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Review: To tie in with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings, Brian Eno has decided to put out a new edition of his decidedly spacey 1983 ambient album "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks", which started life as the soundtrack to a long-forgotten documentary about NASA's space program. The edition is rather special, not only because it contains a remastered version of the original set created by Eno, his brother Roger and regular collaborator Daniel Lanois, but also because it contains a second disc of previously unheard material. This is not old, though, but rather brand new recordings - described as "new interpretations of the film soundtrack" - made by the Lanois and the Eno brothers late last year in a similar style. In a word: essential.

Review: On the sleeve essay that accompanies 'Foreverandevernomore', his 29th studio album, Brian Eno admits that it's only recently that he's realised that he should embrace the idea of musicians as "feelings-merchants" - basically, that the music he makes can alter and enhance his listeners' mood. Given how emotive his music often is, it's a surprising omission. He's certainly put the idea into practice here, though, delivering a typically swelling, immersive ambient opus - crafted with a mixture of electronics, effects and more traditional instruments - marked out by his own haunting, thoughtful vocalisations (the first time he's used the human voice in decades). Even by Eno's high standards, the results - particularly 'We Let In' and 'There Were Bells' - are genuinely beguiling.

Review: Brian Eno is celebrated for lots of reasons - his pioneering ambient work, his role as a producer-for-hire on some landmark records by other people - but previously his role as a soundtrack composer is not one of them. This is slightly odd, because Eno has provided music for countless films and television shows over the last four-and-a-bit decades, as this excellent retrospective of soundtrack highlights proves. Kicking off with his creepy, chiming theme from Channel 4's Top Boy, the album moves between experimental soundscapes ('Blood Red, from a BBC documentary on Francis Bacon), swelling and quietly symphonic synthesizer sounds ('Prophecy Theme', an intergalactic-sounding piece from the Dune soundtrack), languid Americana ('Beach Sequence', from his Passengers project), and the kind of lucid ambient compositions Eno probably knocks out in his sleep.

Review: Given the sheer volume of material made and released by kosmiche and krautrock pioneers Tangerine Dream throughout their career, it's perhaps fitting that this staggeringly epic box contains well over 24 hours of music. It focuses on the synthesizer-wielding German band's pioneering period in the 1970s, combining re-mastered versions of seven studio albums (some with additional 5.1 surround sound mixes by Steven Wilson) with no less than eight discs of previously unreleased material. This includes outtakes, unheard tracks, alternate versions, multiple recordings of legendary live shows and the band's near-mythical "Oedipus Tyrannus" soundtrack - something that will delight fans if Tangerine Dream forums are anything to go by. If that's not enough to set the pulse racing, the box also boasts a heavy hardback book and two Blu-Ray discs.

Review: To tie in with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings, Brian Eno has decided to put out a new edition of his decidedly spacey 1983 ambient album "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks", which started life as the soundtrack to a long-forgotten documentary about NASA's space program. The edition is rather special, not only because it contains a remastered version of the original set created by Eno, his brother Roger and regular collaborator Daniel Lanois, but also because it contains a second disc of previously unheard material. This is not old, though, but rather brand new recordings - described as "new interpretations of the film soundtrack" - made by the Lanois and the Eno brothers late last year in a similar style. In a word: essential.