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Here Come The Warm Jets (Album) by Brian Eno

Artist Biography For Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St John Le Baptiste De La Salle Eno RDI Born Brian Peter George Eno 15 May 1948 Is An English Musician Record Producer Visual Artist And Theorist Best Known For His Pioneering Work In Ambient Music And Contributions To Rock Pop And Electronica. A Self-Described "non-Musician" Eno Has Helped Introduce Unique Conceptual Approaches And Recording Techniques To Contemporary Music. He Has Been Described As One Of Popular Music's Most Influential And Innovative Figures. Born In Suffolk Eno Studied Painting And Experimental Music At The Art School Of Ipswich Civic College In The Mid 1960s And Then At Winchester School Of Art. He Joined Glam Rock Group Roxy Music As Synthesiser Player In 1971. After Recording Two Albums With Roxy Music He Departed In 1973 To Record A Number Of Solo Albums Coining The Term "ambient Music" To Describe His Work On Releases Such As Another Green World 1975 Discreet Music 1975 And Music For Airports 1978 . He Also Collaborated With Artists Such As Robert Fripp Cluster Harold Budd David Bowie On His "Berlin Trilogy" And David Byrne And Produced Albums By Artists Including John Cale Jon Hassell Laraaji Talking Heads And Devo And The No Wave Compilation No New York 1978 . Eno Has Continued To Record Solo Albums And Work With Artists Including U2 Laurie Anderson Grace Jones Slowdive Coldplay James Blake And Damon Albarn. Dating Back To His Time As A Student He Has Also Worked In Media Including Sound Installations And His Mid-70s Co-Development Of Oblique Strategies A Deck Of Cards Featuring Cryptic Aphorisms Intended To Spur Creative Thinking. From The 1970s Onwards Eno's Installations Have Included The Sails Of The Sydney Opera House In 2009 And The Lovell Telescope At Jodrell Bank In 2016. An Advocate Of A Range Of Humanitarian Causes Eno Writes On A Variety Of Subjects And Is A Founding Member Of The Long Now Foundation. In 2019 Eno Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame As A Member Of Roxy Music. Eno Is Frequently Referred To As One Of Popular Music's Most Influential Artists. Producer And Film Composer Jon Brion Has Said "I Think He's The Most Influential Artist Since The Beatles." Critic Jason Ankeny At AllMusic Argues That Eno "forever Altered The Ways In Which Music Is Approached Composed Performed And Perceived And Everything From Punk To Techno To New Age Bears His Unmistakable Influence." Eno Has Spread His Techniques And Theories Primarily Through His Production His Distinctive Style Informed A Number Of Projects In Which He Has Been Involved Including Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy" Helping To Popularize Minimalism And The Albums He Produced For Talking Heads Incorporating On Eno's Advice African Music And Polyrhythms Devo And Other Groups. Eno's First Collaboration With David Byrne 1981's My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Pioneered Sampling Techniques That Would Prove To Be Influential In Hip-Hop And Broke Ground By Incorporating World Music Into Popular Western Music Forms. Eno And Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies Have Been Used By Many Bands And Eno's Production Style Has Proven Influential In Several General Respects "his Recording Techniques Have Helped Change The Way That Modern Musicians – Particularly Electronic Musicians – View The Studio. No Longer Is It Just A Passive Medium Through Which They Communicate Their Ideas But Itself A New Instrument With Seemingly Endless Possibilities." Whilst Inspired By The Ideas Of Minimalist Composers Including John Cage Terry Riley And Erik Satie Eno Coined The Term Ambient Music To Describe His Own Work And Defined The Term. The Ambient Music Guide States That He Has Brought From "relative Obscurity Into The Popular Consciousness" Fundamental Ideas About Ambient Music Including "the Idea Of Modern Music As Subtle Atmosphere As Chill-Out As Impressionistic As Something That Creates Space For Quiet Reflection Or Relaxation." His Groundbreaking Work In Electronic Music Has Been Said To Have Brought Widespread Attention To And Innovations In The Role Of Electronic Technology In Recording. Pink Floyd Keyboardist Rick Wright Said He "often Eulogised" Eno's Abilities. Eno's "unconventional Studio Predilections" In Common With Those Of Peter Gabriel Were An Influence On The Recording Of "In The Air Tonight" The Single Which Launched The Solo Career Of Eno's Former Drummer Phil Collins. Collins Said He "learned A Lot" From Working With Eno. Both Half Man Half Biscuit In The Song "Eno Collaboration" On The EP Of The Same Name And MGMT Have Written Songs About Eno. LCD Soundsystem Has Frequently Cited Eno As A Key Influence. The Icelandic Singer Björk Also Credited Eno As A Major Influence. Mora Sti Fotia Babies On Fire One Of The Most Influential Greek Rock Bands Was Named After Eno's Song "Baby's On Fire". In 2011 Belgian Academics From The Royal Museum For Central Africa Named A Species Of Afrotropical Spider Pseudocorinna Brianeno In His Honour.

