Brian Eno (pronounced ) born on
15 May 1948 in
Woodbridge, Suffolk,
England) is an
English electronic musician,
music theorist and
record producer. As a solo artist, he is probably best known as the father of modern
ambient music, though he is also a highly celebrated
record producer.With an
art school background and inspiration from
minimalism, Eno first came to prominence as the
keyboard and
synthesizer player of the 1970s
glam and
art rock band
Roxy Music. After leaving the group, Eno recorded four highly idiosyncratic and original
rock albums, before turning to more abstract soundscapes on records such as
Discreet Music (1975) and
Ambient 1/Music for Airports (1978). Since then he has made dozens of albums, many with similarly-minded collaborators such as
Harold Budd,
Cluster,
John Cale,
David Byrne and
Robert Fripp.
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