📌12 March 1967.
📀 55 years ago Velvet Underground & Nico, produced by #AndyWarhol, was released.
It was almost ignored at the time in #USA and worldwide, perhaps considered too weird and experimental and it sold just 30,000 copies.
It's always hard to recommend to your friends a rock album, there are so many in history and so many genres and subgenres... so I let #BrianEno (one of the greatest music geniuses of the XX century) speak, when interviewed about #VelvetUnderground: "Everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band."
Quite a recommendation...👍
This album is still today considered one of the most important records in Rock #MusicHistory ! 🤟🎸
#Rock #PsychedelicRock #ArtRock #ExperimentalRock #12March
Listen to Velvet Underground & Nico 👉 here
📀 55 years ago Velvet Underground & Nico, produced by #AndyWarhol, was released.
It was almost ignored at the time in #USA and worldwide, perhaps considered too weird and experimental and it sold just 30,000 copies.
It's always hard to recommend to your friends a rock album, there are so many in history and so many genres and subgenres... so I let #BrianEno (one of the greatest music geniuses of the XX century) speak, when interviewed about #VelvetUnderground: "Everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band."
Quite a recommendation...👍
This album is still today considered one of the most important records in Rock #MusicHistory ! 🤟🎸
#Rock #PsychedelicRock #ArtRock #ExperimentalRock #12March
Listen to Velvet Underground & Nico 👉 here
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📌14 January 1977
David Bowie
📀 Low
45 years ago David Bowie released his 11th studio album Low. It's a complete change of sound in his music, reflecting a complete change in personal life! After years of drug abuse in the US #DavidBowie and his friend #IggyPop had just relocated first in France and at the end of 1976 in Berlin.
Low, recorded in France and completed in #Germany, is the first album of the so called Berlin Trilogy, where Bowie and Iggy collaborated and appeared in the respective albums and tours. In Low Bowie flirts with #ExperimentalRock and #Ambient, thanks to the work of his longtime producer #TonyVisconti and his longtime friend #BrianEno, the genius who was actually inventing ambient music at the time! 🤟
The sound is also deeply influenced by German acts such as #Neu! and #Kraftwerk.
The album contains the single "Sound And Vision", one of the biggest Bowie successes (not intended by him who did nothing to promote it) thanks to BBC usage of the song in commercials.
#ArtRock #14January
David Bowie
📀 Low
45 years ago David Bowie released his 11th studio album Low. It's a complete change of sound in his music, reflecting a complete change in personal life! After years of drug abuse in the US #DavidBowie and his friend #IggyPop had just relocated first in France and at the end of 1976 in Berlin.
Low, recorded in France and completed in #Germany, is the first album of the so called Berlin Trilogy, where Bowie and Iggy collaborated and appeared in the respective albums and tours. In Low Bowie flirts with #ExperimentalRock and #Ambient, thanks to the work of his longtime producer #TonyVisconti and his longtime friend #BrianEno, the genius who was actually inventing ambient music at the time! 🤟
The sound is also deeply influenced by German acts such as #Neu! and #Kraftwerk.
The album contains the single "Sound And Vision", one of the biggest Bowie successes (not intended by him who did nothing to promote it) thanks to BBC usage of the song in commercials.
#ArtRock #14January
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📌8 February 1977
Television
📀 Marquee Moon
#PostPunk #ArtRock #GarageRock
45 years ago Television, rock band from New York, #USA, released their debut album Marquee Moon.
This album was critically acclaimed at the time and today is considered seminal for all later development of Punk, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Indie Rock.
#Television music was clean, improvisational and technically proficient as compared to all contemporaneous punk rock bands: therefore Marquee Moon is regarded both as a defining release of the punk era and even a Post Punk work... before punk exploded!
Television were:
#TomVerlaine – guitar, keyboards, lead vocals, songwriter, producer
Billy Ficca – drums
Richard Lloyd – guitar, vocals
Fred Smith – bass, vocals
#BrianEno produced some early Television demo songs which later would be included in the album: Tom Verlaine, not happy with the sound, decided to produce Marquee Moon by himself, with the help of sound engineer Andy Johns (Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin).
Masterpiece!
#8February
Television
📀 Marquee Moon
#PostPunk #ArtRock #GarageRock
45 years ago Television, rock band from New York, #USA, released their debut album Marquee Moon.
This album was critically acclaimed at the time and today is considered seminal for all later development of Punk, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Indie Rock.
#Television music was clean, improvisational and technically proficient as compared to all contemporaneous punk rock bands: therefore Marquee Moon is regarded both as a defining release of the punk era and even a Post Punk work... before punk exploded!
