Brian Eno made his debut in the Glitter Rock Era of the early 1970s, co-founding Roxy Music with Bryan Ferry. Ferry went on to do some stunning solo work , as well. Eno has a subtlety to his music that can makes me feel like there are auras in a room when it's really just me and my stereo system.
Drum beats are unpredictable.
The same tone drops in, intermittently. Much of this was combined, in concert form, and beautifully preserved in the 1984 effort, Stop Making Sense . Eno also helped with Achtung Baby in 1991. Empty space is not, in itself, nothingness. The last time I checked, they had information discussing Eno's appreciation of Richard Rorty , a late 20th, early 21st century philosopher.