Brian Eno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Brian Eno

English musician, composer, record producer and visual artist

Date of Birth: 15-May-1948

Place of Birth: Woodbridge, England, United Kingdom

Profession: writer, composer, singer, record producer, songwriter, painter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Brian Eno

  • Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, RDI (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is an English musician, record producer, visual artist, and theorist best known for his pioneering work in ambient music and contributions to rock, pop, and electronica.
  • A self-described "non-musician", Eno has helped introduce unique conceptual approaches and recording techniques to contemporary music.
  • He has been described as one of popular music's most influential and innovative figures.Born in Suffolk, Eno studied painting and experimental music at the art school of Ipswich Civic College in the mid 1960s, and then at Winchester School of Art.
  • He joined glam rock group Roxy Music as synthesiser player in 1971, recording two albums with the group.
  • He departed in 1973 to record a number of solo albums, coining the term "ambient music" to describe his work on releases such as Another Green World (1975) and Music for Airports (1978).
  • He also collaborated with artists such as Robert Fripp, Cluster, Harold Budd, David Bowie, and David Byrne, and produced albums by artists including John Cale, Jon Hassell, Laraaji, Talking Heads and Devo, and the no wave compilation No New York (1978).
  • In subsequent decades, Eno has continued to record solo albums and work with artists including U2, Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones, Slowdive, Coldplay, James Blake, Kevin Shields, and Damon Albarn.
  • Dating back to his time as a student, Eno has also worked in other media, including sound installations and his mid-70s co-development of Oblique Strategies, a deck of cards featuring cryptic aphorisms intended to spur creative thinking.
  • From the 1970s onwards, Eno's installations have included the sails of the Sydney Opera House in 2009 and the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in 2016.
  • An advocate of a range of humanitarian causes, Eno writes on a variety of subjects and is a founding member of the Long Now Foundation.
  • In 2019, Eno was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Roxy Music.

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