In the mid 70s, Brian Eno gradually abandoned the canons of pop and rock he mastered to perfection (his album Here Come The Warm Jets, released in 1973, is a marvel of hybrid glam rock reminiscent of Bowie himself) to embark on often instrumental 'avant-garde' music projects. Slow, weightlessness, languor, minimalism and purification became his new hobbies. Values which he will make the best use of on records such as Ambient 1: Music For Airports and Music for Films released in 1978. These same values are largely at the heart of The Ship. The British musician and producer, at the age of 67, claims to have drawn inspiration from the First World War and the sinking of the Titanic for the album. A first composition of 21 minutes opens the album in the most fascinating of ways. Baptised 'The Ship', there is a captivating sense of stagnation (sinking?) in slow motion, like being trapped in the nets of an new age electro that can not be inhabited. The second part of the disc is a triptych entitled Fickle Sun at the end of which Eno covers I'm Set Free by the Velvet Underground in the most ghostly way possible. We leave this trip, totally unique and singular, as if hypnotized. An ambassador of all things ambient, Brian Eno also shows that he knows how to orchestrate these small symphonies better than anyone, yielding an album that surrounds and overcomes the senses in the most wonderful way. © MZ / Qobuz