"The first ever CD box set gathering the complete 10-album catalogue of
Brian Eno's Obscure Records has been released by Italian-based label Dialogo. In the mid to late 1970s, Obscure gave a platform to some of the most significant young British composers of experimental music, together with a few Americans. In a quiet way spectacularly successful, the label's work continues to influence musicians in the 2020s. Some Obscure albums have never previously been available on CD and at least four of them are stone masterpieces.
The Complete Obscure Records Collection 1975-1978 is an event. Obscure was founded by ex-Roxy Music synth player and tape operator Eno in 1975. He produced all the label's albums and was assisted in the A&R process by the then little known composers
Gavin Bryars (pictured) and
Michael Nyman. Most of the composers Obscure recorded were conservatoire trained but were considered too nonconformist to be employed on conservatoire faculties, Bryars and Nyman included. Mainstream record companies and concert halls were similarly wary. ..."
Gavin Bryars
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