Brian Eno Opal Records today shares previously unseen live footage of ‘And Then So Clear’, from his 2005 album Another Day on Earth, filmed during the ‘Ships’ tour in October 2023, where he performed with the 36-piece Baltic Sea Philharmonic, conducted by Kristjan Järvi.
The video precedes the release of Another Day on Earth and Drawn From Life, (the latter with J. Peter Schwalm) on 16 October – both albums have been unavailable for close to twenty years, and are the first two releases from Opal Records, the label founded by Eno in 1988.
‘And Then So Clear’ is the album’s best-known song, having racked up more than two million streams on YouTube despite never having an official release outside Japan. This performance comes from Eno’s 2023 tour with Kristjan Järvi and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic built around an orchestral adaptation of his 2016 album, The Ship alongside new and classic Eno compositions. The ‘Ships’ tour originated out of a commission from La Biennale di Venezia where the performances coincided with Eno’s attendance at the 2023 Biennale Musica where he was honoured with the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award. After the concerts were showcased in Venice, they went on to perform in Berlin, Paris, Utrecht and London.
The new footage is an addition to the two previously unreleased live videos shared to mark the label’s announcement last month: ‘Caught Between’ (from Another Day on Earth), filmed at Coliseu do Porto, Porto Festival, on 16 June 2001, and ‘Persis’ (from Drawn From Life), filmed at Naeba Ski Resort, Fuji Rock Festival, on 29 July 2001. Performers in both videos: Brian Eno, J. Peter Schwalm, Nell Catchpole (violin), Leo Abrahams (guitar), Christoph Buhse (drums), Tim Harries (bass) and Heiko Himmighoffen (percussion).
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