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Here Come The Warm Jets Is The Debut Solo Album By British Musician Brian Eno Released On Island Records In January 1974. It Was Recorded And Produced By Eno Following His Departure From The Band Roxy Music And Blends Glam And Pop Stylings With Avant-Garde Approaches. The Album Features Numerous Guests Including Three Of Eno's Former Roxy Bandmates Guitarist Phil Manzanera Saxophonist/keyboardist Andy Mackay And Drummer Paul Thompson Drummer Simon King Of Hawkwind Bassist Bill MacCormick Of Matching Mole Guitarist/bassist Paul Rudolph Of Pink Fairies And Guitarist Robert Fripp And Bassist John Wetton Both Of King Crimson . Notable Contributions Were Also Made By Guitarist Chris Spedding Bassist Busta Jones Percussionist Marty Simon And Gospel Vocal Group Sweetfeed. In Developing The Material With The Various Musicians Eno Devised Unusual Methods And Instructions To Obtain Unexpected Results Here Come The Warm Jets Peaked At Number 26 On The United Kingdom Album Charts And Number 151 On The US Billboard Charts Receiving Mostly Positive Reviews. It Was Re-Issued On Compact Disc In 1990 On Island Records And Remastered In 2004 On Virgin Records And Continued To Elicit Praise. Initial Critical Reception For The Album Was Mostly Positive With Praise Focused On Its Experimental Tendencies. Critic Lester Bangs Of Creem Declared It "incredible " And Noted That "the Predominant Feel Is A Strange Mating Of Edgy Dread With Wild First-Time-Out Exuberance." Robert Christgau Of The Village Voice Gave It An "A" Rating Stating That "The Idea Of This Record—top Of The Pops From Quasi-Dadaist British Synth Wizard—may Put You Off But The Actuality Is Quite Engaging In A Vaguely Velvet Underground Kind Of Way." Billboard Wrote A Positive Review Stating That "... While It All May Be A Bit Unpredictable And May Be A Longshot To Do Much In The U.S. Market It Is An Excellent LP." The Album Was Also Placed In Circus Magazine's Section For "Picks Of The Month". Cynthia Dagnal Of Rolling Stone Wrote An Article On Eno Calling The Album "a Very Compelling Experiment In Controlled Chaos And By His Own Self-Dictated Standards A Near Success." Steve Huey Of AllMusic Stated That The Album "still Sounds Exciting Forward-Looking And Densely Detailed Revealing More Intricacies With Every Play". In 1991 Select Writer David Cavanagh Described It As A "classic" Album Of "mind-Blowing Diversity". In 2003 The Album Placed At Number 436 In Rolling Stone's List Of The "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" Climbing To Number 432 In The 2012 Update And To Number 308 In The 2020 Edition. In A Retrospective Review Rolling Stone's J. D. Considine Commented That "It May Be Easy To Hear Both An Anticipation Of Punk And An Echo Of Roxy Music In The Arch Clangor Of Here Come The Warm Jets But What Shines Brightest Is The Offhand Accessibility Of The Songs" Adding That "the Melodies Linger On... The Album Seems Almost A Blueprint For The Pop Experiments Bowie With Eno Collaborating Would Conduct With Low". In 2004 Pitchfork Ranked The Album At Number 24 On Its "Top 100 Albums Of The 1970s" List. In 2003 Blender Placed The Album On Its List "500 CDs You Must Own Alternative Rock" Stating That Here Come The Warm Jets "remains His Best Pop Effort. His Experimental Touch Turns Basic Glam-Rock Into Something Sick And Sinister. The Free-Associating Posh-Voiced Vocals Are An Acquired Taste But There's Method In This Madness". The Canadian Music Magazine Exclaim! Referred To Here Come The Warm Jets As "Arguably One Of The Greatest Solo Debuts Of The 1970s... Songs Such As "Baby's On Fire" "Driving Me Backwards" And "Needles In The Camel's Eye" Capture The Lush And Sleazy Underpinning Narratives Of The British Invasion In Arrangements That Sound Quintessentially Timeless". In 2012 Treble Named The Album In The List "10 Essential Glam Rock Albums."