Brian Eno

producer, synthesizer, vocal, performer, mix, keyboard, guitar, piano, arranger, recording, electronic instruments, remixer, engineer, percussion, bass, programming, guitars, organ, strings, drums, instrument arranger, tape, Minimoog, chorus master, effects, sampler, misc, bass guitar, drum machine, brass, other instruments, shakers, grand piano, harmonium, oboe, bass synthesizer, trumpet, Hammond organ, Clavinet, vibraphone, horn, bass pedals

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
U2 (Irish rock band)
Talking Heads
Karl Fredrik Lind
James (Manchester indie rock band)
Rhett Davies engineer, producer, trumpet 1/1, Another Green World, Becalmed, Everything Merges With the Night, Golden Hours, In Dark Trees, I’ll Come Running, Little Fishes, Over Fire Island, Sky Saw, Sombre Reptiles, Spirits Drifting, St. Elmo’s Fire, Strange Light, The Big Ship, Zawinul/Lava

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Rhett Davies engineer, producer, trumpet 1/1, Another Green World, Becalmed, Everything Merges With the Night, Golden Hours, In Dark Trees, I’ll Come Running, Little Fishes, Over Fire Island, Sky Saw, Sombre Reptiles, Spirits Drifting, St. Elmo’s Fire, Strange Light, The Big Ship, Zawinul/Lava
Michael Brook mix Thursday Afternoon (61-minute version)
Barry Sage engineer Another Green World, Becalmed, Everything Merges With the Night, Golden Hours, In Dark Trees, I’ll Come Running, Little Fishes, Over Fire Island, Sky Saw, Sombre Reptiles, Spirits Drifting, St. Elmo’s Fire, The Big Ship, Zawinul/Lava
Markus Dravs mix, programming, remixer Ali Click, Ali Click (Darkly Mad mix), Ali Click (Rural "Doo Gap" mix), Fractal Zoom, Fractal Zoom (Separate Time Full Length), Fractal Zoom (Separate Time edit), Fractal Zoom (Small Country), Fractal Zoom (Zaire mix), Juju Space Jazz, My Squelchy Life, The Roil, the Choke, Web (Lascaux mix), What Actually Happened?, Wire Shock
Robert Ash engineer Another Green World, Becalmed, Everything Merges With the Night, Golden Hours, In Dark Trees, I’ll Come Running, Little Fishes, Over Fire Island, Sky Saw, Sombre Reptiles, Spirits Drifting, St. Elmo’s Fire, The Big Ship, Zawinul/Lava
Guy Bidmead engineer Another Green World, Becalmed, Everything Merges With the Night, Golden Hours, In Dark Trees, I’ll Come Running, Little Fishes, Over Fire Island, Sky Saw, Sombre Reptiles, Spirits Drifting, St. Elmo’s Fire, The Big Ship, Zawinul/Lava
Robert Fripp electric guitar, guitar, guitars Baby’s on Fire, Blank Frank, Driving Me Backwards, Golden Hours, I’ll Come Running, Slow Water, Sparrowfall, Part 1, St. Elmo’s Fire
Derek Chandler engineer Baby’s on Fire, Blank Frank, Cindy Tells Me, Dead Finks Don’t Talk, Driving Me Backwards, Here Come the Warm Jets, Needles in the Camel’s Eye, On Some Faraway Beach, Some of Them Are Old, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer) mix, bass guitar Baby’s on Fire, Blank Frank, Cindy Tells Me, Dead Finks Don’t Talk, Driving Me Backwards, Here Come the Warm Jets, Needles in the Camel’s Eye, On Some Faraway Beach, Some of Them Are Old, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
Paul Rudolph bass, bass guitar, guitar, guitars, snare drum Aragon, Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards, From the Same Hill, Here Come the Warm Jets, I’ll Come Running, M386, Patrolling Wire Borders, Sky Saw, Zawinul/Lava
Percy Jones arranger, bass, bass guitar, fretless bass A Measured Room, Aragon, Energy Fools the Magician, From the Same Hill, M386, Over Fire Island, Patrolling Wire Borders, Sky Saw, Zawinul/Lava
John Cale performer, producer, piano, viola Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards, Golden Hours, Patrolling Wire Borders, Sky Saw, Spinning Away
Phil Collins (of Genesis) drums, percussion Aragon, From the Same Hill, M386, Over Fire Island, Patrolling Wire Borders, Sky Saw, Zawinul/Lava
Gavin Bryars arranger, conductor Three Variations on the "Canon in D Major" by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, I: Fullness of Wind, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, II: French Catalogues, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour
Simon King percussion Baby’s on Fire, Blank Frank, Driving Me Backwards, Here Come the Warm Jets, Needles in the Camel’s Eye, On Some Faraway Beach
