Brian Eno
Sound
- Born:
- 1948-05-15
- Place of birth:
- Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK
Biography
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. Eno was a student of Roy Ascott on his Groundcourse at Ipswich Civic College. Then he studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex, England, taking inspiration from minimalist painting. He joined the band Roxy Music as synthesiser player in the early 1970s. Roxy Music's success in the glam rock scene came quickly, but Eno soon tired of touring and of conflicts with lead singer Bryan Ferry. Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music. It has also been extremely influential, pioneering ambient and generative music, innovating production techniques, and emphasising "theory over practice". Eno pursues multimedia ventures in parallel to his music career, including art installations, a newspaper column in The Observer, a regular column on society and innovation in Prospect magazine, and "Oblique Strategies" (written with Peter Schmidt), a deck of cards in which cryptic remarks or random insights are intended to resolve dilemmas.
Known For
Filmography
The 4 Lives of Pyotr Mamonov
OK MR BRUCE
James: Getting Away with It
Together for Palestine
Daedalus
DEVO
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Brian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
CAN and Me
Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
We Are As Gods
ECHO: The Music of Harold Budd and Brian Eno
2025: The Long Hot Winter
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
Soundbreaking
Slowdive: Souvlaki
We Are Many
What Difference Does It Make?
David Bowie: Five Years
The British Guide to Showing Off
U2: From the Sky Down
Brian Eno 1971–1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth
Ride, Rise, Roar
Article 12
U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
Brian Eno: Another Green World
Roxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
The Colbert Report
Roxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Timeshift
1 Giant Leap
Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story
In the Ocean
Roxy Music Musikladen 1973
Click
Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
Classic Albums
David Bowie: The Making of "1.Outside"
Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
Father Ted
One Eno
Words for the Dying
Later... with Jools Holland
Brian Eno: Imaginary Landscapes
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
Oblique Strategist Too
Riverside
Question Time
Roxette
Resistance
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Omnibus
Little Red Robin Hood