Brian Eno

Born in Woodbridge, Suffolk (GB) 1948; as a musician he was a founder member of Roxy Music, and left the band in1973 for his solo career and his work as music producer. He is a pioneer in tape-looping and other early forms of sonic manipulation; 1975 publication of «Oblique Strategies» - a set of problem-solving cards for artists; in 1975, Eno released «Discreet Music,» naming the new genre he had discovered «ambient.» Bringing the ideas of John Cage to a pop audience, the true significance of Eno's landmark ambient release (including «Music for Airports» and «Thursday Afternoon» only became apparent in the early 199Os when ambient exploded into the charts and into a range of new hybrid musical forms. Eno also pioneered sampling and the use of found sounds on «My Life in the Bush of Ghosts,» a collaboration with David Byrne released in 1981; Eno went to art school and continues to work in the visual medium as well as in sound; visiting professor at the Royal College of Art.

(Excerpted from: Mark Edwards, http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/eno2.html)