Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno’s Liminal explores the mysterious edge between sound and silence, inviting listeners into a world where emotion and atmosphere merge in haunting harmony.
Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno continue their evolving collaboration with Liminal. Following Lateral and Luminal released earlier this year, the new album completes what the pair describe as a trilogy of “Dark Matter music.” If Lateral painted wide sonic landscapes and Luminal offered dreamlike awakenings, Liminal lives in the mysterious borderlands between the two, a place where human emotion navigates an uncharted world.
The album’s arrival was previewed by a two-track single: the ethereal vocal piece “The Last To Know” and the instrumental “Ringing Ocean,” both offering glimpses into the liminal space where song and non-song blur. “Liminal is set in the borderlands between song and non-song,” the pair explained, “where the listener explores an intimate and unfamiliar new sonic world, as yet unclaimed and still ambiguous.”
Wolfe’s work bridges music, science, and design with striking innovation. Named by WIRED as one of “22 people changing the world,” she has exhibited at London’s V&A Museum, co-created the world’s first bioplastic record with Michael Stipe, and continues to explore the impact of sound on human cognition through projects with NASA, the Nobel Prize Summit, and EarthPercent.
Eno, a pioneer of ambient and generative sound, remains as prolific as ever. His five-decade career as musician, producer, and visual artist includes groundbreaking work with Roxy Music, David Bowie, U2, and Talking Heads. His latest ventures range from the acclaimed Sundance film Eno to large-scale activist efforts like EarthPercent and Together for Palestine.
With Liminal, Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno invite listeners into a world that resists definition, one shaped by curiosity, sensitivity, and the quiet power of discovery.