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Brian Eno

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Also known as Eno, Brian Peter George Eno, Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

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Brian Eno is a British musician, producer, and theorist born in 1948 who has shaped modern music through his work creating and refining sounds in the studio. His influence matters because he has fundamentally changed how people think about making music and creating visual art across multiple decades.

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Person · Open Library

Born
15 mei 1948, Woodbridge (Suffolk) UK
Works
11

Top works

  • open letter to the judges of https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2024/10/07/brian-enos-yanis-varoufakis-open-letter-to-the-judges-of-the-icc-on-the-anniversary-of-7th-october-act-now-or-international-law-withers-forever/
  • Kleines Wörterbuch der Tonkunst
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  • Jeff Koons
  • Ambient 4

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1948-05-15
ambientart popart rockbritishdroneelectronic

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Total plays
71,048,954

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ambientexperimentalelectronicalternativeelectronica

Brian Peter George Eno (born 15 May 1948) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, sound designer, author, and political activist. He is known for his contributions to ambient music and electronica, as well as for his work in rock and pop music as a producer, composer, and collaborator. Eno has described himself as a "non-musician", reflecting his emphasis on conceptual and experimental approaches to music-making. He has been regarded as an influential figure in popula

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Quotes

  • I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins Like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them, forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes just for one day.
  • When you see people like Ken Loach, David Miller, Jackie Walker, when you see those people being accused of antisemitism, you cannot help but say this is all made up.
  • Saying that cultural objects have value is like saying that telephones have conversations.
  • If you don’t call it art, you’re likely to get a better result.
  • Ideas worth questioning: "Being an artist is a job for life."
  • The reason conservatives cohere and radicals fight: everyone agrees about fears, no one about visions.

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.brian-eno.net
Image
Brian Eno 2015.png
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Commons category
Brian Eno
date of birth
1948-05-15
birth name
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno
name in native language
Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno
start of work period
1970-00-00
pseudonym
Eno
social media followers
56892
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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Brian Eno, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Brian Eno (/ˈiːnoʊ/ EE-noh; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, sound designer, author and political activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambient music and electronica, and for producing, recording, and writing works in rock and pop music. A self-described "non-musician", Eno has helped introduce unconventional concepts and approaches to contemporary music. He has been described as one of popular music's most influential and innovative figures. In 2019, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Roxy Music.

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 the glam rock group Roxy Music as its synthesiser player in 1971 and recorded two albums with them before departing in 1973. He released his first solo album, the rock-oriented Here Come the Warm Jets (1974), and explored minimal music on the influential recordings Discreet Music (1975) and Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978), with the latter coining the term "ambient music".

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