Brian Eno
Born May 15, 1948 (Age: 77)
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK
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 magazine, and "Oblique Strategies" (written with Peter Schmidt), a deck of cards in which cryptic remarks or random insights are intended to resolve dilemmas.
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 magazine, and "Oblique Strategies" (written with Peter Schmidt), a deck of cards in which cryptic remarks or random insights are intended to resolve dilemmas.
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Filmography
U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
2010
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as Self
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Age: 62
Roxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
2009
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as Self
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Age: 61
Roxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 56
1 Giant Leap
2002
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as Self
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Age: 54
Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
2000
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as Self
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Age: 51
One Eno
1993
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as Self
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Age: 45
Words for the Dying
1993
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as Himself
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Age: 44
Brian Eno: Imaginary Landscapes
1989
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as
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Age: 40
Oblique Strategist Too
1984
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as Himself
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Age: 35
Roxette
1978
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 30
Eno
1973
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as Self
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Age: 24