Brian Eno: Music For Airports & In The Ocean
Brian Eno: Music For Airports & In The Ocean DVD VIDEO DOCUMENTARY festival 2009 Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: EuroArts Released: 2009 Media: DVD Brian Eno: Music for Airports & In the Ocean (featuring Bang on a Can All-Stars)During the 1999 Holland Festival, the New York group Bang on a Can performed their new instrumental version of Brian Eno's composition of this 70s work.The Music for Airports DVD presents a double feature by Dutch filmmaker Frank Scheffer. The opening piece, which debuted at the 1999 Holland Festival, showcases Scheffer's abstract visual interpretations accompanying a live performance by New York's six-member Bang on a Can ensemble of Brian Eno's 1978 ambient music album. This interpretation was later released on CD in 1998. The composition is segmented into four distinct parts, each arranged by a different musician: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and Evan Ziporyn. The musicians remain unseen, with the audience instead watching blurre