Opiate

b. Thomas Knak, 7 February 1973, Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark. Juxtaposing skittering micro-beats and minor melodies, Opiate creates beautiful music. On his 1999 debut Objects For An Ideal Home, he echoed Brian Eno's original conception of ambient as simply ‘environmental music', to create an album specifically devised and intended for home listening although the musician says that the ‘home' isn't necessarily ‘your three bedroom flat' but can be ‘your body, your brain, your mental space or anywhere you choose to feel at home'. Opiate does not use keyboards or drum machines a...