High Life is the second collaboration between Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, of British electronic group Underworld. The album follows Someday World and was released on 30 June 2014.[12]
Background
The album is Eno's sixth for Warp, and was recorded following the announcement of his first collaboration with Karl Hyde. Eno was quoted saying, "when Someday World was finished I felt like we were still on a roll and I wasn't ready to stop working and get into 'promotional mode' for that record. So I suggested we immediately start on another album, a different one, where we extended some of the ideas we'd started, and attempted some of the ideas we hadn't."[13]
The album was released on 30 June 2014 (1 July in North America) on CD and digitally with a vinyl copy which features two additional tracks, "Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe" (also on the digital edition) and "On a Grey Day".[14]
Track listing
CD version
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Return"
9:00
2.
"DBF"
4:14
3.
"Time to Waste It"
8:19
4.
"Lilac"
9:24
5.
"Moulded Life"
4:55
6.
"Cells & Bells"
7:41
Digital version
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Return"
9:00
2.
"DBF"
4:14
3.
"Time to Waste It"
8:19
4.
"Lilac"
9:24
5.
"Moulded Life"
4:55
6.
"Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe"
3:07
7.
"Cells & Bells"
7:41
Vinyl version
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Return"
9:00
2.
"Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe"
3:07
3.
"Lilac"
9:24
4.
"Moulded Life"
4:55
5.
"DBF"
4:14
6.
"Time to Waste It"
8:19
7.
"On a Grey Day"
5:43
8.
"Cells & Bells"
7:41
Personnel
Brian Eno – vocals, synthesizers, treatments, guitars, organ, background vocals
Karl Hyde – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, background vocals
Fred Gibson – keyboards, drums, percussions, background vocals
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