christopher hobbs

Library Recommendation: Various Artists – The Complete Obscure Records Collection

Jul 31, 2024

Library Recommendation

brian eno, christopher hobbs, david toop, gavin bryars, harold budd, john adams, john cage, kevin press, max eastley, michael nyman, the moderns

Released: 2023 Label: Dialogo Genre: Contemporary This is a curatorial triumph, entirely fitting given its brilliant contents. The Moderns
Various Artists – The Complete Obscure Records Collection

Nov 23, 2023

Ambient, Experimental

brian eno, christopher hobbs, david toop, dialogo, gavin bryars, harold budd, john adams, john cage, johnn tilbury, kevin press, max eastley, michael nyman, the moderns

Two and a half years after leaving Roxy Music, Brian Eno and Island Records launched a sub-label that would become as significant an artistic achievement as it was a commercial failure. Between 1975 and 1978, Obscure Records would release 10 discs. The catalogue included debut recordings by Gavin Bryars, Christopher Hobbs, John Adams, David Toop…