Discreet Music

"Discreet Music" is an ambient music album by the English musician and producer Brian Eno, released in 1975. The album consists of two long-form compositions, both of which are built around tape loops and other electronic manipulations.

The title track, "Discreet Music," is a 30-minute piece that was created using a series of overlapping tape loops of different lengths and durations. The loops were then played through a graphic equalizer, which allowed Eno to manipulate the tonal qualities of the sound. The resulting piece is a slow, meditative work that is characterized by its gentle, shimmering textures and slowly-evolving harmonies.

The second track on the album, "Three Variations on the Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel," is a series of variations on a well-known piece of baroque music. Eno recorded a performance of the canon on a synthesizer, and then used tape loops and other electronic manipulations to create a series of variations that gradually drift away from the original melody.

"Discreet Music" is widely regarded as one of the pioneering works of ambient music, a genre that Eno is credited with coining. The album's use of tape loops, slow-moving textures, and electronic manipulations created a new kind of music that was designed to be listened to as an atmospheric backdrop, rather than as a foregrounded musical statement.