Orange Juice for the Ears: Brian Eno
09.22.23
Play: Beatie Wolfe interviews polymath, producer, philosopher, environmentalist, colour conductor and “toad in the hole” tosser Brian Eno about his journey from pioneering ambient music, ever-evolving light paintings, production styles, conceptual installations to his constant strategies of surrender. Listen to this show that takes you from co-founding Roxy Music to addressing the climate emergency via the thread of play. Blender of colours and bender of genres, when it comes to the truly mad and experimental, there is only “One Brain”.
Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.
Tracklist:
Brian Eno’s Orange Juice for the Ears
* First song that imprinted? “Get a Job” by The Silhouettes
* First album that shaped who you are? “Pale Blue Eyes” by The Velvet Underground – from The Velvet Underground
* The music you would send into Space? “New Space Music” by Brian Eno
* The song you would have at your memorial? “Bollocks, Bollocks, Bollocks”
Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe at Somerset House
This show is also available as a Podcast.
Read the article version in The Great Disconent (TGD) magazine.
