Brian Eno: Behind The Reflection

Brian Eno: Behind The Reflection - BBC Click

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7 жыл бұрын

BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly spends an afternoon talking art, science, music and potatoes with music legend and godfather of ambient music Brian Eno.
His new app, Reflection, is a “generative” piece of music that changes every time you listen. In this extended chat we look in-depth at the rules and maths behind Reflection, where notes are altered depending on certain probabilities. We also hear some of Eno’s other ground-breaking generative work, including a very human robot drummer, some super-evil funk and a robot guitarist that could give Nile Rogers a run for his money.
We look at his sound and visual art, including 77 million paintings, get a sneak peek inside his notebooks, and find out how he invented the legendary Oblique Strategies cards.
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@dionyates2482 7 жыл бұрын

What I really admire about Eno is that he never plays the 'wizard' role; he doesn't obscure what he does or adopt a twerpy persona. Spencer Kelly is trying to big him up as though he has mystical powers, but Eno wants to demystify what he does and let others know it's within their capabilities. He's obviously dazzlingly bright, but above all he extols the joy of having an enquiring mind.

@summerrona 6 жыл бұрын

well said

@j3ffn4v4rr0 6 жыл бұрын

That's the key to his genius, I believe....constantly being curious and never being afraid to make mistakes. It's inspirational, because anyone can foster those qualities, and be a little closer to genius.

@jupinski 6 жыл бұрын

Dee Wye i loved this thought. thank you

@justicehoffman752 4 жыл бұрын

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” - Arthur Conan Doyle There’s nothing better than being a humble genius who wants to share and learn from/ be challenged by others. Dudes living life.

@ktkee7161 4 жыл бұрын

@@justicehoffman752 “Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Was he thinking of the press and critics I wonder.

@Kevinfordsynthesizers 3 жыл бұрын

I met Mr Eno years ago when I worked in a hifi store. I didn’t recognise him until he produced his credit card, he was generous enough to spend time talking synthesizers - or more precisely my ‘museum pieces’ as he described them, whilst explaining the principles of digital synthesis. He’d only come in to buy a pair of headphones. Thank you Brian.

@kristinabekker3790 2 жыл бұрын

i wonder what headphones he chose?

@markusantonio4866 2 жыл бұрын

Great story.

@brandon1351 20 күн бұрын

Yeah ok.

@NikFarr 7 жыл бұрын

I sincerely wish this was 30 hours long instead of 30 minutes long.

@TOMinPDX 7 жыл бұрын

I was watching another interview with Eno today on KZfaq and someone left this comment, "He's so fucking brilliant. No pretension or pomposity, just a guy who fucking loves to create." So true. And also, he is such a genuinely nice bloke. :-)

@NikFarr 7 жыл бұрын

I cannot agree more. And now that you say that, maybe what I really want is to hang out with him for a day.

@Abstraiit 7 жыл бұрын

or two, or a week, or one month, maybe a year or maybe we need some more time

@polyopuk4179 7 жыл бұрын

Eventually technology will be good enough to have generative Brian Eno interviews that last forever

@ajadrew 7 жыл бұрын

Incredibly inspiring!!

@moeran1944 6 жыл бұрын

For me, Brian Eno is the greatest living artist. His creativity, his work, his music, his personable character, and his clarity of explanation and openness is great.

@TheAPressure2029 2 жыл бұрын

To me it is David Lynch, but Brian Eno really close!

@Kayem967 5 жыл бұрын

Hes a very unpretentious lovely man

@Nilllua 2 жыл бұрын

Truly lovely

@j3ffn4v4rr0 6 жыл бұрын

I think it's funny how people are unimpressed because "everyone else is doing that" when he's the one who came up with it to begin with. It's hard to look original when everyone else has been copying you for decades.

@bigron7009 Жыл бұрын

Mr Eno is a national treasure. Fascinating on many levels...could listen to him pontificating for hours

@Phaedra808 7 жыл бұрын

If there were more Brians this world would be a much better place.

@stephenlynchprivate2137 2 ай бұрын

Perfectly said sir

@David-qu1hh 3 жыл бұрын

I've been an Eno fan since Roxy Music, and I've never seen this side of him. His genius is amazing.

@BassBusMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Brian Eno is one of the great scientific, artistic and musical innovators of our time. A man with a huge and valuable intellect.

@DrRestezi 3 жыл бұрын

Those notebooks alone could be worth billions someday.

@atk_ogre2185 5 жыл бұрын

Eno is f***ing brilliant,isnt he?? This guy has been making beautifull art all hes life without ever falling in the trap that is being a celebrity.

@shedjammer87 3 жыл бұрын

We are so fortunate to have brilliant artists like Brian Eno and David Lynch.

