The Equatorial Stars
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The Equatorial Stars is a 2004 album by British
ambient
musicians Robert Fripp
and Brian Eno
. The album marked almost 30 years since the two musicians had collaborated on their previous album, Evening Star
, in 1975.
United Kingdom
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ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
musicians Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
and 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,...
. The album marked almost 30 years since the two musicians had collaborated on their previous album, Evening Star
Evening Star (album)
Evening Star is an album by the British ambient musicians Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. The cover is a painting by the artist Peter Schmidt....
, in 1975.
Track listing
- "Meissa" – 8:08
- "LyraLyraLyra is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Its principal star, Vega — a corner of the Summer Triangle — is one of the brightest...
" – 7:45 - "Tarazed" – 5:03
- "LupusLupus (constellation)Lupus is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for wolf. Lupus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations...
" – 5:09 - "Ankaa" – 7:01
- "Altair" – 5:11
- "TerebellumTerebellum (astronomy)The Terebellum, by Ptolemy called τετράπλευρον , is a quadrilateral of stars in the constellation Sagittarius. It is formed of four 4th magnitude stars, all within two degrees of each other:* Omega Sagittarii, at the northeast corner....
" – 9:40