![]() The relationship between capitalists and creators has always been fraught. When Eno’s name recently surfaced in the web3 music world, though, it was to malign NFTs as “a way for artists to get a little piece of the action from global capitalism.” He continued, “How sweet, now artists can become little capitalist assholes as well.” To create his generative systems – for Reflection and otherwise – Eno feeds sounds through algorithms in software of his own design – a practice not dissimilar to the generative systems musicians are creating for NFT projects. ![]() In it, the seminal composer called for an end to the “knee jerk nationalism” that led us to grab “the nearest Trump-like object and hit the Establishment over the head with it.” Alongside his message, Reflection became an Eno-prescribed nostrum to supposedly antithetical identities, like Republicans vs. Accompanying the release was an impassioned – and since deleted – Facebook post. The LP was the latest effort in his generative music series, which began with his 1975 record, Discreet Music. In early 2017, after Trump was inaugurated, I wrote about Brian Eno’s new album Reflection.
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