• Ambient 4: On Land Vinyl by Brian Eno. Ambient 4: On Land Standard Vinyl by Brian Eno. Small Craft On A Milk Sea Vinyl by Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams.
• In 1980, the two collaborated on Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, a work that established Laraaji's signature sound — brilliant strokes of trance-like strings that, according to Laraaji, free up the.

• Lisa Loeb Eno Ambient #5
• Brian Eno Ambient 3 Zippered
• Brian Eno Ambient 4

Ambient 4: On Land Vinyl by Brian Eno. Small Craft On A Milk Sea Vinyl by Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams. Curiosities Volume I CD & Digital by Brian Eno. The English synthesist who first coined the term 'ambient' is widely revered as one of the most innovative and influential recording artists in contemporary music. Brian Eno's hand has touched many genres: rock, techno, electropop, world music and, of course, ambient. Artist: Brian Eno country of origin: UK style(s): Ambient, art rock, minimalism, experimental decades.

I regard this music as environmental: to be experienced from the inside. Accordingly I considered releasing a quadrophonic version of it, an idea I abandoned upon realising that very few people (myself included) own quadrophonic systems.

However, I have for many years been using a three-way speaker system that is both simple to install and inexpensive, and which seems to work very well on any music with a broad stereo image. The effect is subtle but definite - it opens out the music and seems to enlarge the room acoustically.

In addition to a normal stereo hifi system all that is required is one extra loudspeaker and some speaker cable. The usage of this speaker in the three-way system is such that it will not be required to handle very low frequencies: therefore a small or 'mini' speaker will be adequate.

Lisa Loeb Eno Ambient #5

As shown in the diagram, the two terminals of the new speaker are connected to the two positive (red) speaker connectors on the amplifier. This speaker is located somewhere behind the listener - at the apex of a triangle whose base is formed by the original loudspeaker set-up. One of the unexpected benefits of this system is an increase in the usable listening area - almost any point in the room will yield good (although not necessarily 'accurate') stereo sound.

I arrived at this system by accident, and I don't really know why it works. What seems to happen is that the third speaker reproduces any sound that is not common to both sides of the stereo - i.e., everything that is not located centrally in the stereo image - and I assume that this is because the common information is put out of phase with itself and cancels out.

Brian Eno Ambient 3 Zippered

More technically, the lower the impedance of the added speaker, the louder it will sound. If it is found to be too loud (although this rarely seems to happen), you can either insert a potentiometer (6-12 ohms, at least 10 watts) into the circuit, or move the speaker further away.

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