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Brian Eno

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In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America.


— Brian Eno


#attacks #clear #events #exploited #now

It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.


— Brian Eno


#bother #carry #i #know #many

It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.


— Brian Eno


#democracy #disappear #easy #very

It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of.


— Brian Eno


#i think #music #nice #our music #people

Law is always better than war.


— Brian Eno


#better #law #than #war

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.


— Brian Eno


#always #because #lyrics #make #misleading

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.


— Brian Eno


#easier #haven #lyrics #made #music

Most game music is based on loops effectively.


— Brian Eno


#effectively #game #game music #loops #most

Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.


— Brian Eno


#fit #hitting #interesting #interesting way #me

Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.


— Brian Eno


#certain #complex #either #exclude #itself






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This enabled sound recorded on the first deck to be played back by the second deck at a time delay that varied with the distance between the two decks and the speed of the tape (typically a few seconds). These tapes had previously been used as backgrounds in some of his collaborations with Fripp most notably on Evening Star. Eno has also worked on records by James Laurie Anderson Coldplay Depeche Mode Paul Simon Grace Jones and Slowdive among others.

It has also been extremely influential pioneering ambient and generative music innovating production techniques and emphasising "theory over practice". Brian Peter George St. Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music.

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