Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (15 May 1948), professionally known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno, is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. He joined the band Roxy Music as synthesiser player in the early 1970s, but Eno soon tired of touring and of conflicts with lead singer Bryan Ferry. He did use the other members of the band as session musicians for his solo albums more than once, though.
Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music. It has also been extremely influential, pioneering ambient and generative music, innovating production techniques, and emphasising "theory over practice". He also introduced the concept of chance music to popular audiences, partially through collaborations with other musicians. Eno has also worked as an influential music and album producer. (Read more at Wikipedia)
== Links to Peel ==
One way or another, Eno was featured extensively on Peel's show: firstly in the early 70s, when Peel was a fan of Roxy Music, then when Eno went solo. He also played music by some of his collaborations with other musicians, and music produced by him. Even after Peel lost interest in Roxy Music, he retained considerable respect for Eno's music. During the Roxy Music band retrospective broadcast on 11 August 1976, the DJ commented:
“Of all Roxy Music members past and present, the one whose music I enjoy most I think is Eno.”
Eno's album 'Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)' made it on the John's list of 1974 Top Ten Albums. Peel, famously, also accidentally played backwards a session by Fripp & Eno, an incident which was referred to constantly during the years of his broadcasting career.
Eno's post-Roxy activities as musician and producer took in a wide variety of artists featured by Peel, including Laurie Anderson, Kevin Ayers, David Bowie, John Cale, Cluster, Depeche Mode, Devo, Genesis, Jah Wobble, James, Nico, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Portsmouth Sinfonia, Quiet Sun, Slowdive, Talking Heads, Ultravox, Robert Wyatt, Zvuki Mu and 808 State. He also had a longstanding association with U2, who weren't big favourites of the DJ. In 1996, Peel gave airtime to the Half Man Half Biscuit track 'Eno Collaboration'. 
In the punk era, Peel played tracks from the Eno-scored 'Jubilee' film soundtrack, which also featured session artists Adam And The Ants, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs and Chelsea. 
Eno was also responsible for the landmark "No New York" compilation, introducing artists from the city's No Wave movement, which was played heavily by Peel in 1978.
Also in the post-punk era, Peel sessions band A Certain Ratio took their name from the lyrics of the Eno song 'The True Wheel', from 'Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)'. Fellow Mancunians Joy Division were originally named Warsaw after the song 'Warszawa,' co-written by Eno and David Bowie for the 1977 Bowie album 'Low'. Meanwhile, over at the On-U Sound label of Adrian Sherwood, an Eno quote about "a vision of a psychedelic Africa" inspired the formation of African Head Charge.See artist page. The name of the first AHC LP, "My Life In A Hole In The Ground", is a reference to the Eno/David Byrne album "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts". In 2005, AHC came a full circle with the name of the album "Vision Of A Psychedelic Africa".
The enduring influence of Eno on a huge range of artists supported by Peel was shown in October 2004, when the DJ was on holiday in Peru and Eno tracks were played on his show on separate nights by fill-in DJs Siouxsie Sioux (of punk pioneers Siouxsie & The Banshees) and Rick Smith and Karl Hyde (of electronic dance outfit Underworld).
== Eno on John Peel ==
In an interview for Radio 1's “Keeping It Peel” broadcasts to mark the first anniversary of John Peel's death, Eno stated: 
"When I first started making music, it was John Peel's shows that inspired me. And then when I did make music, it was John Peel who played it first on the radio. So I have to thank him for my career. I also have to thank him for playing a whole album of mine backwards on the air once ... it was pretty abstract music, but all the same, John, I can't understand how anybody could make that kind of mistake ! Anyway it's all forgiven now and we still love you and we still miss you."
On 27 September 2015, Eno gave the fifth John Peel Lecture. Shortly before, he visited Peel Acres to make a personal selection of notable discs in Peel's record collection (see Record Boxes: Brian Eno). These included the debut album of the Velvet Underground (with Nico), which Eno said he first heard on the Perfumed Garden in August 1967. Eno is often credited with a celebrated, if disputed See Richie Unterberger's account in "22 Myths and Legends About the Velvet Underground. See also this article, which tries to trace the history of the quote., quote about the record, which claimed that everybody who bought a copy went out and started a band.
== Festive Fifty ==
*None under own name.
*Eno is the credited co-writer of the David Bowie track 'Heroes' (1977 Festive Fifty #36, 1978 Festive Fifty #16, 1979 Festive Fifty #34).
== Sessions ==
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One session, backed by The Winkies. No commercial release.
1. Recording date: 1974-02-26. First broadcast: 05 March 1974
*The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch / Baby's On Fire / Totalled / Fever
Eno did also five sessions as a member of Roxy Music and one as a member of Fripp & Eno.
== Other Shows Played ==
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add further information if known.)
*See also Roxy Music, Fripp & Eno.
