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''Nerve Net'' is the eleventh solo studio album by
Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...
, released on 1 September 1992 on Opal and Warner Bros. Records. It marked a return to more rock-oriented material, mixed with heavily syncopated rhythms, experimental electronic compositions and occasional elements of jazz. The ambient sensibility is still present on several tracks, though it is often darker and moodier than the pieces Eno is best known for. The album released 12-inch and CD singles for the pieces "Ali Click" and "Fractal Zoom", both of which featured various remixes of the songs by the likes of
Moby Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "amo ...
, Markus Dravs and Isaac Osapanin. It received mixed reviews upon release.


Track listing

All tracks composed by
Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...
. #"Fractal Zoom" – 6:24 #"Wire Shock" – 5:27 #"What Actually Happened?" – 4:41 #"Pierre in Mist" – 3:47 #"My Squelchy Life" – 4:02 #"Juju Space Jazz" – 4:26 #"The Roil, the Choke" – 5:00 #"Ali Click" – 4:13 #"Distributed Being" – 6:10 #"Web" – 6:21 #"Web (Lascaux Mix)" – 9:44 #"Decentre" – 3:26


2004/2005 remaster

All Saints/Hannibal/Ryko (HNCD 1477)
On 28 June 2005, a remastered version of ''Nerve Net'' was issued with the following bonus tracks:
  1. "Fractal Zoom" (Separate Time Edit)
  2. "Ali Click" (Doo Gap Mix)
All Saints/Hannibal (HNCD 1477) / (HNCD1477ADV)
Some versions, including a promotional disc released in 2004, contained the following bonus tracks:
  1. "Fractal Zoom" (Mary's Birthday Edit)
  2. "Ali Click" (Trance Mix Short)
All Saints (ASCDA41) / Beat Records (BRC-101)
Yet other versions, instead of bonus remixes, included an enhanced section with an "Ali Click" video by Jerome Lefdup and Lari Flash.


2014 remaster

The December 2014 remaster includes no bonus material on the ''Nerve Net'' disc, but does include a bonus disc with the original ''My Squelchy Life'' album: # "I Fall Up" # "The Harness" # "My Squelchy Life" # "Tutti Forgetti" # "Stiff" # "Some Words" # "Juju Space Jazz" # "Under" # "Everybody's Mother" # "Little Apricot" # "Over" ''My Squelchy Life'' supposedly was to be released in September 1991, but as the release was postponed to February 1992, Eno decided to re-edit the album into ''Nerve Net'' instead.


Personnel

* Robert Ahwai – guitar * Peter Anderson – guitar * Richard Bailey – drums * Duchess Nell Catchpole – vocals, voices * Ian Denchdrum loop * Markus Dravs – drums, drum programming, treatments * Wayne Duchamp –
alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...
*
Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...
organ, synthesizer, keyboards,
tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...
, bass guitar, guitar, vocals, voices, multi instruments, guitar treatments, African organ, animal sounds, Arabesque * Roger Eno – piano, sampling *
Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is an English musician, composer, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session mu ...
– guitar *
John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", Jones is regard ...
– piano * John May – voices, speech/speaker/speaking part * Rod Melvin – piano * Sugarfoot Moffett – drums * John Moorby – voices, speech/speaker/speaking part * Alice Ngukwe – tenor saxophone * Winston Ngukwe – conga * Isaac Osapanin – conga * Anita Patel – voices, speech/speaker/speaking part * Sunita Patel – voices, speech/speaker/speaking part * Yogish Patel – voices, speech/speaker/speaking part * Curtis Pelican – trumpet *
Robert Quine Robert Wolfe Quine (December 30, 1942 – May 31, 2004) was an American guitarist. A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown. Critic Mark Deming wrote that "Quine's eclect ...
– guitar, rhythm guitar * Gregg Arreguin – guitar * Cecil Stamper III – drums *
Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin M ...
– percussion * Christine West-Oram – vocals * Jamie West-Oram – guitar, rhythm guitar * Romeo Williams – bass guitar


Singles

In conjunction with ''Nerve Net'', two CD
maxi-single A maxi single, maxi-single, or maxi CD (sometimes abbreviated to MCD or CDM) is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an A-side song and a B-side song. Maxi singles are often mistaken for extended plays (EPs), especial ...
s were released.


Ali Click

''Ali Click'' (1992) is a CD maxi-single of remixes of the song "Ali Click" from
Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...
's album ''Nerve Net''. It is also notable for including a version of "I Fall Up", a track from the withdrawn ''My Squelchy Life'' album, which is longer than the 3:42 version included in ''Eno Box II: Vocal''. #"Ali Click rid Master Edit – 4:48 #"Ali Click lbum Edit – 3:41 #"Ali Click ural 'Doo Gap' Mix – 4:43 #"Ali Click rance Mix – Long – 7:28 #"Ali Click arkly Mad Mix – 4:09 #"Ali Click rid Master Remix – 7:10 #"Ali Click eirut Hilton Mix – 4:04 #"I Fall Up" – 4:54


Fractal Zoom

''Fractal Zoom'' (1992) is a CD maxi-single of remixes of the song "Fractal Zoom" from
Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...
's album ''Nerve Net''. Tracks marked '*' mixed by Markus "Dravius" Draws. Tracks marked '**' mixed remixed with additional production by
Moby Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "amo ...
. #"Fractal Zoom eparate Time Edit * – 4:14 #"Fractal Zoom ary's Birthday Edit ** – 3:50 #"Fractal Zoom p River Mix ** – 8:10 #"Fractal Zoom mall Country * – 7:00 #"The Roil, The Choke" – 5:03 #"Fractal Zoom aive Mix I ** – 5:27 #"Fractal Zoom aire Mix * – 6:16 #"Fractal Zoom aive Mix II ** – 5:56 #"Fractal Zoom anded Mix ** – 5:55 #"Fractal Zoom ucolic Mix ** – 4:44 #"Fractal Zoom eparate Time Full Length * – 6:26 #"Fractal Zoom ary's Birthday Mix ** – 7:06


References


External links

* {{Authority control Brian Eno albums 1992 albums Albums produced by Brian Eno