'The idea is to produce things that are as strange and mysterious to you as the first music you ever heard.'
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Eno or, as more commonly known to the world, just Brian Eno, can be unbiasedly described as an iconic contemporary British artist. He began his music career with guitarist Anthony Grafton in 1968 in Maxwell Demon, and was influenced by such bands as The Velvet Underground (Independent.co.uk, 1998) his real legacy began in 1971, as a 'technical advisor' playing synthesizer for rock group Roxy Music – lasting just three years and two albums before he announced to the band’s management 'OK Fuck it, I’m leaving'. This followed a series of disagreements with front-man, Bryan Ferry.
Born on 15th May 1948, Eno is considered by many as one of the most important musical influences in modern times. Recognising his broad musical background and a sense of why he’s considered to have universal appeal, Tamm (1995: 1) cites that Eno drew freely on 'the resources of many types of music and ideas' such as 'rhythm and blues and rock’n’roll, progressive rock, punk, and new wave, as well as African, Middle Eastern, and Asian styles', in addition to 'minimalism, experimental new music, post-Cage avant-garde ideas, and electronic music'.
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Meyer’s interpretation of twentieth century music as having entered an epoch of stability, following centuries of what was perceived as evolution. In fact, Tamm (1995: 76) considers Eno’s musical career alone can be seen as a 'first-rate example of Meyerian stasis in microcosm: many kinds of music and ideas in existence which are available to him as a composer, and although people change and their interests shift, the question of defining their development in terms of evolutionary steps is not really to the point'. Adolf Meyer was instrumental in changing American approaches to psychiatry in the 20th century (Sabshin,
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Eno or, as more commonly known to the world, just Brian Eno, can be unbiasedly described as an iconic contemporary British artist. He began his music career with guitarist Anthony Grafton in 1968 in Maxwell Demon, and was influenced by such bands as The Velvet Underground (Independent.co.uk, 1998) his real legacy began in 1971, as a 'technical advisor' playing synthesizer for rock group Roxy Music – lasting just three years and two albums before he announced to the band’s management 'OK Fuck it, I’m leaving'. This followed a series of disagreements with front-man, Bryan Ferry.
Born on 15th May 1948, Eno is considered by many as one of the most important musical influences in modern times. Recognising his broad musical background and a sense of why he’s considered to have universal appeal, Tamm (1995: 1) cites that Eno drew freely on 'the resources of many types of music and ideas' such as 'rhythm and blues and rock’n’roll, progressive rock, punk, and new wave, as well as African, Middle Eastern, and Asian styles', in addition to 'minimalism, experimental new music, post-Cage avant-garde ideas, and electronic music'.
In …show more content…
Meyer’s interpretation of twentieth century music as having entered an epoch of stability, following centuries of what was perceived as evolution. In fact, Tamm (1995: 76) considers Eno’s musical career alone can be seen as a 'first-rate example of Meyerian stasis in microcosm: many kinds of music and ideas in existence which are available to him as a composer, and although people change and their interests shift, the question of defining their development in terms of evolutionary steps is not really to the point'. Adolf Meyer was instrumental in changing American approaches to psychiatry in the 20th century (Sabshin,