Brian Eno
Brian Eno makes ambient music, songs and light installations, and brings a spirit of experiment to his work as a producer, collaborator and artist.
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Overview
- Born
- 15 May 1948, Suffolk, England
- Work
- Musician, producer, visual artist and activist
- Breakout
- Roxy Music, early 1970s
- Creative roots
- Experimental art education at Ipswich School of Art
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Suffolk in 1948, Brian Eno entered Ipswich School of Art at 16. Its experimental Groundcourse put collaboration and unfamiliar problems at the centre of learning. He began performing with tape recorders at art colleges, where he met Andy Mackay. A later chance meeting on a train led to an invitation to record Mackay’s new band, Roxy Music.
From Roxy to his own worlds.
Roxy Music brought him international attention in the early 1970s. After leaving in 1973, he made solo records including Here Come the Warm Jets and Another Green World, alongside instrumental work with Robert Fripp. Music for Airports helped define ambient music as something that could change the feeling of a space.
A life of collaboration.
Eno’s production work includes Talking Heads, Devo, U2 and Coldplay, while his collaborators include David Bowie, Harold Budd, David Byrne and his brother Roger. His light and video installations have developed alongside the records. More recently, he has worked with Beatie Wolfe, co-written What Art Does and helped organise Together for Palestine.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2025LiminalCo-writer, performer, producer and mixer with Beatie Wolfe
- 2025Luminal and LateralCollaborating artist with Beatie Wolfe
- 1987The Joshua Tree, U2Co-producer and engineer with Daniel Lanois
- 1983Apollo: Atmospheres and SoundtracksCollaborating artist with Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno
- 1978Ambient 1: Music for AirportsComposer and producer
- 1975Another Green WorldSolo artist
Books
- 2025What Art Does: An Unfinished TheoryCo-author with Bette Adriaanse
Awards
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Music2023 · La Biennale di Venezia recognised his exploration of digital sound and acoustic space.
- Seven Grammy winsThe Recording Academy lists seven wins and fourteen nominations, including Best Rock Album for Coldplay’s Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends in 2009.
Quotes
I like inventing new ways of doing things.Brian Eno, The Associated Press
In an October 2026 interview about Opal Records, he described his interest in creative processes.
Trivia
- His route into Roxy Music began as its recordist after a chance encounter with Andy Mackay on a train.
- He used his Oblique Strategies cards while making Another Green World to find fresh sounds and methods.
- Roger Eno, his collaborator on Apollo, is his brother.
- He is a founding member of the Long Now Foundation.
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