Phil Manzanera guitars Cindy Tells Me, Needles in the Camel’s Eye, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
Daniel Lanois engineer, mix, performer, producer, steel guitar Deep Blue Day, Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960, Thursday Afternoon (61-minute version), White Mustang, You Don’t Miss Your Water
The Grid remixer Ali Click (Trance mix - long), Ali Click (Trance mix - short)
Roger Eno performer Theme for "Opera", Thursday Afternoon (61-minute version)
Peter Kelsey engineer, recording Three Variations on the "Canon in D Major" by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, I: Fullness of Wind, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, II: French Catalogues, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour
Rod Melvin Rhodes piano, electric piano, piano I’ll Come Running, Patrolling Wire Borders, Sky Saw, Zawinul/Lava
Fred Frith arranger, electric guitar, guitar Slow Water, Strange Light, Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd), Two Rapid Formations
Bill MacCormick bass, bass guitar Blank Frank, Needles in the Camel’s Eye, Slow Water, Two Rapid Formations
Busta Jones arranger, bass guitar Cindy Tells Me, Dead Finks Don’t Talk, On Some Faraway Beach, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
The Cockpit Ensemble performer Three Variations on the "Canon in D Major" by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, I: Fullness of Wind, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, II: French Catalogues, Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour
Marty Simon percussion Baby’s on Fire, Cindy Tells Me, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
Robert Wyatt percussion, piano 1/1, Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
Leo Abrahams guitar A Long Way Down, Caught Between, This
John "Rabbit" Bundrick organ Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
Inge Zeininger vocal 1/2, 2/1
Andy Mackay keyboard, saxophone On Some Faraway Beach, Some of Them Are Old
Archie Leggatt bass guitar Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
Brian Turrington arranger, bass guitar, piano Everything Merges With the Night, Third Uncle
Chris Spedding guitars Needles in the Camel’s Eye, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
Christa Fast vocal 1/2, 2/1
Christine Gomez vocal 1/2, 2/1
Dave Hutchins engineer 1/2, 2/1
Dave Mattacks percussion Slow Water, Two Rapid Formations
Eddie Sparrow bass drum, drums Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
John Wetton bass guitar Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
John Wood (UK producer) engineer Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
Kevin Ayers bass guitar Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
Nick Judd arranger, keyboard Cindy Tells Me, Dead Finks Don’t Talk
Ollie Halsall guitar, piano Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
Phil Ault engineer Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
Ray Doyle engineer Baby’s on Fire, Driving Me Backwards
Sweetfeed vocal Blank Frank, On Some Faraway Beach
Jah Wobble producer Left Where It Fell
Jan Peter Schwalm drums, piano, synthesizer Bottomliners
Jon Hopkins keyboard And Then So Clear
Aylie Cooke vocal Bone Bomb
Lloyd Watson slide guitar Some of Them Are Old
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall) producer, remixer Fractal Zoom (Mary's Birthday mix)
Nell Catchpole violin How Many Worlds
Nick Kool & The Koolaids keyboard Blank Frank
Nicolas Jaar remixer LUX (Nicolas Jaar remix)
Nigel Gayler engineer Thursday Afternoon (61-minute version)
Paul Thompson (Roxy Music drummer) arranger, percussion Dead Finks Don’t Talk
Conny Plank engineer 2/2
Tim Hunt (engineer) engineer Thursday Afternoon (61-minute version)

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
