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- Summary: One of two concurrent full-length releases from the collaboration between Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe is described as ambient space music.
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- Record Label: Verve
- Genre(s): Ambient
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 20, 2025An ambient suite based on a two-note motif, as if homing in on a detail on Luminal, dwelling on it, tenderly bleeding it dry. [Summer 2025, p.76]
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UncutJun 6, 2025An hour-long piece of generative music in Discreet Music's mould. [Jul 2025, p.27]
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MojoJun 6, 2025Eno has rarely sounded so luminous and wistful, evoking alongside Wolfe a desert sunset that makes you excited to be alive but sad to have only so long left. [Jul 2025, p.83]
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Jun 6, 2025The piece is essentially a longform space lullaby, and it's as soothing and tranquil as one could imagine.
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Jun 17, 2025Though Eno and Beatie’s music often feels simplistic, by the end of Lateral, they’ve inched closer to the center of the heart.
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The WireJun 6, 2025Lateral is far less remarkable than Luminal. .... It’s hard to discern Wolfe’s impact on what sounds like a typical Eno record. [Jul 2025, p.52]