After the Heat is a 1978 album

Album

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 by Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

, Dieter Moebius

Dieter Moebius

Dieter Moebius is a German/Swiss experimental/krautrock/ambient/electronic musician.Moebius studied art in Brussels and Berlin and met there Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler . They founded a band Kluster in 1969. After the departure of Schnitzler, they changed their name to Cluster...

 and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (last two are both members of Cluster

Cluster (band)

Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and ambient music. They have recorded albums in a wide variety of styles ranging from experimental music to progressive rock, all of which had an avant-garde edge. Cluster has been...

). The album represents the second collaboration by the trio, the first being 1977's Cluster & Eno

Cluster & Eno

Cluster & Eno is a collaborative album by the German electronic music group Cluster and British ambient musician Brian Eno. The style of this album is a collection of gentle melodies: a mixture of Eno’s ambient sensibilities and Cluster's avant-garde style.In June, 1977 the duo of Hans-Joachim...

. Again, it was created in collaboration with the influential "krautrock

Krautrock

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" producer, Conny Plank

Conny Plank

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.

The track "Tzima N'Arki" contains a reversed

Reverse tape effects

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 vocal track, part of which includes the chorus of Eno's song "King's Lead Hat" (from his album Before and after Science

Before and after Science

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), itself an anagram of "Talking Heads

Talking Heads

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", whose recordings Eno was producing during that period.

"Broken Head" makes prominent use of tape flanging

Flanging

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 on Eno's declaimed vocal. The song "The Belldog" is notable for its sequenced analogue synth bassline.

Track listing

All titles composed by Eno, Moebius, and Roedelius.

1. "Oil"  – 4:12
2. "Foreign Affairs"  – 3:30
3. "Luftschloß"  – 3:10
4. "The Shade"  – 3:08
5. "Old Land"  – 4:10
6. "Base & Apex"  – 4:29
7. "Light Arms"  – 1:29
8. "Broken Head"  – 5:25
9. "The Belldog"  – 6:16
10. "Tzima N'Arki"  – 4:30

(The above list presents the tracks in the order they appeared on the original LP release. Some CD issues have an alternative running order.)

Personnel

• Brian Eno – vocals
  Singing
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  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  s/keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Dieter Moebius – synthesizers/keyboards
• Hans-Joachim Roedelius – synthesizers/keyboards