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Who is he? I google and he invented elevator music or similar?

rblatz 6y ago
I know I’ve heard of him, but I don’t know what he has done. He must be before my time. Which means he’s before most people on HN’s time. Edit: guess not knowing the producer of U2 and Coldplay is a sin around here. I’m 38 and I have no idea what any of his other work is but I don’t think I’d much care for it based on my opinions of those two bands he produced.
- pimeys 6y ago
  David Bowie's best work was with Eno. You might want to check the album trilogy Low/Heroes/Lodger. And of course his massively influential ambient productions, or the band Talking Heads... Or his ambient experiments with Robert Fripp, inventing the tape loop to make the guitar sound like something else. Or the art/glam rock masterpieces Another Green World and Before and After Science.
- matthewh806 6y ago
  I don't think the "sin" is not knowing who Eno is, but rather, an unwillingness to explore and educate yourself. "He must be before my time" "I know I’ve heard of him" So, you make some research and the best you can come up with is "the producer of U2 and Coldplay"... "I have no idea what any of his other work is but I don’t think I’d much care for it based on my opinions of those two bands he produced." It all just reads as wilful ignorance... You obviously care enough to comment and bask in the fact that you're unaware of him. As if being oblivious to a hugely influential figure should be worn like a badge of pride or something
- inopinatus 6y ago
  People on HN are not as young as you think, and Eno is not such a one-trick pony that the music he makes himself has much resemblance to the more mainstream amongst the bands he's produced. So I suspect that your downvotes are for broadcasting unfair assumptions as justification for wilful philistinism.
  - rblatz 6y ago
    Yes I’m a philistine for not spending the time to listen to old music by a dude that made a bunch of music with bands that I don’t particularly like. I knew the name, but nothing else until tonight. He seems very popular, that’s great I don’t really care for a lot of music made before my time. And I don’t care for what he has done during my time. Coldplay boring, David Bowie never got into this music. U2 well let’s just say I was one of the people that went through the process to get their free album removed from my iTunes account. Eno seems exactly the type of music I wouldn’t care for. The fact that I made it this far without knowing who he is and finding all the stuff he has touched not what I like seems to validate that. At what point is it no longer my burden to explore something more until I am no longer a philistine in your opinion?
    - inopinatus 6y ago
      Intentionally broadcasting a lack of knowledge of someone's oeuvre and using that total pig-head ignorance as some kind badge of honour is grade-A philistinism. > At what point is it no longer my burden to explore something more until I am no longer a philistine in your opinion Well, since you ask, I have to suggest just try talking about something you actually know anything about, or are interested in, rather than wasting everyone's time spruiking your incompetence and taking a shit on everyone else's interests. What you do with this feedback remains up to you.
djur 6y ago
Roxy Music keyboardist, David Bowie collaborator, Robert Fripp collaborator, ambient music pioneer, legendary producer (Devo, Talking Heads, U2, etc.), creator of the Windows 95 startup jingle. Some great solo albums in the '70s, too.
- richardfontana 6y ago
  Though I'm not too familiar with all his work, two of his albums had quite an impact on me when I was growing up: the pre-ambient _Before and After Science_ (1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLiAX3NjBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLiAX3NjBY and the classic of ambient music _Ambient 1: Music for Airports_ (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNwYtllyt3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNwYtllyt3Q
cpach 6y ago
If you want to explore his music, this collaboration with the group Cluster might be a good starting point: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_%26_Eno https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_%26_Eno
- jlokier 6y ago
  Thanks! Listening on Spotify now and enjoying it. Never listened to Eno before.
  - kinghtown 6y ago
    His 70s albums are the obvious bangers but I am a huge admirer of his album The Pearl. Thursday Afternoon is quite nice as well. All of his softer late career albums and collaborations are super nice as reading/relaxing music. His movie soundtrack work is really good as well.
  - cpach 6y ago
    I’m glad you liked it!

I know I’ve heard of him, but I don’t know what he has done. He must be before my time. Which means he’s before most people on HN’s time. Edit: guess not knowing the producer of U2 and Coldplay is a sin around here. I’m 38 and I have no idea what any of his other work is but I don’t think I’d much care for it based on my opinions of those two bands he produced.

pimeys 6y ago
David Bowie's best work was with Eno. You might want to check the album trilogy Low/Heroes/Lodger. And of course his massively influential ambient productions, or the band Talking Heads... Or his ambient experiments with Robert Fripp, inventing the tape loop to make the guitar sound like something else. Or the art/glam rock masterpieces Another Green World and Before and After Science.
matthewh806 6y ago
I don't think the "sin" is not knowing who Eno is, but rather, an unwillingness to explore and educate yourself. "He must be before my time" "I know I’ve heard of him" So, you make some research and the best you can come up with is "the producer of U2 and Coldplay"... "I have no idea what any of his other work is but I don’t think I’d much care for it based on my opinions of those two bands he produced." It all just reads as wilful ignorance... You obviously care enough to comment and bask in the fact that you're unaware of him. As if being oblivious to a hugely influential figure should be worn like a badge of pride or something
inopinatus 6y ago
People on HN are not as young as you think, and Eno is not such a one-trick pony that the music he makes himself has much resemblance to the more mainstream amongst the bands he's produced. So I suspect that your downvotes are for broadcasting unfair assumptions as justification for wilful philistinism.
- rblatz 6y ago
  Yes I’m a philistine for not spending the time to listen to old music by a dude that made a bunch of music with bands that I don’t particularly like. I knew the name, but nothing else until tonight. He seems very popular, that’s great I don’t really care for a lot of music made before my time. And I don’t care for what he has done during my time. Coldplay boring, David Bowie never got into this music. U2 well let’s just say I was one of the people that went through the process to get their free album removed from my iTunes account. Eno seems exactly the type of music I wouldn’t care for. The fact that I made it this far without knowing who he is and finding all the stuff he has touched not what I like seems to validate that. At what point is it no longer my burden to explore something more until I am no longer a philistine in your opinion?
  - inopinatus 6y ago
    Intentionally broadcasting a lack of knowledge of someone's oeuvre and using that total pig-head ignorance as some kind badge of honour is grade-A philistinism. > At what point is it no longer my burden to explore something more until I am no longer a philistine in your opinion Well, since you ask, I have to suggest just try talking about something you actually know anything about, or are interested in, rather than wasting everyone's time spruiking your incompetence and taking a shit on everyone else's interests. What you do with this feedback remains up to you.

djur 6y ago

Roxy Music keyboardist, David Bowie collaborator, Robert Fripp collaborator, ambient music pioneer, legendary producer (Devo, Talking Heads, U2, etc.), creator of the Windows 95 startup jingle. Some great solo albums in the '70s, too.

richardfontana 6y ago
Though I'm not too familiar with all his work, two of his albums had quite an impact on me when I was growing up: the pre-ambient _Before and After Science_ (1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLiAX3NjBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLiAX3NjBY and the classic of ambient music _Ambient 1: Music for Airports_ (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNwYtllyt3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNwYtllyt3Q

cpach 6y ago

If you want to explore his music, this collaboration with the group Cluster might be a good starting point: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_%26_Eno https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_%26_Eno

jlokier 6y ago
Thanks! Listening on Spotify now and enjoying it. Never listened to Eno before.
- kinghtown 6y ago
  His 70s albums are the obvious bangers but I am a huge admirer of his album The Pearl. Thursday Afternoon is quite nice as well. All of his softer late career albums and collaborations are super nice as reading/relaxing music. His movie soundtrack work is really good as well.
- cpach 6y ago
  I’m glad you liked it!