Tilt

in the "30 Century Man" film, A. Goldfrapp is shown listening to this album (in part; she listens to older works as well), and, smoking a thin black cigarette (no doubt rejecting a triune God) she says: "This.....This is....This is proper music, you know?". I thought that was a pretty high intra-musician compliment. Then Eno himself listens to it, and gets sort of angry, saying that essentially, this man is the ONLY example of this sort of avant-garde music. He also says so many bloody bands sound exactly like Talking Heads and (made me laugh) like Roxy Music (!). He knew what he was saying. If listening to your record makes Brian Eno sad because it's so ahead of its time, and you are the only one who does it - I think that'd be a compliment of the highest order..... Still, it is very very very weird music.

"Tilt" is absolutely stunning recording. When it was released there was absolutely nothing like it on the planet. It's still amazing, but "The Drift" has taken the ideas here further. Still, I prefer "Tilt" as it's not as scary as "The Drift" (seriously, "The Drift" would make a nice soundtrack for nightmares) and, IMHO, it's much more listenable. If I had to describe the sound, I'd say it's a merging of industrial noise and operatic vocals. I'd also say that it's a revolutionary recording and something any adventurous music fan will enjoy.