
Brian Eno
Born: 1948-05-15
Place of birth: Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK
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.
Filmography

Daedalus
2024

U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
2010

David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003

Music for Airports
1999

How Buildings Learn
1997

Frevel
1984

Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan
1981

Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
2000

Brutal Ardour
1978

Ithaka
2022

Father Ted
1995

Top Boy
2019

Brian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
2023

Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
2022

2001 and Beyond
2001

Words for the Dying
1993

Resistance
1976