Brian EnoBrian Peter George St. Jean le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, usually shortened to Brian Eno, (born May 15, 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England), is an electronic musician, producer, and music theorist. He was educated at Ipswich Art School, where he developed an interest in using tape recorders as musical instruments, but transferred to the Winchester School of Art, where he experimented with his first (sometimes improvisational) bands. After graduating in 1969, he moved to London where eventually he started his professional musical career playing keyboards with the band Roxy Music from 1971 to '73. Between 1973 and 1978 he created four influential solo-albums that followed somewhat in the genre of Roxy Music, in their having recognisable tunes and lyrics -- Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World and Before and After Science. He also played with Phil Manzanera in the band 801. He continued his career by producing a larger number of highly eclectic and increasingly ambient electronic and acoustic albums. He is widely cited as coining the term "ambient music" in his Ambient series (Music for Airports, The Plateaux of Mirror, Day of Radiance and On Land). 1977Eno describes himself primarily as a "non-musician" and is indeed best known for "treating" instruments rather than playing them himself. His skill at using "The Studio as a Compositional Tool" (the title of an essay by Eno) led in part to his career as a producer. His methods were recognized at the time (mid-70s) as being unique, so much so that on one album he contributed to (Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) he is credited with "Enossification." He collaborated with David Byrne, formerly of Talking Heads, on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which was one of the first albums not associated with hip hop to extensively feature sampling. Eno collaborated with David Bowie as a writer and musician on Bowie's influential "Berlin trilogy" of albums, Low, Heroes and Lodger, on Bowie's later album 1. Outside, and on the song "I'm Afraid of Americans". Eno has also collaborated with Robert Fripp of King Crimson, John Cale, former member of Velvet Underground, on his trilogy Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy, Robert Wyatt on his Shleep CD, with Jon Hassell, with the German duo Cluster, with composer Harold Budd and others. In 1975, Eno released Discreet Music. The second side consisted of several versions of Pachelbel's canon to which various algorithmic transformations have been applied, rendering it almost unrecognisable. Side 1 consisted of a tape loop system for generating music from relative sparse input. These tapes were later used as backgrounds in some of his collaborations with Robert Fripp, and the methodology (not entirely original with Eno) was used by Fripp (on his Frippertronics albums) and others. Eno has acted as a producer for a number of bands, including Talking Heads, U2, Devo, and James. He has contributed to albums by artists as varied as Nico, Robert Calvert, Genesis, Edikanfo, and Zvuki Mu. He won the best producer award at the 1994 and 1996 BRIT awards. He is an innovator across many fields of music and recently he has collaborated on the development of the Koan algorithmic music generator. Eno started the Obscure label in Britain in the early 70s to release works by less-known composers. Only 10 albums were released. Works released included early albums by John Adams, Michael Nyman, Gavin Bryars (the famous The Sinking of the Titanic), John Cage, and others. At this time he was also active in the Fluxus movement and his work with the Portsmouth Sinfonia came out of this. In 1996 Brian Eno, and others, started the Long Now Foundation to educate the public into thinking about the very long term future of society. Brian Eno is also a columnist for the British newspaper, The Observer. Eno has also been active in other artistic genres, producing videos for gallery display and collaborating with visual artists in other endeavors. One is the set of "Oblique Strategies" cards that he produced in the mid-70s, which was described as "100 Worthwhile Dilemmas" and intended as guides to shaking up the mind in the process of producing artistic endeavors. Another was his collaboration with artist Russell Mills on the book More Dark Than Shark. He was also the provider of music for Robert Sheckley's In the Land of Clear Colours, a narrated story with music originally published by a small art gallery in Spain. His younger brother, Roger Eno is also a musician, who combines ambient styles with classical music instruments on some of his albums. The band A Certain Ratio took their name from the lyrics of Eno's song "The True Wheel" (on Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)). British 1990s band The Warm Jets were named after Eno's 1973 album. Brian Eno is also responsible for the start-up sound to the Windows 95 operating system (which he created on his Apple Macintosh). From an interview of his interview with the San Francisco Chronicle:
