Roger Eno has remained fairly active as a composer of ambient and modern-classical LPs since releasing his debut record Between Tides in 1988. He’s released two full-lengths since collaborating with his brother Brian in 2020 on Mixing Colours, with the latest release the skies, they shift like chords arriving back in November. “Most of my pieces are snapshots of things that were experienced in the moment,” he shared upon the album’s release. “How do you describe the world, unless it’s in an instant? You can’t fix anything because everything is in flux, it’s changing and mutable.”
Following a set of performances last month in New York, LA, and Knoxville, Tennessee (which is quickly becoming the Third Coast for jazz and modern classical musicians with its annual Big Ears festival), Eno shares with us a “Neighborhoods” performance filmed in his native Suffolk, England, in which he plays through the track “Illusion.” Stripped down just to harmonium, the striking visual sees Eno alone in a vast flint-filled field (which he likes to call “Flint Field”—you know, on account of all the flint, and it being a field) on a windy, overcast day. Check it out below.
