Brian Eno - I Dormienti (1999)

'I Dormienti' is an album of music by Brian Eno, taken from an installation that took place at the undercroft of the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, Camden, London, from 9 September to 6 October 1999. The event featured the work of Italian painter, sculptor and set designer Mimmo Paladino, who became established in the early 80's as one of the main exponents of the so-called Transavanguardia, a form of Neo-expressionism and Lyrical Abstraction. His exhibition was in the form of drawings and terracota sculptures - about 30 reclining figures with about 20 attendant crocodiles he called 'I Dormienti' ('The Sleepers'). Eno's music came from well-concealed speakers and consisted mainly of a three-note Neroli-esque sequence, electronic noise, and treated, sampled voices speaking in syllables. The material condensed onto the album is a single track consisting of ten or so layers of the aforementioned syllables, speech excerpts, the standard Eno treated piano, and various drones and echoes. It's very much in his ambient style, with the repetitive sequences creating a relaxing atmosphere, and is much more musical that his work for the White Cube installation.  

Track listing

01 I Dormienti