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From an interview of his interview with the San Francisco Chronicle:. Brief notes:. Brian Eno is also responsible for the start-up sound to the Windows 95 operating system (which he created on his Apple Macintosh). In 2003, she wrote and recorded "La Chanson de Gainsbourg" as a tribute to the composer of some of her biggest hits. British 1990s band The Warm Jets were named after Eno's 1973 album. One of the most frequent interpreters of Gainsbourg's songs was British singer Petula Clark, whose success in France was propelled by her recordings of his tunes. The band A Certain Ratio took their name from the lyrics of Eno's song "The True Wheel" (on Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)). His home at the well-known address 5bis rue de Verneuil is still totally covered by grafitti and poems. His younger brother, Roger Eno is also a musician, who combines ambient styles with classical music instruments on some of his albums. Gainsbourg died on March 2, 1991 of a heart-attack and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery, in Paris. He was also the provider of music for Robert Sheckley's In the Land of Clear Colours, a narrated story with music originally published by a small art gallery in Spain. The title of the latter demonstrates Gainsbourg's love of word play, which could sometimes be painful "Bowie, Bah Oui". Another was his collaboration with artist Russell Mills on the book More Dark Than Shark. His songs became increasingly eccentric, ranging from the anti-drug "Les Enfants de la Chance" to the questionable duet with Charlotte "Lemon Incest". One is the set of "Oblique Strategies" cards that he produced in the mid-70s, which was described as "100 Worthwhile Dilemmas" and intended as guides to shaking up the mind in the process of producing artistic endeavors. Towards the end of his life, Gainsbourg became a regular feature on French talk shows, with perhaps the most famous outburst coming when he told Whitney Houston "I want to fuck you". Eno has also been active in other artistic genres, producing videos for gallery display and collaborating with visual artists in other endeavors. During this period he released Love On The Beat and his last studio album You're Under Arrest, as well as two live recordings. In 1996 Brian Eno, and others, started the Long Now Foundation to educate the public into thinking about the very long term future of society. Brian Eno is also a columnist for the British newspaper, The Observer. During this last decade he made a lot of TV appearances devoted to his controversial sense of humour and provocation. At this time he was also active in the Fluxus movement and his work with the Portsmouth Sinfonia came out of this. Next year saw him in the new look of Gainsbarre officially introduced in the song "Ecce Homo". Works released included early albums by John Adams, Michael Nyman, Gavin Bryars (the famous The Sinking of the Titanic), John Cage, and others. He was able to reply to his critics that his version was in fact closer to the original as the manuscript clearly shows the words "Aux armes et cætera..." for the chorus. Only 10 albums were released. Shortly afterwards, Gainsbourg bought the original manuscript of La Marseillaise. Eno started the Obscure label in Britain in the early 70s to release works by less-known composers. This song earned him death threats from right wing veterans of the Algerian War of Independence. He is an innovator across many fields of music and recently he has collaborated on the development of the Koan algorithmic music generator. In 1978 he recorded a reggae version of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", "Aux Armes et cetera" in Jamaica, with Bob Marley's band, The Wailers. He won the best producer award at the 1994 and 1996 BRIT awards. Next year saw the release of another major work L'Homme à la Tête de Chou (Cabbage-Head Man) featuring Marilou as a new character and somptuous orchestral themes. He has contributed to albums by artists as varied as Nico, Robert Calvert, Genesis, Edikanfo, and Zvuki Mu. Serge had worn the yellow star as a child in Paris. Eno has acted as a producer for a number of bands, including Talking Heads, U2, Devo, and James. In 1975, he released the album Rock Around the Bunker the only rock album entirely written on the subject of the Nazis, recalling with black humour of how he and his family suffered during World War II. These tapes were later used as backgrounds in some of his collaborations with Robert Fripp, and the methodology (not entirely original with Eno) was used by Fripp (on his Frippertronics albums) and others. It has proven exceptionally influential with artists such as Air, David Holmes and Beck. Side 1 consisted of a tape loop system for generating music from relative sparse input. This concept-album arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier was mainly based on Nabokov's novel Lolita. The second side consisted of several versions of Pachelbel's canon to which various algorithmic transformations have been applied, rendering it almost unrecognisable. His most influential work Histoire de Melody Nelson was released in 1971. In 1975, Eno released Discreet Music. 1 in the UK chart. Eno has also collaborated with Robert Fripp of King Crimson, John Cale, former member of Velvet Underground, on his trilogy Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy, Robert Wyatt on his Shleep CD, with Jon Hassell, with the German duo Cluster, with composer Harold Budd and others. Its notoriety led to it reaching no. Outside, and on the song "I'm Afraid of Americans". Considered too "hot", the song was censored in various countries and in France even the toned-down version was suppressed. Eno collaborated with David Bowie as a writer and musician on Bowie's influential "Berlin trilogy" of albums, Low, Heroes and Lodger, on Bowie's later album 1. Originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot, it was released with a different female singer, future girlfriend Jane Birkin, when Bardot backed out. He collaborated with David Byrne, formerly of Talking Heads, on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which was one of the first albums not associated with hip hop to extensively feature sampling. moi non plus, was vocally very erotic. His methods were recognized at the time (mid-70s) as being