Television were:
#TomVerlaine – guitar, keyboards, lead vocals, songwriter, producer
Billy Ficca – drums
Richard Lloyd – guitar, vocals
Fred Smith – bass, vocals
#BrianEno produced some early Television demo songs which later would be included in the album: Tom Verlaine, not happy with the sound, decided to produce Marquee Moon by himself, with the help of sound engineer Andy Johns (Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin).
Masterpiece!
#8February
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📌 9 March 1987
U2
📀 The Joshua Tree
#Rock #ArtRock #PopRock
35 years ago U2 from #Ireland released their 5th studio album, widely considered their mastepiece and one of the all time best rock albums: The Joshua Tree, entitled after the California National desert Park of the same name.
Under the production mastery and supervision of #BrianEno and Daniel Lanois, this album soon became iconic, like all the singles extracted and related videoclips.
Peaking the charts in 25 countries, selling millions of copies, representing their commercial breakthrough in the US, TJT was the perfect mix of Irish and American folk with protest lyrics and raised #U2 from initial fame to worldwide rock stardom!
#9March
Listen to The Joshua Tree
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌 9 March 1987
U2
📀 The Joshua Tree
#Rock #ArtRock #PopRock
35 years ago U2 from #Ireland released their 5th studio album, widely considered their mastepiece and one of the all time best rock albums: The Joshua Tree, entitled after the California National desert Park of the same name.
Under the production mastery and supervision of #BrianEno and Daniel Lanois, this album soon became iconic, like all the singles extracted and related videoclips.
Peaking the charts in 25 countries, selling millions of copies, representing their commercial breakthrough in the US, TJT was the perfect mix of Irish and American folk with protest lyrics and raised #U2 from initial fame to worldwide rock stardom!
#9March
Listen to The Joshua Tree
👉 here
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📌16 June 1972
David Bowie
📀 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
#Rock #GlamRock #ArtRock
Roxy Music
📀 Roxy Music
#Rock #GlamRock #ArtRock
This time 2 albums, 2 absolute masterpieces released 50 years ago from London #UK!
The fifth studio album by #DavidBowie and the debut album by #RoxyMusic.
Spending words is useless, the best definition for these 2 works is the Wikipedia one for the genre Art Rock: "To elevate rock from entertainment to an artistic statement".
In Ziggy Stardust:
David Bowie – vocals, guitar, saxophone
#MickRonson – guitar, piano, backing vocals
#TrevorBolder – bass
Mick Woodmansey – drums
#RickWakeman - harpsichord
In Roxy Music:
#BryanFerry – vocals, piano, mellotron
#BrianEno – synthesizers, effects, backing vocals
#AndyMackay – oboe, saxophone, backing vocals
#PhilManzanera – guitar
#PaulThompson – drums
Graham Simpson – bass
Rik Kenton – bass
#16June
🎧Listen to Ziggy Stardust 👉 here
🎧Listen to Roxy Music
👉 here
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📌16 June 1972
David Bowie
📀 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
#Rock #GlamRock #ArtRock
Roxy Music
📀 Roxy Music
#Rock #GlamRock #ArtRock
This time 2 albums, 2 absolute masterpieces released 50 years ago from London #UK!
The fifth studio album by #DavidBowie and the debut album by #RoxyMusic.
Spending words is useless, the best definition for these 2 works is the Wikipedia one for the genre Art Rock: "To elevate rock from entertainment to an artistic statement".
In Ziggy Stardust:
David Bowie – vocals, guitar, saxophone
#MickRonson – guitar, piano, backing vocals
#TrevorBolder – bass
Mick Woodmansey – drums
#RickWakeman - harpsichord
In Roxy Music:
#BryanFerry – vocals, piano, mellotron
#BrianEno – synthesizers, effects, backing vocals
#AndyMackay – oboe, saxophone, backing vocals
#PhilManzanera – guitar
#PaulThompson – drums
Graham Simpson – bass
Rik Kenton – bass
#16June
🎧Listen to Ziggy Stardust 👉 here
🎧Listen to Roxy Music
👉 here
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📌23 March 1973
Roxy Music
📀 For Your Pleasure
#ArtRock #ArtPop #GlamRock
50 years ago Roxy Music from London, #UK released their second studio album.
For Your Pleasure is the last #RoxyMusic album to feature Brian Eno and a true timeless (or out of time) masterpiece!
I can't express how much I love this album, highlights on "Do The strand", "Editions Of You", "Strictly Confidential", "In Every Dream Home a Heartache".
On the album cover a picture of #AmandaLear at the time Brian Ferry's girlfriend, longtime muse of Salvador Dalì, then model and actress and later queen of Euro Discomusic before becoming a TV star in #Italy.