U2 arranger, engineer, instrument arranger, mix, producer, programming, vocal, harmonium, keyboard, piano, strings, synthesizer 4th of July, 4th of July (single version), A Sort of Homecoming, A Sort of Homecoming (Daniel Lanois remix), Bad, Bass Trap, Beautiful Day, Beautiful Day (The Perfecto mix), Boomerang I, Boomerang II, Breathe, Desert of Our Love, Dirty Day, Disappearing Act, Elevation, Elevation (Tomb Raider mix), Elvis Presley and America, Even Better Than the Real Thing, Fez – Being Born, Get on Your Boots, Grace, Heartland, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, In a Little While, Indian Summer Sky, Kite, Lemon, Lemon (Perfecto mix), Love Is Blindness, Love and Peace or Else, Luminous Times (Hold on to Love), MLK, Magnificent, Moment of Surrender, Mysterious Ways, New York, No Line on the Horizon, Numb, One, Peace on Earth, Pride (In the Name of Love), Pride (In the Name of Love) (single version), Promenade, Red Hill Mining Town (2017 mix), Rise Up, Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come, So Cruel, Some Days Are Better Than Others, Soon, Spanish Eyes, Stand Up Comedy, Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Sweetest Thing, Sweetest Thing (the single mix), The First Time, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, The Three Sunrises, The Unforgettable Fire, Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World, Ultra Violet (Light My Way), Unknown Caller, Until the End of the World, Walk to the Water, Wave of Sorrow (Birdland), When I Look at the World, Where the Streets Have No Name, White as Snow, Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Wild Honey, Wire, Wire (Celtic Dub mix), Your Blue Room, Zooropa, Zooropa (edit)
Talking Heads mix, performer, producer, recording, vocal, bass, guitar, keyboard, percussion, piano, synthesizer Air, Animals, Artists Only, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), Burning Down the House, Cities, Crosseyed and Painless, Drugs, Electric Guitar, Found a Job, Girlfriend Is Better, Heaven, Houses in Motion, I Zimbra, I’m Not in Love, Life During Wartime, Listening Wind, Love → Building on Fire, Memories Can't Wait, Memories Can’t Wait, Mind, Once in a Lifetime, Paper, Seen and Not Seen, Stay Hungry, Take Me to the River, Thank You for Sending Me an Angel, The Big Country, The Girls Want to Be With the Girls, The Good Thing, The Great Curve, The Overload, This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody), Warning Sign, With Our Love
Karl Fredrik Lind producer, programming, vocal, Clavinet, bass, bass synthesizer, brass, drums, effects, guitar, keyboard, organ, piano, synthesizer A Man Wakes Up, Big Band Song, Brazil 3, Celebration, Cells & Bells, DBF, Daddy’s Car, Lilac, Mother of a Dog, Moulded Life, On a Grey Day, Return, Slow Down, Sit Down and Breathe, Strip It Down, The Satellites, Time to Waste It, Titian Bekh, To Us All, When I Built This World, Who Rings the Bell, Witness
James producer, vocal Avalanche, Blue Pastures, Dream Thrum, Five-O, Go to the Bank, Goal, Goal, Goal, Greenpeace, Homeboy, Laid, Lost a Friend, Play Dead, She’s a Star, Skin Diving 1-3-4 (remix), Sometimes (Lester Piggott), Tomorrow, Waltzing Along, Watering Hole
Michael Brook arranger, engineer, instrument arranger, mix, producer, programming Breakdown, Err, Hawaii, Lakbossa, Midday, Ocean Motion, Red Shift, Shona Bridge, Slow Breakdown, Ten, Ultramarine, Urbana, Vacant
Robert Fripp performer, vocal, synthesizer Exposure, Here Comes the Flood, North Star, Postscript, Preface
David Bowie arranger, producer, programming, vocal, Minimoog, electronic instruments, guitar, horn, keyboard, piano, synthesizer, trumpet African Night Flight, Always Crashing in the Same Car, Art Decade, Boys Keep Swinging, Breaking Glass, Fantastic Voyage, Look Back in Anger, Red Sails, Sound and Vision, The Hearts Filthy Lesson (radio edit), Warszawa, What in the World, “Heroes”
Coldplay producer, vocal, synthesizer Glass of Water, Life in Technicolor II, Lost+, Lovers in Japan (Osaka Sun mix), Low, Now My Feet Won’t Touch the Ground, Postcards From Far Away, Prospekt’s March / Poppyfields, Rainy Day, The Goldrush, Viva la vida, Yes / Chinese Sleep Chant
Сергей Алексеев producer, vocal Almost, Atmosphere, Aubade, By the Riverside, Les Demoiselles, Luneburg Heath, Sometimes in Autumn, Trace, Vamos Compañeros, Weird Dream, Welcome, When Shade Was Born
Paul Simon electronic instruments Another Galaxy, Beautiful, Everything About It Is a Love Song, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Don’t Believe, Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean, Outrageous, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, That’s Me, Wartime Prayers
