Brian Eno
Born
May 15, 1948 (77 years old)
Known For
Sound
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.
Known For
Eno
Self
2024
Daedalus
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024
DEVO
Self (archive footage)
2024
Brian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
Self
2023
CAN and Me
Self
2022
Moonage Daydream
Self (archive footage)
2022
Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2022
We Are As Gods
Self
2022
2025: The Long Hot Winter
Radio presenter
2019
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
Self
2018
We Are Many
Self
2014
What Difference Does It Make?
Self
2014
David Bowie: Five Years
Self
2013
The British Guide to Showing Off
2011
U2: From the Sky Down
Self
2011
Brian Eno 1971–1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth
2011
Ride, Rise, Roar
Self
2011
U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
Self
2010
Brian Eno: Another Green World
Self
2010
Roxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
Self
2009
Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982
self
2008
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Self
2007
The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
2005
Roxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
Self (archive footage)
2004
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Self
2003
Timeshift
self · (1 episode)
2002
1 Giant Leap
Self
2002
Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story
2001
In the Ocean
2001
Roxy Music Musikladen 1973
Self - keyboards
2001
Click
Self · (1 episode)
2000
Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
Self
2000
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
Self
1999
Classic Albums
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Making of the 'Outside' Album
Self
1995
Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
Self
1995
Father Ted
Father Brian Eno · (1 episode)
1995
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Self
1995
One Eno
Self
1993
Words for the Dying
Himself
1993
Brian Eno: Imaginary Landscapes
1989
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
Oblique Strategist Too
Himself
1984
Question Time
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
1979
Roxette
Self (archive footage)
1978
Eno
Self
1973
Omnibus
Self · (1 episode)
1967