Introduction Preface "Always first steps" "Trust in the you of now" "Turn it upside down" "Courage!" "Abandon normal instruments" "Discover the recipes you are using and abandon them" "Ask people to work against their better judgment" "Define an area as 'safe' and use it as an anchor" / "Don't be frightened of clichés" "Honor thy error as a hidden intention" "Remember those quiet evenings" / "The tape is now the music" / "Gardening, not architecture" "Remove specifics and convert to ambiguities" "Is it finished?" Acknowledgements Bibliography
Through interviews and archival research, Geeta Dayal untangles how this extraordinary album foreshadowed the future of electronic music.
Geeta Dayal's writing on music, visual art, and science has appeared in many major publications, including Bookforum, The Wire, The New York Times, The International Herald-Tribune, and The Village Voice. She is currently at work on a second book on the history of electronic music. She lives in Boston.
The book itself is a masterpiece; it’s not just a book about the
making of a record, it’s a book about how to make art and how to
think about how to make art.
*Amanda Palmer*
Eno’s use of collaboration, chance, and cybernetics to force
creativity makes for a fascinating story....Eno himself apparently
loved the book, buying copies for friends. This isn’t surprising–
an interest in process has been a constant of his work for four
decades.
*Pitchfork*
The prose is elegant, the sheer scope of the work impressive, and
the meditation on the source of creativity is both well done and
light-handed.
*Flavorpill*
As a study of Another Green World it’s impressively holistic,
hungry to catalogue every possible point of departure for thinking
about the record … the best short introduction to Eno’s work and
ethos going.
*The Wire*
It’s as much a philosophy book as a “Behind the Music” breakdown,
and an invitation to think creatively about creativity.
*The Millions*
Dayal’s unique and fresh take, which also delves into Discreet
Music, is a must read for Eno fans and makes a great primer for the
uninitiated.
*Flagpole*
Dayal's lucid, elegant deconstruction of Brian Eno's most beguiling
album is also an inspiring, delightful inquiry into the nature of
creativity and constraint. Anyone interested in art making needs to
read this.
*Ed Park, author of Personal Days*
...the best short introduction to Eno's work and ethos going.
*The Wire, February 2010*
Selected by Flavorwire as one of "10 Great Books about Music by
Female Writers"
*http://flavorwire.com/features/staff-lists/7967-words-and-music-our-60-favorite-music-books/3/*
Geeta Dayal opens her book on Another Green World by admitting that
she had trouble writing it … Finally, she decided to let Brian
Eno’s set of Oblique Strategies cards direct and inspire her work.
It’s an apt move, as Eno often foregrounds the creative process
himself, and it results in a probing and thoughtful book that never
falls into formula. Instead, Dayal portrays her subject as a deft
artist embracing studio technology and balancing his past
accomplishments with all the endless possibilities of the
future.
*Pitchfork*
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