Drawn from Life

Drawn from Life
Studio album by Brian Eno, J. Peter Schwalm
Released	15 May 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Ambient, experimental, downtempo
Length	1:08:12
Label	Opal
Brian Eno chronology
Music for Onmyo-Ji (2000) Drawn from Life (2001) January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

"Drawn from Life" is also the name of a series of short animated films by Paul Fierlinger

Drawn from Life is a 2001 music album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno and the German composer J. Peter Schwalm.

Track listing (original UK vinyl pressing)

All tracks composed by Eno and Schwalm, except where stated.[3]

1. "From This Moment" – 1:21
2. "Persis" – 7:41
3. "More Dust" – 6:01
4. "Night Traffic" – 8:19
5. "Two Voices" – 3:59
6. "Rising Dust" – 7:44
7. "Intenser" – 5:23
8. "Like Pictures Part #1" – 1:20 (Eno, Schwalm & Holger Czukay)
9. "Like Pictures Part #2" – 5:48 (Eno, Schwalm & Laurie Anderson)
10. "Bloom" – 7:10

Track listing (subsequent releases)

1. "From This Moment" – 1:21
2. "Persis" – 7:41
3. "Like Pictures Part #1" – 1:20
4. "Like Pictures Part #2" – 5:48
5. "Night Traffic" – 8:19
6. "Rising Dust" – 7:44
7. "Intenser" – 5:23
8. "More Dust" – 6:01
9. "Bloom" – 7:10
10. "Two Voices" – 3:59
11. "Bloom" (Instrumental Version) – 7:07

Personnel

• Brian Eno, composing, performing, cover art
• J. Peter Schwalm, composing, performing, mixing, premastering

With:

• Leo Abrahams, guitar on "Rising Dust", "Intenser"
• Laurie Anderson, voice on "Like Pictures Part #2"
• Nell Catchpole, strings on "Persis", "Like Pictures Part #2", "Rising Dust", "Intenser", "Bloom"
• Holger Czukay, IBM Dictaphone on "Like Pictures Part #1"
• Darla Eno and Irial Eno, voices on "Bloom"
• Heiko Himmighoffen, percussion on "Night Traffic", "Rising Dust", "Intenser"
• Lynn Gerlach, voice on "Rising Dust"
• Michy Nakao, voice on "Like Pictures Part #1"

References

1. Kellman, Andy. "Drawn from Life". AllMusic.
2. Brackett, Nathan & Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). "Brian Eno". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York City: Simon & Schuster. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-74320-169-8 – via Google Books.
3. "Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm – Drawn From Life". Discogs. Retrieved 25 March 2022.