Brian Eno has launched a new radio station, The Lighthouse, on SONOS Radio, with the intention of releasing hundreds of unheard pieces of music from his career, which has spanned half a century.
The first installment of the three-part program will feature Eno discussing his motivations for opening up the archives of his work, and his decision to share the new and unreleased material in random order (as opposed to curated).
In a statement, published in Pitchfork, Eno stated that “The music that will be broadcast from The Lighthouse covers a pretty broad period. The earliest track we have at the moment is from 1990. We will be adding more pieces as time goes on. New pieces will be entering the mix and some of that will go back even further. You will be listening to a sequence of tracks which will be randomly generated, chosen by chance so there is the possibility of odd, I hope exciting collisions—things that are very slow next to things that are very fast next to things that have no tempo, no pulse at all.”
Brian Eno is pleased to share the launch of his new station, The Lighthouse, now on @Sonos Radio HD, featuring decades of unreleased music from his extensive archive. More info here:https://t.co/aoYUATr2aKhttps://t.co/ae28oxZ9gs
— Brian Eno (@brianeno) June 10, 2021
Sonos Radio said in an Instagram post that they hoped that the station will “serve as a living collection to premiere past and new musical projects”
The Director of Content at Sonos, Joe Dawson, stated that: “On Sonos Radio, we strive to provide a creative outlet for the artists we collaborate with. For months, we’ve been working with Brian Eno to bring his creative vision for The Lighthouse to life, redefining the possibilities of a radio station. With this living archive, fans can continuously immerse themselves in decades of Brian’s unheard music. This project is a testament to how we approach partnering with artists, bringing exclusive content to the service and continuing to evolve the experience for our listeners on Sonos Radio.”
Eno will premiere over 300 previously unheard tracks. The renowned musician is the latest in host of curators to share music with Sonos; previously artists including Thom Yorke and the Chemical Brothers have created similar stations. The station is available in the US, the UK, Germany, and The Netherlands