unique, so much so that on one album he contributed to (Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) he is credited with "Enossification.". His most famous song, Je t'aime.. His skill at using "The Studio as a Compositional Tool" (the title of an essay by Eno) led in part to his career as a producer. moi non plus, Equateur, Charlotte For Ever and Stan The Flasher. Eno describes himself primarily as a "non-musician" and is indeed best known for "treating" instruments rather than playing them himself. He directed himself four movies : Je t'aime.. He is widely cited as coining the term "ambient music" in his Ambient series (Music for Airports, The Plateaux of Mirror, Day of Radiance and On Land). During his career, he wrote the soundtracks for more than 40 movies. He continued his career by producing a larger number of highly eclectic and increasingly ambient electronic and acoustic albums. Gainsbourg wanted to break free from old-fashioned chanson and explore new musical grounds, influenced by British and American pop. He also played with Phil Manzanera in the band 801. His early songs were influenced by Boris Vian. Between 1973 and 1978 he created four influential solo-albums that followed somewhat in the genre of Roxy Music, in their having recognisable tunes and lyrics -- Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World and Before and After Science. He had a daughter, Charlotte, with Jane Birkin; and a son, Lulu, with his last partner Bambou (Pauline Von Paulus). After graduating in 1969, he moved to London where eventually he started his professional musical career playing keyboards with the band Roxy Music from 1971 to '73. He was born in Paris, France the son of Jewish Russian parents. He was educated at Ipswich Art School, where he developed an interest in using tape recorders as musical instruments, but transferred to the Winchester School of Art, where he experimented with his first (sometimes improvisational) bands. Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginzburg, (April 2, 1928 - March 2, 1991) was a poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director. Jean le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, usually shortened to Brian Eno, (born May 15, 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England), is an electronic musician, producer, and music theorist. Les Incorruptibles. Brian Peter George St. La Gadoue. 2004 The Equatorial Stars (with Robert Fripp). La Javanaise. 2004 Curiosities Volume 1. Couleur Café. 2003 January 07003 | Bell Studies for The Clock of The Long Now. Bonnie and Clyde. 2003 Compact Forest Proposal. moi non plus. 2003 Music for Civic Recovery Centre. Je t'aime.. 2002 Kite Stories. Lemon Incest. 2002 I Dormienti. Les Sucettes. 2002 Lightness. Poupée de cire, poupée de son. 2001 Drawn From Life (with Peter Schwalm). Aux armes et caetera. 1997 The Drop. 2001 : Le Cinéma de Gainsbourg (Box Set). 1995 Spinner (with Jah Wobble). 2001 : Gainsbourg Forever (Integral Box Set). 1993 Neroli. 1989 : De Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre (Box Set). 1992 Nerve Net. 1988 : Le Zénith de Gainsbourg. 1990 Wrong Way Up (with John Cale). 1987 : You're under arrest. 1990 The Shutov Assembly. 1985 : Serge Gainsbourg live (Casino de Paris). 1989 Textures. 1984 : Love on the beat. 1985 Begegnungen II (with Roedelius and Dieter Moebius aka Cluster). 1981 : Mauvaises nouvelles des étoiles. 1985 Hybrid (with Daniel Lanois and Michael Brook). 1980 : Enregistrement public au Théâtre Le Palace. 1985 Thursday Afternoon (soundtrack to an art gallery video). 1979 : Aux armes et cætera. 1984 The Pearl (with Harold Budd). 1976 : L'homme à tête de chou. 1984 Begegnungen (with Roedelius and Dieter Moebius aka Cluster). 1975 : Rock around the bunker. 1983 Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. 1974 : Vu de l'extérieur. 1982 Ambient #4 / On Land. 1971 : Histoire de Melody Nelson. 1981 My Life In The Bush of Ghosts (with David Byrne). 1969 : Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg. 1980 Ambient #3 / Day of Radiance (by Laraaji with Eno producing). 1968 : Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot : Initials B.B.. 1: Possible Musics (with Jon Hassell). 1967 : Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot : Bonnie & Clyde. 1980 Fourth World, Vol. 1967 : Anna. 1980 Ambient #2 / The Plateaux of Mirror (with Harold Budd). 1964 : Gainsbourg Percussions. 1978 After the Heat (with Roedelius and Dieter Moebius aka Cluster). 1963 : Gainsbourg Confidentiel. 1978 Music for Films. 1962 : Disque N°4. 1978 Ambient #1 / Music for Airports. 1961 : L'étonnant Serge Gainsbourg. 1978 Before and After Science. 1959 : Disque N°2. 1977 Cluster & Eno (with Cluster). 1958 : Du chant à la une. 1975 Discreet Music. He once burned a 500 French franc bill on TV to protest heavy taxation. 1975 Another Green World. Towards the end of his life, Gainsbourg used to show up drunk and unshaven on stage. 1975 Evening Star (with Robert Fripp). Bob Marley was furious when he discovered Gainsbourg made Rita Marley sing erotic lyrics. 1974 Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). Controversy surrounding "Je t'aime Moi non plus". 1973 Here Come The Warm Jets. The controrversial video featuring a half-naked Gainsbourg and daughter Charlotte for the song "Lemon Incest.". 1973 Portsmouth Sinfonia Plays the Popular Classics (with the Portsmouth Sinfonia). France Gall was horrified to discover the sexual double-meaning of the lyrics to "Les Sucettes". 1973 No Pussyfooting (with Robert Fripp). "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" for the Eurovision Song Contest. "Aux Armes et cetera ..." caused anger among veterans of the war in Algeria, resulting in several death-threats. |