Brian Eno is MORE DARK THAN SHARK
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MORE DARK THAN SHARK - UPDATES

July 13, 2023

FEATURE OPAL INFORMATION (NUMBER 6, SEPTEMBER 1987)

INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS & RELATED ARTICLES "A NEW MUSICAL LANGUAGE" by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express NOVEMBER 1977 • ENOLOGUE by Greg Allen, Trouser Press OCTOBER 1978 • "I GET TAKEN OVER" by Max Bell, New Musical Express JULY 1979 • DAVID BYRNE AND BRIAN ENO: MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS by Tyrone Flex, Roadrunner JUNE 1981 • A HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC by Derek Pierce, Electronics & Music Maker DECEMBER 1981 • ROBERT FRIPP: THE 21ST CENTURY MAN SOUNDS OFF by Mark Dery, Record NOVEMBER 1985 • U2: THE JOSHUA TREE by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker MARCH 1987 • ROBERT FRIPP by Mark Prendergast, Sound On Sound MARCH 1988 • THE MAGIC OF DANIEL LANOIS: PART 1 by Mark Prendergast, Sound On Sound AUGUST 1987 • EYE TO EYE WITH BRIAN ENO by Dan Joy, Science Fiction Eye SUMMER 1993 • BRIAN ENO: CURIOSITIES VOLUME 1 by Louise Gray, The Wire NOVEMBER 2003 • HALLOGALLO by Michael Rother, Electronic Sound JULY 2013 • THE HISTORY OF U2'S HIT-PACKED BUT UNFOCUSED HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB by Bryan Wawzenek, Ultimate Classic Rock NOVEMBER 2015 • THE END OF AN ERA: DAVID BOWIE'S BLACKSTAR by Finn Johannsen, Electronic Beats JANUARY 2016 • WHY BLACKSTAR'S JAZZ-HEAVY SOUND REPRESENTED THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF BOWIE'S MUSIC by Léan Crowley, Jazziz JANUARY 2016 • BRIAN ENO: REFLECTION by Jon Burke, Soundblab JANUARY 2017 • THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO by Ljubinko Zivkovic, Soundblab DECEMBER 2017 • ROXY MUSIC'S FOR YOUR PLEASURE by Adrian LaMoury, Felix FEBRUARY 2018 • DAVID BYRNE: AMERICAN UTOPIA by Tom Breihan, Stereogum MARCH 2018 • MUSIC FOR FILMS REPRESENT A DISTINCT ERA OF ENO by Zoë Elaine, The 405 NOVEMBER 2018 • FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF NASA'S APOLLO MISSIONS TO BE CELEBRATED AT STARMUS V CONCERT by Jonathan Wilson, The Institution Of Engineering And Technology JANUARY 2019 • TO THE MOON AND BACK: BRIAN ENO ON REVISITING 'APOLLO' by Kory Grow, Rolling Stone JULY 2019 • BRIAN ENO, LAURIE ANDERSON, EBE OKE: DOKUMENT #2 by Bernie Brooks, The Quietus JANUARY 2020 • ROGER AND BRIAN ENO: MIXING COLOURS by Ben Cardew, Pitchfork MARCH 2020 • ON "MIXING COLOURS," COMPOSERS BRIAN AND ROGER ENO PAINT A NEW SONIC LANDSCAPE by Víkingur Ólafsson, Interview APRIL 2020 • ROGER ENO & BRIAN ENO: MIXING COLOURS by Mike Barnes, Mojo MAY 2020 • ROXY MUSIC: THE STORY BEHIND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM by Sid Smith, Prog JUNE 2020 • BRIAN ENO'S 1995 DIARY AND ESSAYS BOOK PUBLISHED IN 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Lazlo Rugoff The Vinyl Factory JULY 2020 • THE ALCHEMICAL BROTHERS: BRIAN ENO & ROGER ENO INTERVIEWED by Wyndham Wallace, The Quietus AUGUST 2020 • "WHAT A FANTASTIC DEATH ABYSS": DAVID BOWIE'S 'OUTSIDE' AT 25 by Adam Trainer, PopMatters SEPTEMBER 2020 • LOMA: DON'T SHY AWAY by Matt The Raven, Under The Radar OCTOBER 2020 • BRIAN ENO: RAMS by Michael Bonner, Uncut NOVEMBER 2020 • VARIOUS ARTISTS: FROM BRUSSELS WITH LOVE by Richard Foster, The Quietus DECEMBER 2020 • ED SHEERAN AND ELTON JOHN ATTACK 'BREXIT DEAL THAT FAILS MUSICIANS' by David Sanderson, The Sunday Times JANUARY 2021 • LETTERS: THE EU MUST WELCOME AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND by Brian Eno & others, The Guardian APRIL 2021 • A YEAR AGAIN WITH BRIAN ENO by Fiona McQuarrie, PopMatters JULY 2021 • WATCH THE THRONE by Sasha Frere-Jones, Artforum OCTOBER 2021 • BRIAN ENO LENDS HIS VOICE TO THE CALLS FOR CLIMATE ACTION by Tony Clayton-Lea, Business Post OCTOBER 2022 • BRIAN ENO ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER SOLO TOUR by Christian Eede, The Quietus JUNE 2023

