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Oblique Strategies






In July of 1975, Brian Eno entered Island Studios to record his third album, Another Green World. He had no ideas whatsoever, having largely abandoned traditional songwriting, and now coming into bloom as an artist ‘playing the studio.’ He carried with him a deck of cards called Oblique Strategies.

Oblique Strategies is a system develo…

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