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another deep blue day

Artist Song
Roger Eno/Brian Eno  Drift
(Apollo, 1983) 
DarXtar  The Secret Place
(A Tribute to the Music & Words of Brian Eno, 1987) 
Brian Eno  And Then So Clear
(Another Day on Earth, 2005)  
Talking Heads  The Overload
(Remain in Light, 1980) 
U2  Dirty Day
(Zooropa, 1993) 
David Bowie  Always Crashing in the Same Car
(Low, 1977) 
Brian Eno  Under
(Another Day on Earth) 
David Bowie  Sunday
(Heathen, 2002) 
Pink Floyd  Fearless
(Meddle, 1971) 
Brian Eno  The Roil, the Choke
(Nerve Net, 1995) 
Robert Fripp/Brian Eno  Altair
(The Equatorial Stars, 2004) 
Brian Eno/Peter Schwalm  Just Another Day
(Another Day on Earth) 
David Bowie  Untitled #1
(The Buddha of Suburbia, 1993) 
Blur  London Loves
(Park Life, 1994) 
Brian Eno  This
(Another Day on Earth) 
David Byrne/Brian Eno  Regiment
(My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, 1981) 
Aylie Cooke/Brian Eno  Bone Bomb
(Another Day on Earth) 

Comment:

79:13 Dynamic aural propellant (no fluorocarbons) fueled by Brian Eno's new solo album
'Another Day on Earth',
Rykodisc, June 2005.

Sample mp3 snippets

An infectious (riff/hook-wise) and, perhaps more importantly, introspective album. While it contains
elements of pop (This and Just Another Day), it is primarily an ambient/vocal album (ambient music
with vocal overlays)...AND slickly produced! Brian's ability to manipulate & process sound is second to
none. Each cymbal `tink', bass line, drum sequence and synthetic utterance is polished and honed to such
a degree that one cannot digest all the aural embedment present on the disc's 11 compositions in a single listening. Of those tracks,
there are 2 that I don't particularly care for (but, IMHO, that means he's really done his job).

What really captures my aging brain, though, are the lyrics. Simple yet delving (and, @ times, soul-searching).
They could not have been penned by a young man. . .only by one who has lived many days on earth. Here are
some excerpts which, for me, prompt a deeper thought or 2:


"Where steeples crash in fire & thunder, where sheets of steel obscure the land,
here is the place I chose to stand"
"Just when I feel I'm going under, this is how I thought it through"
"one day, we will put it all behind, we'll say 'that was just another time'".
"what I thought I knew, what I thought was true..."
"and then so clear to wonder, to wake with open eyes..."
"in ranks of thousands, they fall & stumble [but they still make their numbers]"

The 2 tunes that are emerging as my favorites (despite the strong pop pull of 'This' & it's sibilant "S" looped
backdrop), are Caught Between (which will make an appearance on the next
CUbE volume), and Under. I choose
them primarily for what they have to say about the juxtaposition of one's past & one's future in the light of lessons
learned traveling life's twisting road. It's all about perspective; life viewed from fifty-something rather than
thirty-something. About responding rather than reacting.

Overcoming obstacles & facing the future with trepidation, yet a faint hope that we as a race will prevail, seems to me
to be the overriding theme to this album. It is very much an album reflecting the maturing process. Within that, we are
all very much the same: leaving the past in the past, and marching on towards what's next


As to Brian's offering for what lies ahead:
"And in the future, new forms of romance; grenade & land mine, in twilit silence, with hands that tremble, and lives
that flounder..."

Man oh man, I think I'm gonna' need me a really good
oblique strategy!

Feedback:

