quoted 5 lines Yet, I'd call them both ambient music. The difference is that Eno> Yet, I'd call them both ambient music. The difference is that Eno
> is attempting to recreate the feel of an airport, while the orb is
> attempting to recreate the feel of (say) an out of body experience
> (in oobe). The orb also would like their tracks to be danceable.
>
Hm, perhaps I've misunderstood Eno's definition of ambient... With
"Music for Airports", I don't think he was trying to recreate the
feel of an airport at all. I thought that he had ideas on what
properties music in an airport should have. For example, the music
should stay out of the vocal frequencies so that you don't drown out
the announcements made over the PA. Admittedly, I haven't listened
to "Music for Airports" but from what I've read, that album was
based on these sorts of ideas...
On the other hand, ambient music as it stands today seems to have
a much more free definition -- I'd almost say that its common
characteristic is an emphasis on mood via soundscapes.
quoted 3 lines In short, Ambient is an overused term and as such there is lots of> In short, Ambient is an overused term and as such there is lots of
> room for misunderstanding.
>
Indeed...
quoted 4 lines I would consider most of SAW II to be ambient in the Eno-esque sense.> I would consider most of SAW II to be ambient in the Eno-esque sense.
>
> [fletcher]
>
Rob