Home / Music / Brian Eno invented ambient music with Music for AirportsMusic linernotes album music brian-enoBrian Eno invented ambient music with Music for AirportsIt was the first album explicitly created as ambient music — Eno coined the term to describe music meant to “induce calm and a space to think.” In 1978 that was a radical idea. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBrian Eno's Music for Films actually made it into filmsMusic for Films was Eno's rehearsal for Music for AirportsOnly five of Another Green World's fourteen tracks feature Brian Eno's voice — the rest point toward ambient.Brian Eno's Music for Films: 18 ambient sketches recorded over three yearsBrian Eno built Music for Airports from layered tape loopsExploreJamie Muir left King Crimson and retired to a monasteryRobert Fripp disbanded King Crimson two weeks before Red came outLoveless got My Bloody Valentine dropped from Creation RecordsChick Corea ended Return to Forever after Romantic WarriorSatoshi Ashikawa died months after Still Way's releasePrevious Brian Eno recorded Music for Airports in 1978 and released it in 1979Next Brian Eno called Harmonia "the most important band in the world" — then went to record with them