Remastered version of Brian Eno's The Ship to be released on vinyl in October

By Jerry Ewing
( Prog )
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Brian Eno and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic premiere a newly commissioned work Ships live in October

Brian Eno
(Image credit: Cecily Eno)

Brian Eno is to have his 2016 album The Ship reissued in remastered form through Univerdsal Music Recordings on October 20. The album was Eno's first to feature vocals since 2005’s Another Day On Earth and was inspired in part by the sinking of the Titanic and the First World War.

The release coincides with a series of live performances entitled Ships, which features Eno with Baltic Sea Philharmonic and its conductor Kristjan Järvi and is a newly commissioned work from La Biennale di Venezia.

There will be live performances throughout Europe, including a show at London's Royal Festival Hall on October 30. The shows will feature an orchestral adaptation of The Ship as well as new and classic Eno compositions. The shows will also feature comedian and actor Peter Serafinowicz for a live cameo appearance, guitarist Leo Abrahams and programmer/keyboardist, Peter Chilvers and additional vocals from Melanie Pappenheim. You can see all the live dates below.

"The album The Ship is an unusual piece in that it uses voice but doesn’t particularly rely on the song form," Eno says. "It’s an atmosphere with occasional characters drifting through it, characters lost in the vague space made by the music. There’s a sense of wartime in the background, and a sense of inevitability. There is also a sense of scale which suits an orchestra, and a sense of many people working together.

"I wanted an orchestra which played music the way I would like to play music: from the heart rather than just from the score. I wanted the players to be young and fresh and enthusiastic. When I first saw the Baltic Sea Philharmonic I found all that... and then noticed they were named after a sea. That sealed it!"

The Ship will be available on coke bottle green coloured vinyl.

Pre-order The Ship.

Brian Eno

(Image credit: UMR)

Brian Eno Ships live dates

Oct 21:, Venice  Biennale Musica 2023, Teatro La Fenice (3pm & 8pm) - Sold Out
Oct 24: Berlin Philharmonie Berlin - get tickets
Oct 26: Paris La Seine Musicale - get tickets
Oct 28: Utrecht TivoliVredenburg - Sold Out
Oct 30: LondonRoyal Festival Hall, Southbank (6.30 & 9pm) - get tickets

Jerry Ewing
Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.