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Mixing Colours

Roger and Brian Eno

Mixing Colours

Debut collaboration between ambient music pioneering brothers recorded over a 15 year period

ADM rating[?]

7.0

Label
DG
UK Release date
20/03/2020
US Release date
20/03/2020
  1. 9.0 |   Long Live Vinyl

    Listen closely and themes emerge – Spring Frost, Verdigris and Cerulean Blue all share the same descending melody, for example. The listener can thus easily relocate to a peaceful solitude of icy tundra
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Brian and Roger Eno's Deutsche Grammophon debut, Mixing Colours, represents a refreshing antithesis of today's harsh and accelerated times
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  3. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    The perfect soundtrack to self-isolate by in these unprecedented times
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

    The result is, as much as you'd expect, elegant and tranquil. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   The Observer

    This feels like an analogue record, each note having a furry aura
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  6. 8.0 |   Q

    It's less a record than a slow sensory immersion. Print edition only

  7. 6.7 |   Paste Magazine

    While elegant, the brothers are often shyly subdued
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  8. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    While Mixing Colours has some of these delights, it is a much less grandiose affair borne out of amiable melodies and dulcet tones
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  9. 6.0 |   Exclaim

    Mixing Colours shows Roger and Brian Eno at their most casual and unguarded, but there's simply not enough variety, curiosity or sense of adventure here to dub it as a must-listen
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  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Elegant and haunting as the individual tracks may be, it's difficult to remain engaged throughout 75 minutes of music with such a uniform mood. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    A way for two siblings to stay connected over the years and the distance through their shared love of music. Maybe that is enough
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  12. 5.8 |   Pitchfork

    The ambient icon and his younger brother, a well-known pianist in his own right, reveal the results of an intimate musical conversation stretching back 15 years
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