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UMe is pleased to announce the CD release of Eno’s celebrated Rams: Original Soundtrack Album. Originally released earlier this year as a Record Store Day vinyl-only exclusive, the album garnered a great deal of attention with unanimously glowing reviews. Due to an overwhelming number of inquiries from fans, UMe have agreed to make it available as a very limited one-off CD pressing, which will be released on January 22nd.
Eno scored the soundtrack to an intimate documentary about Dieter Rams, one of the most influential designers in history. It takes an unprecedented look at the life and legacy of the man responsible for so many iconic designs, and in line with the aesthetic of the film, the director Gary Hustwit asked Brian to write the original score because of “a connection between Dieter’s design sensibility and Brian’s music.”
One of the tracks from Rams OST, “Design as Reduction,” is also featured in Eno’s recent Film Music 1976 – 2020 album. Film Music is the first-ever collection of music from Brian Eno’s film and TV soundtrack oeuvre and features classic compositions, lesser-known gems, and previously unreleased tracks for films by directors including Michelangelo Antonioni, Michael Mann, Peter Jackson, Derek Jarman, and David Lynch. While it was released in the rest of the world in November 2020, Film Music 1976 – 2020 will also be made available on CD and 12″ double vinyl LP in the U.S. for the first time on January 22nd.
To coincide with the U.S release of both albums, from January 22nd, The Music Center in Los Angeles will host an outdoor installation based on Brian and brother Roger’s album Mixing Colours for the following month. This first public screening and sound installation will premier on it’s outdoor LED screens at Jerry Moss Plaza, in collaboration with non-profit radio station dublab. The Music Center will screen more than 100 short film finalists from A Quiet Scene, the collaborative short film project inspired by Roger and Brian Eno’s album. Mixing Colours Expanded a 2CD release that includes 7 additional tracks taken from the follow-up EP Luminous, will also be made available in the U.S. the same day.
Brian Eno
Rams: Original Soundtrack Album
- Bright Clouds of Metal
- Harmonic Guitar
- Unusual Temperament
- A Warm Sweet Bed
- Beautiful Metals
- Designer Piano
- Generative Lounge
- Design as Reduction
- Al’Khwarizmi Piano
- Shimmering Future
- For A New Design
Praise for ‘Rams: Original Soundtrack Album’:
“Subliminal atmospheric timbres and tranquil melodic phrases” Uncut
“So still and calm, Rams couldn’t have designed it better himself. A proper Eno prime cut” Electronic Sound
“Brian Eno’s score adds to the movie’s linear elegance” New York Times
“Poignant melodies” Prog
“This is striking, ranging between grinding threat and lovely ethereal plinking” The Arts Desk
“A joyful journey”Hi Fi Choice 4/5
Mojo Best Soundtracks Of The Year