;Solo releases
;1970s
*14 February 1974: Baby's On Fire (album - Here Come The Warm Jets) Island ILPS 926
*19 February 1974: Some Of Them Are Old (album - Here Come The Warm Jets) Island ILPS 926
*11 April 1974: Cindy Tells Me (album - Here Come The Warm Jets) Island ILPS 926
*10 December 1975: Sombre Reptiles (album - Another Green World) Island ILPS 9351
*10 December 1975: Little Fishes (album - Another Green World) Island ILPS 9351
*J P D18: Fullness Of Wind (LP - Discreet Music) Obscure
*April/May 1976: Sky Saw (LP - Another Green World) Island (available as part of John Peel Around The World)
*11 August 1976: Seven Deadly Finns (7") Island (JP: "And that is the excellent Eno with his first solo single from 1974 … one of my favourite records from the year.") (Roxy Music Band retrospective)
*11 August 1976: Sky Saw (LP –  Another Green World) Island (JP: “And that’s Eno from his third solo LP … and I hope we don’t have to wait too long for a fourth.”) (Roxy Music Band retrospective)
*28 November 1977: 2 from the Before And After Science LP
*29 December 1977: (JP: "(In 1972) Eno's synthesiser playing (was) at times a little embarrassing, if he was listening tonight, and I hope he wasn't. But since then of course, his work's improved manifold, and he's now doing things like this.")- Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd) (LP-Before And After Science) (Polydor)
*03 January 1978: Seven Deadly Finns (7") Island
*19 January 1978 (& Snatch): R.A.F. (7" - King's Lead Hat) Polydor
*23 January 1978: King's Lead Hat (7") Polydor 2001 762
*25 January 1978 (& Snatch): R.A.F. (7" - King's Lead Hat) Polydor
*10 March 1978: Slow Water
*31 August 1978: M386 (album - Music For Films ) Editions EG EGED 5
*12 September 1978: Aragon (LP – Music For Films) Editions EG
*02 April 1979: "Seven Deadly Finns" (7") (Island)
*12 April 1979: RAF (b/w 'King's Lead Hat' 7") Polydor
;1980s and later
*05 May 1980: The Great Pretender (LP – Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)) Island
*01 September 1980: Seven Deadly Finns (japanese pressing)
*February/March 1984: Kings Lead Hat (11xLP Box Set Working Backwards: 1983-1973) Editions EG EGBS 2 (available as part of Peel Late Feb Early Mar 1984)
*06 March 1984: Seven Deadly Fins (11xLP Box Set Working Backwards: 1983-1973) Editions EG EGBS 2
*24 November 1990: Blank Frank (album - Here Come The Warm Jets) Island ILPS 9268
*17 February 1998: St Elmo's Fire (CD - Another Green World) EG
*26 June 2002: Seven Deadly Finns (7") (Island)
*July 2002 (FSK): Seven Deadly Finns (7") Island
*19 October 2004: And Then So Clear (CD - Another Day in Paradise ) (Rick Smith and Karl Hyde of Underworld sit in for Peel, on holiday in Peru)
*20 October 2004: Third Uncle (LP - Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy ) Virgin (Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie & The Banshees sits in for Peel, on holiday in Peru))
;Eno, Moebius, Roedelius
*05 February 1979: 'The Belldog (LP - After The Heat)' Sky
*22 February 1979: 'Oil (LP - After The Heat)' Sky
;Eno & David Byrne
*16 February 1981: Help Me Somebody (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*22 February 1981 (BFBS): America Is Waiting (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*22 February 1981 (BFBS): The Jezebel Spirit (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*22 February 1981 (BFBS): Regiment (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*23 February 1981: The Jezebel Spirit (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*01 March 1981 (BFBS): America Is Waiting (album - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*17 March 1981: Come With Us (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48) (JP: "You know, I’m secretly rather glad that these old music hall songs are coming back again".)
*19 March 1981 (BFBS): Moonlight In Glory (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*21 May 1981 (BFBS): The Carrier (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*27 May 1981: The Jezebel Spirit (single) EG / Polydor EGO(X) 1
*16 June 1981: The Jezebel Spirit (single) EG / Polydor EGO(X) 1
*22 September 1981: America Is Waiting (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP 48
*08 April 1985: Qu'ran (album - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) EG EGLP48 (Muriel Gray)
*06 August 1990: A Secret Life (LP - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts)
*07 August 1990: The Jezebel Spirit (LP - 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts') Sire
;'Jubilee' soundtrack
(LP - Jubilee) Polydor, 1978
*10 March 1978: Chelsea: Right To Work
*10 March 1978: Brian Eno: Slow Water
*10 March 1978: Adam & The Ants: Deutscher Girls
;'No New York' compilation
(2xLP - No New York) Antilles, 1978
*08 November 1978: Teenage Jesus & The Jerks: Burning Rubber
*13 November 1978: Mars: Puerto Rican Ghost
*21 November 1978: DNA: Lionel
*29 November 1978: Teenage Jesus & The Jerks: Burning Rubber
*04 December 1978: Contortions: Dish It Out
*20 December 1978: Contortions: I Can't Stand Myself
*07 May 1993: Mars: Helen Fordsdale
== Cover Versions ==
(The list below was compiled only from the Cover Versions page of this site. Please add more information if known.)
Performing Artist | Track | First Known Play
*Bauhaus: Third Uncle 15 December 1982
*Claw Hammer: Blank Frank 24 November 1990
*Creepers: Baby's On Fire Peel 037 (BFBS) (17 July 1986)
== See Also ==
*Singles Reviews
*1974 Top Ten Albums
*1974 Top Fifty One Singles
*John Peel Section
*Roxy Music
*Fripp & Eno
*Phil Manzanera
*Bryan Ferry
*Andy Mackay
*Electronic Music
*Warp Records
*Sounds
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Official website
*More Dark than Shark 
== References ==
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