@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1 7 жыл бұрын

Been a big fan of Eno's since waaay back...I'm a geezer...and he always gives me new reasons to continue being a fan. Smart, talented, interesting, pretty humble considering his genius. Aces vid.

@fabianwolf6849 4 күн бұрын

Can't believe this came out seven years ago... I just started experimenting with randomness, scripts and generative sequencing in my music two weeks ago and now I found this and learned that I simply channeled my inner Brian Eno all the time?! I love him so much! ❤❤❤

@takyON207 Жыл бұрын

6:00 Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry magazine in left bottom corner, nice to see Brian is keeping up with new artists

@kai326 Жыл бұрын

He’s anything but a philistine

@globalnomad1221 3 жыл бұрын

he is creativity, he never stops being fascinated with his various artistic paths

@DrRestezi 3 жыл бұрын

I feel lucky to have been turned on to him by high school friends in 1980. Amazing that after 40 years his work never gets old. Thanks to YT it's possible to burrow into more than just his music on a record player.

@HarryCopperPot 4 ай бұрын

Awww, I love that Brian found a cool potato rock. I can relate.

@TheStrongBoyz19 7 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest, important, creative, intelligent, influential, special British musicians ever. Love his stuff :)

@metafuel 3 жыл бұрын

Brian Eno is a true visionary. Much respect for the man. I would've been very impressed that he found such a smooth round potato stone. That's a great find.

@Ennisburger 7 жыл бұрын

Should be UK's minister of education

@moeran1944 6 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that. Imagine if he was Minister for Culture, Arts and Education.

@Corvid 4 жыл бұрын

Stellar idea! He certainly knows a lot more about realistic education..

@thephoenix3155 3 жыл бұрын

He is more intelligent than the whole of the UK’s government combined!

@MrUndersolo 3 жыл бұрын

He's too overqualified for any government.

@exiletomars 7 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Eno and Aphex Twin did a collab.

@samuelphillips6672 6 жыл бұрын

oh yes please

@10097059 6 жыл бұрын

discorobotification would live to listen to that

@tomio8072 6 жыл бұрын

discorobotification that would be quite nice to listen to

@skipper6528 5 жыл бұрын

They did

@hughtuck5147 4 жыл бұрын

...funnily enough, I don't think it'd work. Be too much like the irresistable force meeting the immovable object! ;-)

@ritualcities 3 жыл бұрын

that 'speaker plant' at 3:20 is absolutely mindblowing.

@brianvassallomusic Жыл бұрын

Curiosity generates inspiration and then creativity. I am liking Eno, for his methods that help artists get out of comfort zone and avoid repeating the same thing. A way to keep things new.

@hayleyanna2625 4 күн бұрын

He's just a humble guy. Incredibly talented artist and intelligent. I also admire his activism. Good man.

@LeightonMorris 7 жыл бұрын

Ive rewatched this so many times

@user-hd1vf2ey4s 3 жыл бұрын

Brian Eno , He is a person of incredible genius. “ Reflection “ I use this application all the time. This application always Version ups that change every four seasons,Thank you !

@InvertedPopesMusic 5 жыл бұрын

I have Oblique Strategies and I use them all the time. Great interview and insight to the man himself.

@tinmachine693 7 жыл бұрын

au contraire, eno is under estimated. his outsider status and massive intellect has helped to create some wonderful moments in pop music and beyond. Granted in conjunction with others,but that's how to stay alive. most people have one idea on thier own. then they die from repetition of the same idea. we should cherish this man whilst he is still alive.

@photosynthesis69 5 жыл бұрын

17:50 “when Brian Eno discovered Autechre”

@Kidraver555 7 жыл бұрын

I remember being inspired to make music from looking at the back of Music for Films with his geometric notation design on the back of the cover, for non musicians to draw a song with.

@soonhauchua2296 6 жыл бұрын

Frank Ocean spotted at 0:09

@hearmenow909 Жыл бұрын

Are you saying he's a 'potato like object'?!

@iTomAnks 6 жыл бұрын

18:20 heads into some Autechre territory

@gg41r 6 жыл бұрын

What an fascinating guy Brian Eno is. Id love to observe him, doing his thing

@sleepily 5 жыл бұрын

read his diary from 1995!

@michaelisaacson9735 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy watching this.

@burialmantra 5 жыл бұрын

7:28 there is some girl back there. She is one of the reasons of Eno being this amazing.

@shrink2000 5 жыл бұрын

Man, you have one hell of an eye ! :)

@thatguybloke4849 4 жыл бұрын

Bit 'The Ring' though.

