Roger Eno's first album continues in the vein of the songs he wrote for Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. Using piano and broad washes of synths, some treated by older brother
Brian Eno, the younger
Eno's pieces are slow, contemplative works of minimalism, similar to
Erik Satie's "Gymnopedies." Yet the composer he is most similar to on
Voices is labelmate
Harold Budd, who also paints from the same palette.
Daniel Lanois's production simply balances these elements and gives them depth, adding violin to the final track almost as a taste for
Eno's next album. ~ Ted Mills