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Drawn from Life

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Drawn from Life
Studio album by
Released15 May 2001
Recorded2001
GenreAmbient, experimental, downtempo
Length1:08:12
LabelOpal
Brian Eno chronology
Music for Onmyo-Ji
(2000)
Drawn from Life
(2001)
January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
"Drawn from Life" is also the name of a series of short animated films by Paul Fierlinger

Drawn from Life is a 2001 music album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno and the German composer J. Peter Schwalm.

Track listing (original UK vinyl pressing)

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All tracks composed by Eno and Schwalm, except where stated.[3]

  1. "From This Moment" – 1:21
  2. "Persis" – 7:41
  3. "More Dust" – 6:01
  4. "Night Traffic" – 8:19
  5. "Two Voices" – 3:59
  6. "Rising Dust" – 7:44
  7. "Intenser" – 5:23
  8. "Like Pictures Part #1" – 1:20 (Eno, Schwalm & Holger Czukay)
  9. "Like Pictures Part #2" – 5:48 (Eno, Schwalm & Laurie Anderson)
  10. "Bloom" – 7:10

Track listing (subsequent releases)

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  1. "From This Moment" – 1:21
  2. "Persis" – 7:41
  3. "Like Pictures Part #1" – 1:20
  4. "Like Pictures Part #2" – 5:48
  5. "Night Traffic" – 8:19
  6. "Rising Dust" – 7:44
  7. "Intenser" – 5:23
  8. "More Dust" – 6:01
  9. "Bloom" – 7:10
  10. "Two Voices" – 3:59
  11. "Bloom" (Instrumental Version) – 7:07

Personnel

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  • Brian Eno, composing, performing, cover art
  • J. Peter Schwalm, composing, performing, mixing, premastering

With:

  • Leo Abrahams, guitar on "Rising Dust", "Intenser"
  • Laurie Anderson, voice on "Like Pictures Part #2"
  • Nell Catchpole, strings on "Persis", "Like Pictures Part #2", "Rising Dust", "Intenser", "Bloom"
  • Holger Czukay, IBM Dictaphone on "Like Pictures Part #1"
  • Darla Eno and Irial Eno, voices on "Bloom"
  • Heiko Himmighoffen, percussion on "Night Traffic", "Rising Dust", "Intenser"
  • Lynn Gerlach, voice on "Rising Dust"
  • Michy Nakao, voice on "Like Pictures Part #1"

References

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  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Drawn from Life". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan & Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). "Brian Eno". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York City: Simon & Schuster. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-74320-169-8 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm – Drawn From Life". Discogs. Retrieved 25 March 2022.