Brian Eno/J. Peter Schwalm: Drawn From Life (2LP) [OPAL]

Why you'll love it

Brian Eno and J. Peter Schwalm's 2001 album back on vinyl from Eno's own Opal label. Ten pieces that mix ambient textures with Schwalm's electronic rhythms, including "Persis" and "Like Pictures".

This edition

• Reissue of the 2001 album
• Ten pieces, from "From This Moment" to "Bloom"

About the album

Brian Eno invented ambient music in the 70s, and he's spent the decades since finding new people to make it with. Drawn From Life, from 2001, pairs him with German composer and producer J. Peter Schwalm, whose background in electronic and jazz-influenced music brought a new pulse to Eno's floating textures.

"From This Moment" and "Persis" glow softly, "Night Traffic" and "Intenser" add a gentle rhythmic drive, and the two parts of "Like Pictures" and the closing "Bloom" drift off into the night. It's music for thinking, reading or simply staring out of the window. Eno once said ambient music should be as ignorable as it is interesting; this one is very hard to ignore.

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Out October 23, 2026 on Opal (cat# OPALLP009), a reissue of the 2001 album.