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The Documentary Podcast

In the Studio: Brian Eno

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Legendary musician, composer and producer Brian Eno has turned his attention to the climate crisis. In 2021 he founded the ground-breaking organisation EarthPercent, a charity which aims to raise $100m by 2030. The money - from royalties of partner artists - is being used to reduce the environmental impact of the music industry, as well as restoring nature, advancing policy change and securing "climate justice and fair environmental stewardship." Among the musicians with whom he is currently collaborating are Coldplay, CHVRCHES, Nile Rogers, Anna Calvi, Louis VI and Michael Stipe. A rare honour, listeners are welcomed inside the hallowed soundproofed walls of his London studio, where they experience first-hand the recording methods of his latest project.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I've worked with a lot of musicians over the years.

0:07.4

David Bowie, now RIP, you two.

0:10.9

I've worked on, I think, on seven albums with them.

0:13.3

From the BBC World Service, this is the documentary.

0:16.5

I'm Antonia Bollingbrook-Kent, and we're in the studio exploring the creative processes

0:20.6

of one of the most important artists of the last 50 years, Brian Eno.

0:25.7

Coldplay, a couple of albums. John Hassel, I made four albums with him. Laurie Anderson I've worked with. James. Who else? Lots of people.

0:36.3

Composer, music producer, visual artist, theorists, activist.

0:41.0

Brian Eno has strutted the stage with 70s glam rock band Roxy Music, resplendent in Gold Lame,

0:47.2

and has since collaborated with everyone from David Byrne of Talking Heads to Robert Fripp and Paul Simon.

0:52.8

He also pioneered ambient music. His

0:55.3

groundbreaking ambient album, Another Green World, has just turned 50. Like many art students,

1:01.3

I left college and joined a band. Unusual sort of person to be in a band because I didn't

1:07.2

really play any instruments. I used electronics and made soundscapes, if you like.

1:14.6

I thought of myself as a kind of sonic painter, really.

1:18.6

At the same time, I didn't give up my visual art.

1:24.6

So that's my parallel career.

1:26.6

The third thing is I work as a producer.

1:30.0

That means I help other people make their records.

1:34.1

And I guess the fourth thing now more and more is that I'm an activist.

1:38.8

I am actively involved in trying to work on social change.

1:45.0

We're in Bryan's studio, an airy loft light muse house in West London.

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