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A Year With Swollen Appendices

Provocateur, cult figure, cerebral rock star, and studio experimentalist, Brian Eno has greatly influenced an encyclopedia of styles—from art rock to punk to world music to techno to ambient music. A founding member of Roxy Music, he went on to work as a solo artist and a producer/collaborator with U2, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Sting, Bono, and others. This diary covers four recording projects in the evolution.

Subject
biographyphilosophy
Themes
musicartcreativitymusicians
Setting
england
Audience
adult
Form
diary

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