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no borders
Date: 6/23/2005
Excellent. I love Eno in his many variations. And do occassionally consult the Strategies (and keep a running list of new ones to add). I was also planning an Eno mix, still am, in kind of in a slightly different direction. There is a wonderful article on line that Eno wrote that you would enjoy if you haven't seen it yet. When I find it again I will post it here.
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Rob_z2.
Date: 6/24/2005
Man man man!! How you do this ?! this is so fucking exellent mix! Beautiful Eno choice and love that Pink Floyd selection. Always David Bowie is great and one best blur track ever. aah and that talking heads <3 Only one what i dont know is DarXtar, maybe i have to check it out. Great job!!
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Rob_z2.
Date: 6/24/2005
Hey one minute later i saw that DarXtar is Brian Eno's song too :P damn i'm idiot...
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hemizen
Date: 6/24/2005
This looks great. Your Elements 1 has been my sunday morning music cd for the last few weeks.
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MulletProof
Date: 6/24/2005
Nice.Also love that Pink Floyd Selection and U2.
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 6/24/2005
Rob_z2...that DarXtar track is from a Cleopatra (Canadian label)Eno tribute album & has a lot of great tracks, including a really well done cover of Warzawa (a tough track to cover, given the original) by ambient artist Dean DeBenedictus.
Terry, -glad you're enjoying the elements disc; I'm s-l-o-w-l-y gathering bits & pieces for a possible stab @ #9.
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mckbrd
Date: 6/24/2005
wow, really nice!!!!!
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musicgnome
Date: 6/24/2005
Usually not a fan of Single Artist Comps...this very well might change my mind....


VERY nice.
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G-Sphere
Date: 6/24/2005
Yes, very nice indeed. Eno is a treasure. I continue to enjoy my elements disc too.
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Dom1
Date: 6/24/2005
This is excellent throughout...Great job!
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Moe
Date: 6/24/2005
Not often that I recognize not one, but several songs, on a g.a.b. l@bs mix. Fearless is my favorite post-70s Pink Floyd song and London Loves is one of BLur's finest moments. Another fine cover too, that has me feeling blue.
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p the swede
Date: 6/25/2005
fantastic, gotta check out that new Eno album this week
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 6/25/2005
Thanks,for the comments everyone & Peter, yes, check it out. More info. & sound clips available @&nbsp;
www.anotherdayonearth.com

It's not only a musical treat, but a refreshing look at an artist making forward progress, as opposed
to being stuck" in a past rut, or attempting to pass off a "stick it to th'man", rebel-rebel, 3 chord approach to life...at 50.

...not that there's, uhh, anything particularly wrong or out-of-step with doin' that...I, uh, suppose; y'know, I'm not sayin'...
...I'm jus' sayin'.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;;-)
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Dead Man
Date: 6/27/2005
Excellent job, thoughtful mix. I'll have to check out Eno's new one as well.
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Salman1
Date: 6/27/2005
Ditto Dead Man. Great job here.
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dimflash
Date: 6/27/2005
nice! I esp. love "always crashing in the same car." I'll have to check out that new eno; I've long been obsessed with his 70s stuff but I was wary about picking up the new one.
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 6/28/2005
Well, a caution to the listener:
this is not "Before & After Science" or "Apollo"...& especially not "Another Green World". It's a brand new collection of songs with new treatments, processes & lyrical direction; it's a fifty-something Eno, rather than thirty-something Eno; and that brings pluses as well as minuses.

It's not meant to be a re-working of old tunes; it's a step forward.and that's something I always respect in an artist. I find it a joy to listen to & am probably on my 15th spinning of the disc since picking it up a week & a 1/2 ago.
Of course this is just my opinion...but I give it a solid 4.5 outta' 5. :-]
I'm sure you'll find something to like on the disc!
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Rob_z2.
Date: 6/28/2005
ahh..ok :)
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lanhamyodel
Date: 6/28/2005
This mix looks fascinating, and I'd love to trade for it if there's anything I have that interests you.
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Deeky
Date: 6/29/2005
tres cool, julio!
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12vman
Date: 7/12/2005
...one day, we will put it all behind, we'll say 'that was just another time...
I had to stop for a minute or two after reading that line. That just ressonates w/me; to the very core - a more eloquent phrasing of "In a hundred years this all won't matter."
I am absolutely thrilled by this mix. Absolutely.
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Vectormonkey
Date: 8/12/2005
So I listened to this and was inspired to get a copy of the "Heathen" CD.

It's not as good as this mix. Not by a long shot.

With a sackfull of excellent tunes and an artist's touch, Gabby has crafted a masterpiece of mood. This collection sways in and out of pop, ambient and just plain cool without ever tipping off the tracks. The between-song fades are splendid ( I particularly like the way "fearless" goes into "the roil, the choke") and the arrangement is exquisite. Imagine a host visiting dozens of orchards and finding only the best peach here, only the most perfect cherry there, and laying them out before you. Ok, you get the idea.

Bravo!
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Luke79
Date: 6/3/2006
brilliance