On 15 October 2025, Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe unveiled ‘Liminal’, the third chapter in their ambitious trilogy of collaborative works, with a launch fitting to it’s cosmic connotations – the album will be broadcast into space.
Earlier in 2025, Eno and Wolfe released two companion albums, ‘Luminal’ and ‘Lateral’, reimagining ambient and experimental music through the lenses of dream and space respectively. Where Luminal was framed as “dream music” and Lateral as “space music,” Liminal is now cast as “dark matter music,” positioned somewhere in-between.
In their own words and speaking to MusicRadar, Eno and Wolfe describe Liminal as inhabiting the borderlands “between song and non-song (or ‘nong’ as we call it), where the listener is exploring an intimate and unfamiliar new sonic world, as yet unclaimed, and still ambiguous.”
In a bold gesture that blends art and science, the album will be transmitted from Earth into space using the Holmdel Horn antenna in New Jersey – the same instrument used in confirming the cosmic microwave background radiation, a cornerstone in the evidence for the Big Bang theory.Nobel Prize–winning physicist Dr. Robert Wilson is participating in the broadcast.
Wolfe and Eno explain that, for music exploring “future worlds” and “mysterious spaces,” sending it beyond Earth felt thematically appropriate. Liminal is an 11-song project, released via Verve Records. Among the tracks are ‘The Last to Know’ (vocal) and ‘Ringing Ocean’ (instrumental), both released ahead of the full album. The tracklist also includes ‘Procession’, ‘Little Boy’, ‘Flower Women’, ‘Shallow Form’, ‘Before Life’, ‘Laundry Room’, ‘Corona’, and the closing ‘Shudder Like Crows’.
Spill Magazine describes Liminal as merging layered soundscapes with haunting lyrical moments: “the ambient/instrumental songs alternate with tracks that feature vocals … The juxtaposition … works.” The overall mood leans darker and more introspective than its siblings.
This release is also a continuation of Wolfe’s ongoing work at the intersection of art, technology, environment, and music. Meanwhile, Eno, ever the restless innovator, continues to stretch his legacy in new directions.
For listeners intrigued by boundary-pushing sound, ‘Liminal’ offers a haunting and expansive journey, from two loved artists – in a way you might not have heard them before.