In this album:
#BryanFerry – vocals, keyboards
#BrianEno – VCS3 synthesizer and tapes
#AndyMackay – oboe, saxophone
#PhilManzanera – guitar
#PaulThompson – drums
#JohnPorter – bass
#ChrisThomas - production
#23March
🎧Listen to For Your Pleasure 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌23 March 1973
Roxy Music
📀 For Your Pleasure
#ArtRock #ArtPop #GlamRock
50 years ago Roxy Music from London, #UK released their second studio album.
For Your Pleasure is the last #RoxyMusic album to feature Brian Eno and a true timeless (or out of time) masterpiece!
I can't express how much I love this album, highlights on "Do The strand", "Editions Of You", "Strictly Confidential", "In Every Dream Home a Heartache".
On the album cover a picture of #AmandaLear at the time Brian Ferry's girlfriend, longtime muse of Salvador Dalì, then model and actress and later queen of Euro Discomusic before becoming a TV star in #Italy.
In this album:
#BryanFerry – vocals, keyboards
#BrianEno – VCS3 synthesizer and tapes
#AndyMackay – oboe, saxophone
#PhilManzanera – guitar
#PaulThompson – drums
#JohnPorter – bass
#ChrisThomas - production
#23March
🎧Listen to For Your Pleasure 👉 here
❤️🔥🎼 Happy Birthday to The Genius!
#BrianEno 75,
born #15May 1948.
#MikeOldfield 70,
born #15May 1953.
#BrianEno 75,
born #15May 1948.
#MikeOldfield 70,
born #15May 1953.
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🎼🦁 Yesterday, Sunday October 22, #BrianEno was awarded the "Leone D'Oro" here in Venice #SanMarco, for his prominent role in creating and shaping music.
His speech about the relationship between music and technology can be summarized in the following words...
"I'm considered a genius which I'm not, but looking at today I'm proud of it!
The primary aim of my work has always been to unite... today those who create algorhitms that have the ONLY aim to divide are considered geniuses. Our 'civilization' will disappear soon."
No additional words needed❤️🔥
His speech about the relationship between music and technology can be summarized in the following words...
"I'm considered a genius which I'm not, but looking at today I'm proud of it!
The primary aim of my work has always been to unite... today those who create algorhitms that have the ONLY aim to divide are considered geniuses. Our 'civilization' will disappear soon."
No additional words needed❤️🔥
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📌3 August 1979
Talking Heads
📀 Fear Of Music
#NewWave #PostPunk #PsychedelicFunk #ArtRock
45 years ago Talking Heads from New York City, #USA, released their 3rd studio album.
Fear Of Music was highly praised and is considered the #TalkingHeads album in which the "hand" of Brian Eno is more apparent.
It's also widely regarded as their best album, my favorite from them ❤️🔥
In this album:
#DavidByrne – vocals, guitar
#JerryHarrison – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
#TinaWeymouth – bass, backing vocals
#ChrisFrantz – drums
Additional musicians
#BrianEno – treatments, backing vocals, production
#GeneWilder, #Ari – congas
#RobertFripp – guitar
The Sweetbreathes, #JulieLast – backing vocals
#HassamRamzy – surdo
#AbdouMBoup – djembe, talking drum
Assane Thiam – percussion
#3August
🎧Listen to Fear Of Music
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌3 August 1979
Talking Heads
📀 Fear Of Music
#NewWave #PostPunk #PsychedelicFunk #ArtRock
45 years ago Talking Heads from New York City, #USA, released their 3rd studio album.
Fear Of Music was highly praised and is considered the #TalkingHeads album in which the "hand" of Brian Eno is more apparent.
It's also widely regarded as their best album, my favorite from them ❤️🔥
In this album:
#DavidByrne – vocals, guitar
#JerryHarrison – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
#TinaWeymouth – bass, backing vocals
#ChrisFrantz – drums
Additional musicians
#BrianEno – treatments, backing vocals, production
#GeneWilder, #Ari – congas
#RobertFripp – guitar
The Sweetbreathes, #JulieLast – backing vocals
#HassamRamzy – surdo
#AbdouMBoup – djembe, talking drum
Assane Thiam – percussion
#3August
🎧Listen to Fear Of Music
👉 here
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📌22 November 1974
Genesis
📀 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
#ProgressiveRock #ArtRock
50 years ago Genesis from Surrey, England, #UK released their 6th studio album.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a concept album about a guy from New York who is afraid of death, love and sex and sees them all through his complex journey.
