a soundtrack for our time

March 7, 2022 9:18 AM

METAL MACHINE Music For Airports. Does anything more need be said?

Brian Eno - Music For Airports
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music

some previouslies:

"I thought it would be interesting to write music for public spaces..." - Brian Eno

Music for Stuff

The 'Metal Machine Music' of relaxation sounds records

posted by philip-random (17 comments total)

yes yes yes YES YES
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 9:57 AM on March 7, 2022

I am putting this in my earholes.
posted by aubilenon at 9:57 AM on March 7, 2022

This is exactly what I needed today. Thanks, philip-random!
posted by S'Tella Fabula at 10:09 AM on March 7, 2022

I [heart] this mashup!
posted by Gelatin at 10:12 AM on March 7, 2022

BETTER THAN HEROIN
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 10:41 AM on March 7, 2022

It shouldn't work but it does. Thanks.
posted by evilDoug at 12:00 PM on March 7, 2022

This is what a Metafilter is for.
posted by BYiro at 1:58 PM on March 7, 2022 [3 favorites]

I would be so happy if Glass, or someone else, recreated music for airports as an endlessly-streaming website. The original composition was different elements that played at random, which was sonorous and beautiful. More variations are possible, and I want to listen to them forever
posted by rebent at 3:08 PM on March 7, 2022

this is my jam. Thanks, man.

I want to listen to them forever

Bloom 10 app (from Eno & Peter Chilvers) - which, as far as I can tell, will generate ambient music forever.
posted by soundguy99 at 3:17 PM on March 7, 2022 [7 favorites]

Metafilter: Does anything more need be said? [more inside]
posted by mmoncur at 7:26 PM on March 7, 2022 [6 favorites]

Thank you.

("Two great flavors that taste great TOGETHER!")
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 7:28 PM on March 7, 2022

@soundguy99 - I bought the Buddha Machine which like a wee transistor radio sized white noise machine that I think Eno was part of? It still works (thank goodness no batteries exploded in there all these years.)
posted by drowsy at 7:38 PM on March 7, 2022 [3 favorites]

Bloom: This is like Mini Metro music machine without the losing, thanks!
posted by silentbicycle at 8:43 PM on March 7, 2022

I…don’t know how I feel about this.
posted by holborne at 8:53 PM on March 7, 2022

it's grindingly ethereal
posted by philip-random at 10:31 PM on March 7, 2022 [1 favorite]

I had a scumbag neighbour downstairs for a few months last year who threw all-night parties 4-5 times a week. This album was the only thing that helped me get any sleep during that time.
posted by anagrama at 10:35 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

This album was the only thing that helped me get any sleep during that time.

I do hope that by "this album" you mean Metal Machine Music.
posted by soundguy99 at 3:15 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]