High Life

The collaboration between Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, two of UK's most highly respected and influential electronic musicians, continues with second full-length record, 'High Life'. In the short amount of time since the release of their highly acclaimed debut album 'Someday World', which also included an incredible 'Later … With Jools Holland' performance, a Live From Maida Vale Session and an augmented reality iOS app, the creation of 'High Life' was written and recorded over a series of sessions (some of which were open to selected media from around the world). None of the music on 'High Life' existed before 'Someday World' was complete. The experiment drew inspiration from the repetitive minimalism of composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass and from the polyrhythmic music of Fela Kuti and funk, as well as continuing the work that Eno and Hyde have done separately. The resulting album - six expansive tracks over 45 minutes - reunites Eno and Hyde with 20 year old producer / multi instrumentalist Fred Gibson, guitarist Leo Abrahams and drummer Chris Vatalaro. "When 'Someday World' was finished I felt like we were still on a roll and I wasn't ready to stop working and get into 'promotional mode' for that record. So I suggested we immediately start on another album, a different one, where we extended some of the ideas we'd started and attempted some of the ideas we hadn't." - Brian Eno "I wanted to work with a stripped down set of equipment... For this album I was very keen for Brian to live process my guitar playing so that we would be affecting one another's performance, bouncing off each other, inspiring new combinations of polyrhythms." - Karl Hyde