Brian
Eno has had a varied career, but is perhaps best known as the pioneer of ambient
music. He also has one of the longest names in the world of music, Brian Peter
George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno. Born 1948 and raised in Suffolk,
he attended art school where he studied conceptual painting and sound sculpture.
He was influenced by many of the other creative ground breakers of the time.
Brian's was one of the founding members of Roxy Music, but left the group in 1973. From comments made in interview by both Brian Eno & Bryan Ferry it would seem that the parting was not entirely amicable and both parties were happy to go their separate ways.
The first solo project for Brian was -Here Come the Warm Jets- (1973), the title apparently referring to urination. -Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)- (1974) was inspired by a set of Chinese postcards. Eno's early recordings were related to rock, but with a elements and attitudes that set them apart from the mainstream. Many of the songs he sang were not constructed in the 'normal' rock style and the lyrics were often obscure phonetic strings that had no apparent meaning.
After leaving Roxy Music he collaborated on a number of projects, the first of which was with Robert Fripp and resulted in the album -No Pussyfooting- (1973) . This LP featured an Eno developed a tape-delay system, dubbed "Frippertronics", which introduced looped delays as a means of musical composition. Eno's most recent collaboration is with J Peter Schwalm (aka Slop Shop), a German DJ, for the album -Drawn from Life-.