Brian Eno
Biography
Brian 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 ...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
We Are Many
2014
DEVO
2024
Together for Palestine
2025
1 Giant Leap
2002
The British Guide to Showing Off
2011
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003
David Bowie: Five Years
2013
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007
Daedalus
2024
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
2018
What Difference Does It Make?
2014
Eno
1973
We Are As Gods
2022
U2: From the Sky Down
2011
Roxette
1978
2025: The Long Hot Winter
2019
Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
1995
Brian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
2023
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1999
Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
2000
Slowdive: Souvlaki
2015
CAN and Me
2022
Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
2022
U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
2010
In the Ocean
2001
Ride, Rise, Roar
2011
Brian Eno 1971–1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth
2011
Words for the Dying
1993
David Bowie: The Making of "1.Outside"
1995
Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982
2008
Roxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
2009
Brian Eno: Imaginary Landscapes
1989
Article 12
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Roxy Music Musikladen 1973
2001
One Eno
1993
Roxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
2004
Oblique Strategist Too
1984