, UK
* Mastering by Tony Cousins at the Townhouse, London
* The cover art is an image from the video painting ''Egypt'' by Eno and Greg Jakobek.
Versions
References
External links
*
Interview with Michael Engelbrecht, October 1990''ProgArchives'' review
(Positive)
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Brian Eno albums
1992 albums
Hannibal Records albums