About the artist: Brian Eno (1948) is a British musician, record producer, visual artist, and theorist best known for his pioneering work in ambient music and contributions to rock, pop and electronica. He started his musical career in 1971 as a member of the avant garde rock band Roxy Music, but went solo in 1973. His output has increased steadily to 20 studio albums. Brian Eno currently has two songs in my list of 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: even in Brian Eno's wide and great oeuvre, an album like the 1977 Before and after science still stands out. The variety of songs on this landmark have been heralded as the beginning of ambient music, as well as heralding the New Wave of the eighties. The best song is Julie with..., which gives the impression of a lazy summer day where time has virtually come to a halt. It is probably the most ambient of any Eno composition outside his pure ambient albums. Simply breathtakingly beautiful. Run tim 6:20.
