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Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to Israeli government
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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I cringe hard at this characterisation. Brian Eno is known for many, many things. Amongst other inventing the term Ambient Music and, of course, making such music. But not only. Playing in so many bands and producing so many more. That chime really is the tiniest of all his contributions to musical history.
But yes. Call out all companies and politicians that are complicit. It needs to end yesterday.
I'm guessing they mention that to highlight he had a previous business relation with them.
I mean it may not be his biggest accomplishment but it may be the most relevant.
I guess trying to make generative music hasn't been among your interests. Brian Eno is a huge part of all modern interesting music.
LOL this has nothing to do with my personal interests, it's relevant to the content of the article.
There's such a thing as cultural context. Beethoven is not known as the EU anthem composer, and Eno is not known as the Windows 95 sound composer. It's weird to refer to them this way.
Yes, you're absolutely correct, context is important. In this context, the most relevant achievement of Eno is in the title of the article.
The order of the words in the title implies Windows 95 is more culturally important than Brian Eno.
Anyway, Infected Mushroom's one is better.
Tired of arguing in the interwebs.
It doesn't
Ugh, no. I've known Brian Eno and his music and the influence he had on other musicians* for decades before I learnt about this little factoid, just a few years ago.
* (U2, Devo, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Grace Jones, Sinéad O'Connor, Robert Wyatt, Ultravox, Coldplay...)
No what?
I read this headline as tongue-in-cheek given he’s better known for the work you mentioned. Gave me a chuckle.