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Journals

There are few journals that really provide the kind of content that does justice to the type of music Eno is associated with, and UNC libraries carry none of them. It is perhaps no surprise that electronic music magazine resources fit well online, and the ones listed here are exactly that, either online-only journals or print magazines with a significant online presence. While any specific issue of the magazines listed may or may not deal with Eno, his spirit is never far off, and it is certainly no surprise that their pages are littered with references to him.

Perfect Sound Forever
http://www.furious.com/perfect/index.html
Perfect Sound Forever is an online journal that caters to “other music,” that is, music typically ignored by the in-fashion pop culture of the moment. Interesting original articles and reprints on the more obscure sides of Eno can be found here. In the world of online ‘zines, PSF has shown some staying power (as well as respect by other music industry publications), relying on readers as well as themselves for articles, and sticking steadfastly to artists deserving of greater recognition. Check the “Biography” section of this pathfinder for some of the articles in PSF relating to Eno.

The Wire
http://www.thewire.co.uk/
The best overall magazine covering avant-garde and ambient music, this British journal has been around since 1982, and is dedicated to that nether region between academic or classical music and rock. In print it’s well-written, beautifully produced, informative, exhaustive, completist, obsessed. One might be hard pressed to find an issue that does not, somewhere within its pages, make reference to Eno. This online version is unfortunately not tuned to deliver the full magazine, and will not let you do as extensive searching as you might like (it covets its back issues rather too protectively, and its archive will tell you what’s in an issue but will not provide the full text) but its online-only content, links, and .mp3 download page are rich resources for ambient and avant-garde music. First rate, and until UNC decides it should carry it in its Music Library, this site is as close as you'll get to a journalistic broad view of avant-garde and ambient music.

Brainwashed
http://www.brainwashed.com/
This online electronic music magazine keeps itself free from any outside influence, and is apparently on a mission to stay populist in format and never get paid for anything. Which is a good thing, insofar as they present artists who they feel are important to contemporary electronic music. An excellent place to find the current pulse of electronic music and see the influence Eno really has had. Brainwashed also has a very good streaming radio station.

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