Former Roxy Music member Brian Eno, who sported one of the most terrifying hairdos of the 70s until he wisely shaved his head, is to release a new album on British indie label Warp Records. Eno, who is celebrated as a band changing producer for the likes of U2, Coldplay and Talking Heads, has also chalked up a number of acclaimed albums of leftfield noise and ambient music; most notably 1978’s Music For Airports.
The cat was let out of the bag by long time collaborator, guitarist and engineer Leo Abrahams on his blog, and although the post has since been removed, a cache of the text has revealed more information about it. “There’s an album out soon by Brian Eno, with myself and Jon Hopkins,” Abrahams wrote. “It contains the fruits of several years of jams between the three of us. I’ve not heard anything quite like it – it sounds ‘live’ and ‘alien’ at the same time. Some things have been permitted to survive, which only Brian would have had the courage to let go, and it’s so much the better for it.”
