Discreet Music

Discreet Music
Studio album by Brian Eno
Released	December 1975
Recorded	Side A: 9 May 1975 Side B: 12 September 1975
Studio	Side A: Brian Eno's studio Side B: Trident, London
Genre	Ambient minimalist generative avant-garde
Length	54:07
Label	Obscure
Producer	Brian Eno
Brian Eno chronology
Evening Star (1975) Discreet Music (1975) Cluster & Eno (1977)
Alternative cover
Re-release cover, featuring a still from Eno's 1981 video Mistaken Memories of Medieval Manhattan.

Discreet Music is the fourth studio album by Brian Eno, and the first released under his full name (as opposed to simply "Eno"). The album is a minimalist work, with the titular A-side consisting of one 30-minute piece featuring synthesizer and tape delay.^[1] The B-side features three variations on Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel, performed by the Cockpit Ensemble and conducted by Gavin Bryars.

While his earlier collaborations with Robert Fripp and several selections from Another Green World (1975) feature similar ideas, Discreet Music marked a clear step toward the ambient aesthetic Eno would later codify with 1978's Ambient 1: Music for Airports.^[2]