It was initially intended as a #RockOpera, but recordings were not easy due to tensions within the band as Peter Gabriel temporarily left to work with filmmaker William Friedkin. Most of the songs were therefore developed by the rest of the band even if Gabriel wanted to write all the lyrics.
It ended up to be #Genesis last album with Peter Gabriel. Shame because it is widely regarded as the highest peak in Gabriel vocal performance, he also asked #BrianEno to add synthesized effects on his voice on several tracks (credited as "Enossification").
In any case a fantastic album from start to finish ❤️🔥
🎧Listen to The Lamb... 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌22 November 1974
Genesis
📀 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
#ProgressiveRock #ArtRock
50 years ago Genesis from Surrey, England, #UK released their 6th studio album.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a concept album about a guy from New York who is afraid of death, love and sex and sees them all through his complex journey.
It was initially intended as a #RockOpera, but recordings were not easy due to tensions within the band as Peter Gabriel temporarily left to work with filmmaker William Friedkin. Most of the songs were therefore developed by the rest of the band even if Gabriel wanted to write all the lyrics.
It ended up to be #Genesis last album with Peter Gabriel. Shame because it is widely regarded as the highest peak in Gabriel vocal performance, he also asked #BrianEno to add synthesized effects on his voice on several tracks (credited as "Enossification").
In any case a fantastic album from start to finish ❤️🔥
🎧Listen to The Lamb... 👉 here
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📌February 1974
Brian Eno
📀 Here Come the Warm Jets
📌November 1974
Brian Eno
📀 Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
#ExperimentalRock #AvantPop #ArtRock #GlamRock #ProtoPunk #ProgressivePop #PsychedelicPop #NewWave
50 years ago Brian Eno from Suffolk, #UK, released his 2 debut studio albums.
After leaving 👉 Roxy Music and releasing the first
👉 collaboration with Robert Fripp, #BrianEno started his amazing solo career, a 20th century music genius!
In these 2 albums we can basically hear every past and future sound!
Guests musicians in these albums: #ChrisAceSpedding, #PhilManzanera, #SimonKing, #BillMacCormick, #MartySimon, #BustaJones, #RobertFripp, #PaulRudolph, #JohnWetton, #NickJudd, #AndyMackay, #Sweetfeed, #NickKool, #PaulThompson, #LloydWatson, #ChrisThomas, #BrianTurrington, #FreddieSmith, #RobertWyatt, #PhilCollins, #PollyEltes, Portsmouth Sinfonia, Randi and the Pyramids, The Simplistics.
🎧Listen to Here Come...
👉 here
🎧Listen to Taking Tiger...
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌February 1974
Brian Eno
📀 Here Come the Warm Jets
📌November 1974
Brian Eno
📀 Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
#ExperimentalRock #AvantPop #ArtRock #GlamRock #ProtoPunk #ProgressivePop #PsychedelicPop #NewWave
50 years ago Brian Eno from Suffolk, #UK, released his 2 debut studio albums.
After leaving 👉 Roxy Music and releasing the first
👉 collaboration with Robert Fripp, #BrianEno started his amazing solo career, a 20th century music genius!
In these 2 albums we can basically hear every past and future sound!
Guests musicians in these albums: #ChrisAceSpedding, #PhilManzanera, #SimonKing, #BillMacCormick, #MartySimon, #BustaJones, #RobertFripp, #PaulRudolph, #JohnWetton, #NickJudd, #AndyMackay, #Sweetfeed, #NickKool, #PaulThompson, #LloydWatson, #ChrisThomas, #BrianTurrington, #FreddieSmith, #RobertWyatt, #PhilCollins, #PollyEltes, Portsmouth Sinfonia, Randi and the Pyramids, The Simplistics.
🎧Listen to Here Come...
👉 here
🎧Listen to Taking Tiger...
👉 here
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📌🧑🎨🎶 You probably won't believe, but one of the most interesting and surprising Pavillions of the #ArtBiennale here in Venice, is always that of the Holy See... yes the Vatican 😇
2 years ago it was hosted by the local 👉 women prison, this year it will be inside the Mystic Garden of "Carmelitani Scalzi" Monks, close to Venice Train Station 📸☝️
The Pavillion is entitled The Ear is the Eye of the Soul and among the artists involved there are none less that #BrianEno, #JimJarmush and #PattiSmith ❤️🔥
#Biennale #VeniceArt
2 years ago it was hosted by the local 👉 women prison, this year it will be inside the Mystic Garden of "Carmelitani Scalzi" Monks, close to Venice Train Station 📸☝️
The Pavillion is entitled The Ear is the Eye of the Soul and among the artists involved there are none less that #BrianEno, #JimJarmush and #PattiSmith ❤️🔥
#Biennale #VeniceArt
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