Ended the week and welcomed the weekend with Decay Music the 1976 debut album by Michael Nyman, released on Brian Eno's Obscure Records music label. The two works on the album, "1-100" (composed 1 December 1975) and "Bell Set No. 1" (1974) are both built around the musical concept of decay. Both of these experiment with percussive, long decay musical forms. "1-100" is played at half the speed it was recorded. It was written for Peter Greenaway's film of the same title but rejected because it was too long. It was inspired by Frederic Rzewski's Les Moutons de Panurge, which Nyman often played with the Scratch Orchestra. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlguWWcC9GE&list=RDAlguWWcC9GE&start_radio=1

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Ended the weekend and then welcomed the week after a long day waiting to not be called for jury service with The Pavilion of Dreams is the second album from minimalist composer Harold Budd. It was produced by Brian Eno. Billed as "an extended cycle of works begun in 1972", it was recorded in 1976 but not released until 1978 on Eno's label Obscure Records.

AllMusic wrote positively of the album, stating that in "mixing ethereal melodies communicated by voice or saxophone with glissando accompaniment, Harold Budd creates a series of siren songs on The Pavilion of Dreams that shimmer like light reflected on the water's surface." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSEpSpIrt98&list=RDKSEpSpIrt98&start_radio=1

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