BRIAN ENO & J. PETER SCHWALM: DRAWN FROM LIFE

Brian Eno had in fact collaborated with J. Peter Schwalm before on a piece which only had a very limited release in Japan, but Drawn From Life is the collaboration people are most likely to be able to acquire. Between Eno's always deft production and compositions and the chillout, trance and trip-hop elements contributed by Schwalm, the duo deftly update the atmosphere and approach of Eno's classic ambient works for the 21st Century. Guest appearances from Holger Czukay and Laurie Anderson add an art rock counterpoint to Schwalm's electronic dance music influences, creating an album which draws on an extremely broad range of musical traditions and synthesises them into something entirely new.