April 25, 2023

FEATURE OPAL INFORMATION (NUMBER 5, JUNE 1987)

INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS & RELATED ARTICLES JOHNNY RAY'S BETTER WHIRLPOOL by Lester Bangs, Creem JANUARY 1975 • ULTRAVOX: ULTRAVOX! by Claude Bessy, Slash JUNE 1977 • BAD BOYS IN BERLIN by Chris Hodenfield, Rolling Stone OCTOBER 1979 • KRAFTWERK REVEALED by Mike Beecher, Electronics & Music Maker SEPTEMBER 1981 • A HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC by Derek Pierce, Electronics & Music Maker FEBRUARY 1982 • THE SOUND-PAINTED WORLD OF HAROLD BUDD by Mark Prendergast, Sound On Sound DECEMBER 1986 • JAMES: WAH WAH by Susan Masters, The Wire SEPTEMBER 1994 • ALL PASSENGERS PRESENT AND CORRECT by Propaganda, Propaganda AUTUMN/WINTER 1995 • THE OUTSIDE STORY by Mark Rowland, Musician NOVEMBER 1995 • CAN: TAGO MAGO by David Cavanagh, Uncut DECEMBER 2011 • JON HASSELL: POWER SPOT by Tyran Grillo, ECM Reviews JANUARY 2012 • LARAAJI - AMBIENT 3: DAY OF RADIANCE / ALL IN ONE PEACE by Brian Morton, The Wire NOVEMBER 2015 • DISCREETLY DECODING ENO'S MUSIC by Mark Davie, AudioTechnology DECEMBER 2015 • DAVID BOWIE AND BERLIN: A DECADENT DESOLATION THAT STILL RESONATES IN NIGHTLIFE by August Brown, Los Angeles Times JANUARY 2016 • DAVID BOWIE'S BLACKSTAR by Philip Clark, Gramophone JANUARY 2016 • CAPTAIN LOCKHEED AND THE STARFIGHTERS: THE STORY OF ROBERT CALVERT'S COMICAL CONCEPT ALBUM by Alexander Milas, Classic Rock MARCH 2016 • THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BRIAN ENO IN TEN RECORDS by Chris May, The Vinyl Factory APRIL 2016 • BRIAN ENO STRIVES FOR THE INFINITE WITH HIS AMBIENT 'REFLECTION' by Sasha Frere-Jones, The Village Voice JANUARY 2017 • A PINCH OF BASIL BRINGS FRESH FLAVOUR TO YOUR LIFE by Bob Stanley, Record Collector FEBRUARY 2017 • TOM ROGERSON WITH BRIAN ENO: FINDING SHORE by Robert Ham, Pitchfork DECEMBER 2017 • ROXY MUSIC: STILL MIND-BLOWING, STILL OVERLOOKED by Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune FEBRUARY 2018 • DAVID BYRNE: AMERICAN UTOPIA by John Plowright, Soundblab MARCH 2018 • INTERVIEW: PAUL RUDOLPH (PINK FAIRIES, HAWKWIND, BRIAN ENO) by Thodoris, Hit Channel AUGUST 2018 • TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (BY STRATEGY): HOW