Recorded as functional music for long periods of focus or rest, Neroli unfolds across a single 58-minute piece built from slowly shifting tonal clusters — warm, organ-like tones that hover just above stillness. Eno named it after a fragrant essential oil, and the album carries that logic: something subtle that changes a room's character without announcing itself. It sits at the quieter end of his ambient catalog, closer to Discreet Music than Apollo, prioritizing patience over texture. Practical, beautiful, and genuinely useful.
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