Great Scott producer Back in Judy's Jungle, Burning Airlines Give You So Much More, China My China, Mother Whale Eyeless, Put a Straw Under Baby, Taking Tiger Mountain, The Fat Lady of Limbourg, The Great Pretender, The True Wheel, Third Uncle
斎藤伸子 producer, recording Been There, Done That, Cordoba, Crime in the Desert, Empty Frame, Footsteps, In the Backroom, Lay My Love, One Word, Spinning Away, The River
Ultravox producer Dangerous Rhythm, I Want to Be a Machine, Life at Rainbow’s End (For All the Tax Exiles on Main Street), My Sex, Satday Night in the City of the Dead, Slip Away, The Lonely Hunter, The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned, Wide Boys
John Cale performer, synthesizer Bicycle, Heartbreak Hotel, The Soul of Carmen Miranda
Fritz Fuller producer, guitar, synthesizer Ba-Benzélé, Charm (Over “Burundi Cloud”), Chemistry, Delta Rain Dream, Griot (Over “Contagious Magic”), Rising Thermal 14° 16′ N; 32° 28′ E
Jan Kulbin producer Blinking Eyes, Daa Daa Edikanfo, Gbenta, Moonlight Africa, Nka Bom, Something Lefeh-O
Gavin Bryars producer Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet, The Sinking of the Titanic
Phil Manzanera electronic instruments Broken Dreams, Manzra, Waiting for the Sun to Shine
Daniel Lanois performer, producer Tension Block
The Grid remixer Heartbeat (Beating Time mix), Heartbeat (Infinity mix), Heartbeat (Squelchy mix), Heartbeat (Sweetdome mix)
Owen Pallett chorus master, vocal, guitar, synthesizer I Am Not Afraid, In Conflict, Infernal Fantasy, On a Path, The Riverbed
Roger Eno performer, producer A Place in the Wilderness, Quixote, Voices
David Byrne bass, guitar, piano, synthesizer, vibraphone Adé, Eggs in a Briar Patch, The Blue Flame, The Red House, Two Soldiers
Max Eastley producer Elastic Aerophone / Centriphone, Hydrophone, Metallophone, The Centriphone
808 State remixer Lopez (A Metamorphic mix by Brian Eno), Lopez (Metaphorically), Lopez (a metamorphic mix by Brian Eno)
Laraaji producer Dance #1, Meditation II, Zaragoza
Arto Lindsay performer 4 Skies, Enxugar, Resemblances
David Toop performer, producer, bass guitar Do the Bathosphere, The Chairs Story, The Divination of the Bowhead Whale
Depeche Mode remixer, synthesizer I Feel You (Life’s Too short mix), I Feel You (Swamp mix), In Your Room (Apex mix)
Nico performer Innocent and Vain, It Has Not Taken Long, You Forgot to Answer
Paul Cardenas producer Sirens, White Mustang
Jane Siberry producer, guitars, oboe, shakers, synthesizer Sail Across the Water, Temple
Slowdive keyboard, other instruments Here She Comes, Sing
UNKLE performer, sampler, synthesizer I Need Something Stronger, I Need Something Stronger (DanF remix)
Fripp & Eno producer, sampler, synthesizer, tape Swastika Girls, The Heavenly Music Corporation
EBN remixer, keyboard 3:78, Homicidal Schizophrenic (A Lad Insane)
Damon Albarn vocal, synthesizer Heavy Seas of Love, You and Me
Anna Calvi vocal, piano Desire, Suzanne & I
All Star Tribute keyboard What's Going On (The London Version), What's Going On (The London version)
シクラメン performer Gottes Lachen
JUN. K producer Theme for “Opera”
Passengers vocal A Different Kind of Blue
INXS mix I'm Only Looking
Helle Lemmik performer, vocal [2 "songs in progress"] (broadcast: 2001-07-02: Klanghorizonte, German radio)
方永豐 performer Distant Village
細野晴臣 misc Ambient Meditation #3
She's Beautiful performer My Dark Life
The Neville Brothers vocal A Change Is Gonna Come
Harold Budd engineer, producer Totems of the Red-Sleeved Warrior
Matching Mole synthesizer Gloria Gloom
Massive Attack remixer Protection (The Eno mix)
The Walkabouts vocal Train to Mercy
L.A. Doors performer, producer My Dark Life
Dido keyboard Day Before We Went to War
Desertshore performer Ice Castles Intro
Peter Gabriel misc Black Paintings
Slop Shop remixer Stay... And Come! (Brian Eno remix)
Chuluunkhüül producer Drunk Chicken / America
A Man Called Adam performer Luv Forgotten
Can remixer Pnoom (Moon Up mix)
Camel synthesizer Elke
Barry Devlin performer The Pearl
eimy synthesizer The Wanderer / [untitled]
Sinéad O’Connor piano Emma’s Song
Aitor Velázquez Prados producer, synthesizer The Wanderer