BRIAN ENO PLOTTED ART ROCK'S FUTURE by Oregano Rathbone, uDiscover Music NOVEMBER 2018 • WHY COMPOSER PHILIP GLASS VIEWED DAVID BOWIE'S LODGER WITH SKEPTICISM by Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times JANUARY 2019 • NEU! DAY RISING by Tom Pinnock, Uncut MARCH 2019 • ONE SMALL STEP, ONE GIANT LEAP AND ONE EXPANDED EDITION OF BRIAN ENO'S AMBIENT CLASSIC APOLLO by Martin Aston, Mojo JULY 2019 • BRIAN ENO - APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES & SOUNDTRACKS - EXTENDED EDITION by Wyndham Wallace, Long Live Vinyl AUGUST 2019 • THOM YORKE, DAVID BYRNE SIGN OPEN LETTER ADDRESSING "CLIMATE HYPOCRITES" CLAIM by Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone OCTOBER 2019 • LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY: HEAVY RAIN by Ben Cardew, Pitchfork JANUARY 2020 • GOVERNMENT WANTS "WHAT LOOKS LIKE A FREE PRESS", NOT "DISSIDENTS" by Staff Writers, RT FEBRUARY 2020 • ROGER AND BRIAN ENO: MIXING COLOURS by Nenad Georgievski, All About Jazz MARCH 2020 • THE PATH OF TRUE LOVE by Jeremy Allen, Electronic Sound APRIL 2020 • ROGER AND BRIAN ENO: MIXING COLOURS by Laura Barton, Q JUNE 2020 • SAME AS IT EVER WAS by Tom Doyle, Mojo JULY 2020 • BRIAN ENO AND JOHN CALE'S COLLABORATIVE MASTERPIECE GETS THE DESERVED THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY TREATMENT by Ross Horton, The Line Of Best Fit AUGUST 2020 • BRIAN ENO'S FILM MUSIC 1976-2020 by Richard Metzger, Dangerous Minds NOVEMBER 2020 • BRIAN ENO TALKS ABOUT LIFE AND HIS MUSIC by Alan Sculley, Planet Weekly MARCH 2021 • BRIAN ENO'S UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO GETTING MORE CREATIVE by Jess Shankleman, Bloomberg APRIL 2021 • HORN OF PLENTY by David Sheppard, Mojo JULY 2021 • HOW U2'S ACHTUNG BABY BEGAN THE GROUP'S STRANGEST ERA by Langdon Hickman, Treble AUGUST 2021 • BRIAN ENO CREATES LIMITED EDITION COLOUR-CHANGING TURNTABLES by Cerys Kenneally, The Line Of Best Fit DECEMBER 2021 • BRIAN ENO: FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE by Tal Rosenberg, Pitchfork OCTOBER 2022 • BRIAN ENO HAS SOME ACTUAL GOOD NEWS by Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic NOVEMBER 2022

January 6, 2023

FEATURE OPAL INFORMATION (NUMBER 4, MARCH 1987)

INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS & RELATED ARTICLES JOHN CALE/NICO/ENO IN RAINBOW CONCERT by Staff Writers, Hit Parader NOVEMBER 1974 • DAVID BOWIE: MAN OF MANY PHASES by John Milward, Rolling Stone JUNE 1978 • POSSIBLE ARABIAS by John Piccarella, The Village Voice MAY 1981 • HANS JOACHIM ROEDELIUS: KEYBOARD MUSIC by Mark J. Prendergast, Sound On Sound MARCH 1990 • PASSENGERS: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS 1 by Paul Stump, The Wire DECEMBER 1995 • AS IGNORABLE AS IT IS INTERESTING: THE AMBIENT MUSIC OF BRIAN ENO by Mark Richardson, Pitchfork OCTOBER 2002 • BRIAN ENO: HERE COME THE WARM JETS / TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (BY STRATEGY) / ANOTHER GREEN WORLD / BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE by Ken Hollings, The Wire JUNE 2004 • PETER CHILVERS: VISUAL AND TACTILE MUSIC by Matteo Milani, Digicult OCTOBER 2009 • COLDPLAY: A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS by William Tomer, The 405 NOVEMBER 2015 • KING OF THE OUTCAST GIRLS AND BOYS by Kate Mosse, New Statesman JANUARY 2016 • DAVID BOWIE: LOW by Laura Snapes, Pitchfork JANUARY 2016 • BRIAN ENO SETS SAIL FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA by Erik Thompson, The Line Of Best Fit APRIL 2016 • THREE BRIAN ENO ALBUMS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING FOR THE FIRST TIME by Gil Kaufman, Billboard MAY 2016 • BRIAN ENO: REFLECTION by John Murphy, musicOMH JANUARY 2017 • OBITUARY: JAKI LIEBEZEIT by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian JANUARY 2017 • BRIAN ENO: REFLECTION by Phil Smith, Record Collector FEBRUARY 2017 • TOM ROGERSON WITH BRIAN ENO: FINDING SHORE by Mat Smith, Electronic Sound DECEMBER 2017 • DAVID BYRNE: AMERICAN UTOPIA by Dan Cairns, The Sunday Times MARCH 2018 • THE WALLED OFF HOTEL: A CREATIVE RETREAT IN PALESTINE by Tom Faber, Resident Advisor APRIL 2018 • STALINIST TRUMAN SHOW: ARTIST PAID FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE TO LIVE AS SOVIET CITIZENS by Mark Brown, The Guardian AUGUST 2018 • DANCING WITH THE BIG BOYS by Rob Hughes, Uncut NOVEMBER 2018 • BRIAN ENO: "THE NOTION WE CAN'T FIX OUR ATTENTION FOR MORE THAN AN INSTANT? IT'S NOT TRUE" by Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times JANUARY 2019 • PHILIP GLASS: "DAVID BOWIE WAS LIKE A DIAMOND - A LOT OF FACES AND THEY'RE ALL INTERESTING" by Ben Hoyle, The Times APRIL 2019 • BRIAN ENO: ASTRONOMER HONORS PRODUCER WITH ASTEROID NAMED 'ENO' by Ryan Reed, Rolling Stone JUNE 2019 • THE MAN WHOSE HEAD EXPANDED by Ben Thompson, Mojo JULY 2019 • "OUR AIM THEN AND NOW? TO BE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD" by Sid Smith, Record Collector JULY 2019 • BRIAN ENO - APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES & SOUNDTRACKS by Simon McEwen, Q AUGUST 2019 • DAVID BYRNE'S INVENTIVE, AMBITIOUS NEW MUSICAL AMERICAN UTOPIA ARRIVES ON BROADWAY by Robert Sullivan, Vogue SEPTEMBER 2019 • PHIL MANZANERA: DIAMOND HEAD by Mike Barnes, Mojo OCTOBER 2019 • LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY: HEAVY RAIN by Simon McEwen, Q JANUARY 2020 • PILATES AND A MARTINI A DAY: BRYAN FERRY ON HOW TO REMAIN A POP IDOL by Ed Potton, The Times FEBRUARY 2020 • WHO THE FLOCK? by Mark Blake, Mojo MARCH 2020 • ROGER ENO & BRIAN ENO: MIXING COLOURS by Wyndham Wallace, Classic Pop APRIL 2020 • CHRIS FRANTZ: "IF YOU KNEW DAVID BYRNE, YOU WOULD NOT BE JEALOUS OF HIM" by Jim Farber, The Guardian JULY 2020 • BRIAN ENO HAS HAD A PRETTY GOOD QUARANTINE by Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times JANUARY 2021 • WORKING WITH BRIAN ENO ON DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR STREETS by Dan Hill, Medium SEPTEMBER 2021 • BRIAN ENO: FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE by James Mellen, Clash OCTOBER 2022 • BRIAN ENO: "SEX, DRUGS, ART... THEY'RE ALL WAYS OF SURRENDERING" by James McMahon, The Observer NOVEMBER 2022 • BRIAN ENO AND ROGER ENO CONCERT COMES TO UK CINEMA SCREENS IN MARCH by Natasha Scharf, Prog JANUARY 2023


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