Biography of Brian Eno
Brian Eno, whose full name is Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno was born on 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, in the English County of Suffolk, near a u.s. military base: for this, from an early age has the opportunity to listen to rock and roll, music genre sent by Nato military broadcasters radio programs. After studying in a Catholic college of the Congregation of the brothers of the Christian schools of Ipswich, he enrolled at the University of Southampton and graduated from Winchester School of Art.
The first approaches with music composition
Meanwhile begins to approach to the music, playing a tape recorder: his first composition dates back to 1970, when he writes for the filmmaker Malcolm Le Grice the likes of "Berlin Horse". Grew up listening to Terry Riley and John Cage, at the end of 1971 begins to work with Roxy Music, glam and art rock groupRoxy Music1972 in "public" and "For your pleasure" the following year. Brian Eno initially didn't appear on stage, but remains confined to the mixer or sings like backing vocals; later becomes the protagonist, even under the eccentric costumes she wears.The "Oblique Strategies" by Brian Eno
In 1973, also because of disputes with the leader Brian Ferry, left the band to record "No pussyfooting" experimental disc anticipates the release of "Here come the warm jets". Works also "Taking tiger mountain (by strategy)", for which the musicians using a deck of 100 cards designed by Brian Eno, the so called Oblique Strategies, which later will return several times in the experience of the British artist. After taking part in a tour with the Winkies in 1975 published "Another green world", her third solo album that featured on drums to Phil Collins. A few weeks after "Another green world" he released his first album of ambient music, entitled "Discreet music", published by the Obscure Records, a record label belonging to Eno.The first notable collaborations
After you create "Before and after science" together with Fred Frith of Henry Cow and moving to Germany, in the late 1970s, Brian Eno collaborated with David Bowie on the so-called Berlin trilogy, consisting of Low, "Heroes" and "Lodger". Start a partnership with the Talking Heads, for whom it produces, among other things, "Fear of music" and "Remain in light". In 1981, with David Byrne of Talking Heads realizes "My life in the bush of ghosts". In later years, however, is dedicated to video art, with sound installations as "Mistaken memories" and "Fifth Avenue", which in 1983 marked the debut of the videotape. In this period are collaborations with Teresa De Sio, with the Soviets Zvuki Mu, with Canadian Daniel Lanois and his brother Roger. In 1984 Brian Eno produced "The Unforgettable Fire", U2 's album, a work which further increases her fame and success.The hits of the ' 80 and ' 90
Meanwhile he founded Opal, artistic agency which includes, among others, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin and Michael Brook (Canadian inventor, to whom we owe part of musical success of the album "The Joshua Tree" by U2). In the second half of the eighties is dedicated to the concept of Generative Music, aided by software capable of producing music constantly evolving and never repeated, while in the early 1990s working, inter alia, with Peter Gabriel for "Us", with Wim Wenders on the soundtrack of "Until the end of the world" and with U2 for "Achtung baby" and "Zooropa". After having helped revive David Bowie with the disc "Passengers", takes part in the project "Artangel" together with Laurie Anderson and returns to play with Robert Wyatt in "Shleep."The years 2000
In 2001, he writes and performs with the Frankfurt dj j. Peter Schwalm the album "Drawn from life", he works with even Laurie Anderson, while two years later found Wyatt in "Cuckoland". Then realizes the exhibition "Compact forest proposal" for exhibition 101010 exhibition at SFMOMA in San Francisco; in 2007 he made "Comicopera", again with Wyatt, and the following year produces the disc of Coldplay "Viva la vida or Death and all his friends". At the same time, Brian Eno developed the music for the video game "Spore" and collaborated with David Byrne in "Everything that happens will happen today". Works on developing an app for the iPhone called "Bloom", which allows to create ambient music, and supervises the Luminous 2009 Festival held at the Sydney Opera House: on this occasion performs live alongside Jon Hopkins. After achieving the likes of "The lovely bones," Peter Jackson's film, in 2011 Brian Eno publishes the album "Drums between the bells".Article contributed by the team of collaborators.