In a recent episode of the Apple TV series Pluribus, the main character finds herself on a silent elevator. She wonders aloud whatever happened to muzak? Is is true that today’s elevators are silent? If so, whatever did happen to muzak? muzak, for all its absurd emptiness, did one great thing: muzak occasioned the creation of ambient music. A new video on Brian Eno and his legendary album Music for Airports from Pearl Acoustics tells the tale:
When the composer and music producer Brian Eno had to suffer intolerable ‘muzak’ in an airport departure lounge, while waiting for his flight home back in the 1970’s, he concluded that there must be something better to fill the void. The result was the creation of a totally new genre of music which he called ‘Ambient’. Designed to be played in any circumstance and not requiring the intellectual participation of the listener, unless desired, this album ‘Ambient 1 – Music for Airports, was the first LP in the new genre and set a ball rolling that is very much alive, 47 years later. In this video I explore the life of Brian Eno and this fascinating composition and recording.
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