Finding Shore

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AlbumDec 08 / 201713 songs, 49m
Ambient
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Ambient pioneer Brian Eno has built an entire career subtly transforming experiments into art. Here, with a MIDI device, he tweaks and juxtaposes a series of piano improvisations by Tom Rogerson. Like Eno\'s classic *On Land*, *Finding Shore* is an album of otherworldly pastorals—from the rustling, dawn-like “Idea of Order at Kyson Point” to the ominous fog of “Minor Rift” and the subaqueous “On-ness,” which recalls the beautifully meandering music of ambient godfather Erik Satie.

8.0 / 10

A collaboration between an improvising pianist and the ambient icon yields an unusual fusion of acoustic and electronic ideas—a meeting of minds that is full of rewarding surprises.

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In this week’s notable releases, pianist Tom Rogerson debuts with a beautiful Brian Eno collaboration, and Belle & Sebastian’s EP series begins by looking backward.

9 / 10

Pianist Tom Rogerson teams up with ambient royalty on a record that's slow to reveal its beauty, but utterly beguiling when it does.

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8 / 10

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7.5 / 10

Brian Eno & Tom Rogerson: Our review sees both Brian Eno & Tom Rogerson making magic together on 'Finding Shore' but only when they work together.