I got interested in the idea of music that could make itself, in a sen…

Brian Eno
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I got interested in the idea of music that could make itself, in a sense, in the mid 1960s really, when I first heard composers like Terry Riley, and when I first started playing with tape recorders. ✨ Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers talk Scape, iPad apps and generative music. Interview with Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2012.
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