Brian Eno has revived his cult label Opal Records after more than three decades of inactivity. The label's return is accompanied by reissues of two of his albums, which had been out of print outside Japan for nearly two decades. The Quietus ↗
The first is Another Day On Earth from 2005, Eno's first album built on songs since Nerve Net from 1992. The second is Drawn From Life, his 2001 collaboration with J. Peter Schwalm, which featured guest appearances by Holger Czukay and Laurie Anderson, among others. Both reissues will be released on CD, vinyl, and digitally, and each includes a rare bonus track that was not on the original release. The Quietus ↗
Eno is also celebrating Opal's return by releasing two previously unreleased concert videos. In the first, he performs the song Caught Between with guest musicians at the Coliseu do Porto in Portugal in June 2001; the second captures the song Persis from the Fuji Rock festival. Far Out Magazine ↗
Opal Records was founded back in the 1980s and was, for Eno, a way to release material that didn't fit into the regular release calendar. Its revival is therefore less an announcement about two records and more a signal that Eno is returning to something that worked for him for years — having somewhere to put his own side paths.
Illustrative photo: Brian Eno. Photo: How We Get To Next / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
Brian Eno Revives His Own Opal Records Label After More Than Three Decades
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