DEDALUS ENSEMBLE
“Brian Eno Performed by Dedalus Ensemble”

Double LP version. With Discreet Music (1975), Music for Airports (1978), and Thursday Afternoon (1985), Brian Eno invented a new music genre, ambient music, which he defined as “able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.” These versions performed and arranged by Dedalus Ensemble, according to the musicians and the critics who listened to it, goes beyond what you expect from it. A mental base that takes you far away. One of the only music without beginning or end in which we want to stay as long as possible.

Dedalus Ensemble: Founded in 1996 by Didier Aschour, Dedalus is a contemporary music ensemble based in Toulouse. Its repertoire includes works by classics of minimalism: Christian Wolff, Phill Niblock, Frederic Rzewski, Tom Johnson, Moondog, or Philip Glass. Personnel: Didier Aschour – guitar, arrangements and artistic direction; Denis Chouillet – piano; Amélie Berson – flute; Fabrice Villard – clarinet; Pierre-Stéphane Meugé – saxophone; Christian Pruvost – trumpet; Thierry Madiot – trombone; Silvia Tarozzi – violin; Cyprien Busolini – viola; Deborah Walker – cello; Eric Chalan – double bass, vibraphone.

Inspired by Erik Satie’s furniture music, Cage’s indeterminacy and La Monte Young’s drones, Eno’s series of compositions were based on strict formal protocols bringing the listener into an enthralling world of sounds. Brian Eno was widely seen as a pioneering and influential figure of popular music and worked with icons of pop culture such as David Bowie, U2, etc.