When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generated pulses more or less randomly. The end result is a kind of music that continuously changes. Of course, until computers came along, all I could actually present of that work was a piece of its output.

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Brian Eno was a contemporary British musician. Brian Peter George Eno is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, sound designer, author and political activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambient music and electronica, and for producing, recording, and writing works in rock and pop music. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Work — The value of effort, discipline, and meaningful labour
  • Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony

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