Fractal Zoom [EP]

1. Fractal Zoom [Separate Time Edit]

2. Fractal Zoom [Mary's Birthday Edit]

3. Fractal Zoom [Up River Mix]

4. Fractal Zoom

5. Roil, The Choke

6. Fractal Zoom [Naive Mix I]

7. Fractal Zoom [Zaire Mix]

8. Fractal Zoom [Naive Mix II]

9. Fractal Zoom [Landed Mix]

10. Fractal Zoom [Bucolic Mix]

11. Fractal Zoom [Separate Time Full Length]

12. Fractal Zoom [Mary's Birthday Mix]

Fractal Zoom,Brian Eno,Warner Bros / Wea,Electronic,Experimental,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Rock

Average customer rating:

Don't be put off by the label "single"
Eno's take on minimalism
= so-so (bought it in 1992)
not bad
I too have heard

Fractal Zoom
Brian Eno
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002M2U
Release Date: 1992-08-13

Tracks:

Fractal Zoom (Separate Time Edit)
Fractal Zoom (Mary's Birthday Edit)
Fractal Zoom (Up River Mix)
Fractal Zoom (Small Country)
The Roil, The Choke
Fractal Zoom (Naive Mix I
Fractal Zoom (Zaire Mix)
Fractal Zoom (Naive Mix II)
Fractal Zoom (Landed Mix
Fractal Zoom (Bucolic Mix)
Fractal Zoom (Separate Time Full Length)
Fractal Zoom (Mary's Birthday Mix)

Customer Reviews:

Don't be put off by the label "single".......2006-04-11

This CD is made of many different remixes of the song "Fractal Zoom" off of Eno's Nerve Net album, plus the inclusion of the song "The Roil, The Choke" which is a superb construction of electronic melancholia. Even though the disc is labeled as a "CD Single" it contains, if I recall correctly, 65-70 minutes of music.

The song is remixed about every way you could think, from small rearrangements of sounds to complete destruction of the original into slow ambience. So even though the same song is listed, many of them sound nothing alike. For the money of a used CD, which is apparently the only way to get it, it's definitely worth it if you're an Eno fan. I was not aware that Moby had anything to do with this disc, since this came out in 1992 and I wasn't even aware of Moby's existence until his 1995 "Everything is Wrong." I will have to go back and look at my Fractal Zoom case now and listen with a new perspective.

Eno's take on minimalism.......2003-01-10

I didn't know what to expect with this cd. Eno tries everything! I have always loved his catchy hooks, infectious rhythms and thought-provoking (or mind-numbing) lyrics.

This cd is not ambient music, and it is not some form of heady satirical/lyrical rock. What it comes closest to is his take on minimalism, as apparently repetitive patterns are laid out, but slowly transform in different ways (not so repetitive after all!). It isn't dance music exactly, since it isn't that intense -- but it isn't entirely vacuous either. In my opinion, it's a welcome in-between: music to drift in and out of, while doing something else. I can sink into it at moments, or let it go on without me. It sparks my imagination without dominating my thoughts, and that's just what I was hoping for when I bought it.

= so-so (bought it in 1992).......2001-06-12

This is a single - one song spread across remixes (how fractal!) While this CD is not necessarily irritating in any way, it IS rather bland. Instead of discovering some wonderful piece of groundbreaking bizarre "FRACTAL" music, I ended up with a mediocre, familiar-sounding, semi-dancey single. (Don't expect eno ambience). I sold it.

not bad.......2000-09-23

I was intrigued by the concept of Eno and Moby getting together (and this was in 1992 when they did this..Moby's "Go!" was still a major club hit,and I was spinning it at clubs then, but very few people knew who he was otherwise) to do some work, and in some places ("Fractal Zoom" is the only track, but mixed and whatnot a dozen or so ways, Mody involved on more than 1/2 of them) it works out nicely.

Ultimately, the 2 could have spent more time together, perhaps helping Eno get a better basic track made from which to base these remixes.

For Eno fans and Moby fans, this cd is certainly a curio, but not as groundbreaking as it could have been..I would love to see them try to do this project again, now that Moby is supersaturating the AOM charts- maybe it will help Eno gain a new fan base who can respect his music.

I too have heard.......2000-04-28

The genius of Bryan Eno is brilliantly represented on this recording which I am yet to hear. iT PROBABLY SOUNDS A LOT LIKE HIS OTHERS AMBIENT STUFF.

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