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Brian Eno ( Pronounced ) (born '''Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno''' on 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk , England ) is an English Electronic Music ian, Music Theorist and Record Producer . As a solo artist, he is probably best known as the father of modern Ambient Music , though he is also a highly celebrated Record Producer . With an Art School background and inspiration from Minimalism , Eno first came to prominence as the Keyboard and Synthesizer player of the 1970s Glam and Art Rock band Roxy Music . After leaving the group, Eno recorded four highly idiosyncratic and original Rock albums, before turning to more abstract soundscapes on records such as '' Discreet Music '' (1975) and '' Ambient 1/Music For Airports '' (1978). Since then he has made dozens of albums, many with similarly-minded collaborators such as Harold Budd , Cluster , John Cale , David Byrne and Robert Fripp . Eno also became involved in Pop Music collaborations beginning in the late 1970s, joining David Bowie on his Avant-garde ' Berlin Trilogy ' and helping to popularise the band Devo and the Punk Rock -influenced " No Wave " scene. Eno is also notable for introducing the concepts of Chance Music to Pop and Rock And Roll .Prendergast, Mark ''The Ambient Century'', Bloomsbury UK, 2000. ISBN 0747542139 Eno's production and songwriting credits include critical and commercial successes by The B-52s , The Talking Heads and U2 , such as '' Remain In Light '' and '' The Joshua Tree '', as well as work with James , Slowdive and Paul Simon . Eno has pursued several artistic ventures parallel to his music career, including visual Art Installation s, a regular Column in the Newspaper '' The Observer '' and, with artist Peter Schmidt , Oblique Strategies , a deck of cards recommending various artistic strategies. EDUCATION AND EARLY MUSICAL CAREER Eno was educated at the St. Joseph's College, Birkfield, teaching order of brothers, from whom he took part of his name, Ipswich Art School and the Winchester School Of Art , graduating from the latter in 1969. While at art school, he developed an interest in using Tape Recorder s as musical instruments, and he experimented with his first (sometimes Improvisation al) bands. While at Ipswich, his interest in music was encouraged by one of his teachers, the painter Tom Phillips . Phillips recalls devising "Piano Tennis" with Eno in which, after having amassed a number of second-hand pianos they stripped them and lined them up in a hall striking tennis balls at them. It was through Phillips that Eno became involved in Cornelius Cardew 's Scratch Orchestra . The first released recording on which Eno was involved as a musician is the Deutsche Grammophon edition of Cardew's ''The Great Learning'' (recorded in February 1971), as one of the many voices to be heard in The Scratch Orchestra's recital of Cardew's ''The Great Learning'' Paragraph 7. ROXY MUSIC Eno started his professional musical career in synthesizer, tape recorders and other electronic devices, frequently singing backing vocals as well. Eno soon joined the rest of Roxy Music on stage, where his flamboyant costumes became a hallmark of the band's visual appeal. Eno left the group after completing the tour to promote their second album, '' For Your Pleasure ''. By Eno's later account, his departure was partially result of disagreements with Roxy's lead singer and principal songwriter, Bryan Ferry , and partially due to his growing boredom with the life of a touring rock star. "Eno Left Roxy Music to do His Laundry" SOLO WORK Eno embarked on a solo career almost immediately. Between 1973 and 1977 he created four influential solo albums of electronically-inflected pop songs – '' Here Come The Warm Jets '', '' Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) '', '' Another Green World '' and '' Before And After Science ''. ''Tiger Mountain'' contains the galloping "Third Uncle", one of Eno's best-known songs, due in part to its later being covered by Bauhaus (these four albums are consistently good sellers on CD). Critic Dave Thompson writes that the song is "a near Punk attack of riffing guitars and clattering percussion, "Third Uncle" could, in other hands, be a Heavy Metal anthem, albeit one whose lyrical content would tongue-tie the most slavish Air Guitar ist." All Music review | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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