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Woodbridge, United Kingdom (1948 – present)

Brian Eno (born Peter George Eno (later adding St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle to his birth name) May 15th 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk) is a british self proclaimed ‘non-musician’, who has made contributions to the music community as an instrumentalist, composer, record producer, music theorist and singer. He’s commonly regarded as the father of ambient music—although, he has worked in many genres and fields of music throughout his career.

Eno first came to prominence as the keyboard and synthesizer player and general sonic wizard in the glam rock and art rock band Roxy Music. After leaving Roxy Music, Eno recorded four highly idiosyncratic and original rock albums, later turning to more abstract sound-scapes on subsequent albums such as 1975’s Discreet Music and 1978’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports. Since then, he has released dozens of albums (many in collaboration with like-minded musicians, such as Harold Budd and Robert Fripp) which demonstrate his unique approach to music. He has however occasionally returned to the pop idioms which were more prominent in his earliest work.

His production credits include some of the most respected albums by Devo, Talking Heads, U2, Laurie Anderson, Paul Simon and Coldplay.

Contrary to popular belief, Brian Eno did not produce David Bowie’s popular Berlin Trilogy (Low, Heroes, and Lodger).

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ambient, electronic, experimental, electronica, alternative
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1	Deep Blue Day full track	895
2	An Ending (Ascent) full track	820
3	1/1 full track	803
4	The Big Ship	650
5	Another Green World	638
6	Sombre Reptiles	584
7	In Dark Trees	580
8	2/2 full track	562
9	Sky Saw	553
10	2/1 full track	544
11	I'll Come Running full track	543
11	By This River	543
13	St. Elmo's Fire	542
14	Baby's on Fire	533
15	1/2 full track	531

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KnightsofRound wrote:
3 minutes ago

Easily one of my favourite musicians of all time. This man is a genius.

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dethintwosec wrote:
10 hours ago

By This River is such a great song.

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hopelesspope wrote:
Friday morning

does anyone else picture a wounded lynx in under stars? ...no?

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CythraulGZ wrote:
Wednesday evening

Best ambient musician ever

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hayward wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

;_;

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patogenez wrote:
Tuesday morning

Brian Emo

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egns wrote:
last week

He made "The Microsoft Sound", which was shipped as "login" sound in Windows 95.

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Yunckzilla wrote:
last week

this guy is second only to John Peel in helping music I love to exist.

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riigo wrote:
last week

No.

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TioSoda wrote:
last week

Please vote this dumb pic down. It is insulting me.

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ffxi_frohike wrote:
last week

A genius in his time. Somehow he went from a freaky ambient dude to making lackluster electronic music like The Drop. Anyway, I'll always remember his early stuff as my first cerebral music experience. Totally affected the way I listened to music from that point forward.

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android9791 wrote:
last week

join my new group if you think music should be heard as an art-form. http://www.last.fm/group/Music+for+ART%27s+Sake

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melatonin_pulk wrote:
last month

taking tiger mountain (by strategy)! genius!

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OptionalToaster wrote:
last month

What happened to da sexy picture? :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

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Groovezilla wrote:
last month

eno is my new hero ! :)

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Justin1983 wrote:
last month

A-Polo: True dat.

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GonzaloLizardo wrote:
last month

Best Eno Rock Songs: 1) Baby's On Fire 2) Third Uncle 3) King's Lead Hat 4) Driving me backwards 5) The True Wheel

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sethikrass wrote:
last month

Brian Eno is agod, I love Third Uncle, and Bauhaus did a awesome version of it. He is one of my favs and influence on my music composing.

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a-polo wrote:
last month

"Before and after science" isn't getting enough respect

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Yunckzilla wrote:
last month

tl; dr

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