@menesfrancois 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it happened by now but I would love to see and hear the result of Brian Eno playing with Elektron sequencers ... Would suit him really great.

@exert2020 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely adore this guy. Thoroughly enjoyed that.

@dr3754 4 жыл бұрын

this is just great and very generous of eno. the interviewer is so-so, but he lets the guy talk, so thats a win. plus eno was in very good humor and it makes you want to hang around this.

@tonymirabal8832 3 жыл бұрын

He's a genius he has had his fingers in so many of my favorite songs from so many people,

@perchix5252 4 жыл бұрын

searching for origins of Windows 95 startup sound brought me to discover a person, who is so incredibly extraordinary. Completely out of this world. His music.. so flowing, so merging. Truly discovered a new gem. In fact it was 1 AM.. guess the best ideas come past midnight lol xD

@exert2020 3 жыл бұрын

03.17 I saw these installed in a botanical garden in Geneva. The sound changed as you moved passed them. It sounded great.

@jasoncourtney2021 7 жыл бұрын

The master at work. Loved watching this.

@Atmosphericol 4 ай бұрын

That was a joy to watch my favourite artist in his playzones. Thank you for sharing yourself Brian.

@arelentlessstudent 7 жыл бұрын

I love how you can totally randomize the drum loops, yet still count the beat. The Modal Randomizer plugin in Reaper does the same thing. I love playing around with it...

@johntbd 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I finally got to see what his little speakers were about. Nice interview boys.

@piotr803 4 жыл бұрын

This man looks timeless.

@batonamusic 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@YouGenie 2 жыл бұрын

Experimentation is brilliance beyond imagination. How wonderful to invigorate all the senses in so many creative ways.

@jfhm1991 6 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. An artist in every sense of the word

@lifeillumined 3 жыл бұрын

Loving the creative camera work. The fast cuts and experimental angles seem so fitting :)

@TheScreamingFrog916 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Learn something new, every day. Love B. Eno. Groovy artist/musician. Checking out the app now.

@eph_kni 2 жыл бұрын

Brian Eno and I use the same MIDI controller... that makes me feel particularly special.

@jagmarc Жыл бұрын

Brian you've just defined the essence of why Science is so endless while at the same time Art can be so do-able.

@stevesm2010 7 жыл бұрын

Some real gems in there

@2gobeond 4 жыл бұрын

Such wonderful Insights into his way of creating

@nwhelan1743 3 жыл бұрын

So incredibly cool.

@bendillion1444 4 жыл бұрын

I never would’ve thought that I’d want Brian Eno to DJ at my party.

@yosotattoo 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@fridaymusic569 7 жыл бұрын

Wow....just..wow!

@lukeszklarz9674 6 жыл бұрын

There is a lot of value to be gained here, nice

@RoyChartier 2 жыл бұрын

The humble genius of sound.

@michaelbidegain1455 Жыл бұрын

Brian is one of a kind

@Fishoilification 6 жыл бұрын

Brian coming with that heat 🔥

@rosemarymills1671 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! So glad there's a Brian Eno! He's kinda smart, huh?

@Ratguitar58 5 ай бұрын

Dear Brian Eno…Thank you for being who you are

@MarquisSmith 4 жыл бұрын

Brian has the ability to rouse my interest in subjects I would have assumed hold little appeal. He would have made a terrific teacher.

@olijack57 2 жыл бұрын

wow excellent very interessting great guy !

@RoryMichaela 3 жыл бұрын

He is so inspiring

@Chrosam 6 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring

@patriciastepien3906 5 жыл бұрын

interviewer /homework /lucky / interesting /hypnotic. and special thanks to the BBC. love from Canada.

@frankcallo6630 5 жыл бұрын

My artistic hero! A true genius. If they aren't studying him in art schools n 150 years, it is really the end of western civilization.

@matterhalo 3 жыл бұрын

Scenius!

@alanelkins6472 3 жыл бұрын

"What a Fantastically Beautiful Mind!"

@oldschoolfoil2365 5 жыл бұрын

amazing how Brian didn't use his voice enough during those awesome years ...what he did use during those times were great baby on fire and needle camels eye was the best

@idiotinchief 2 жыл бұрын

Eno strikes me as a person who would invite you in and make *sure* you have a cup of tea in your hand before getting too in depth about anything else.

@adrianspier4549 6 жыл бұрын

That was a beautiful 30 minutes of blur.

@BernardColdwell 6 жыл бұрын

Odd seeing his studio like this, but can imagine the work that goes into making such classic albums. Eno is a great creator and I love his musical output whether it be solo efforts or in collaborations and/or production, its all good stuff. I particularly enjoyed the ambient lighting and the array of a million pictures. The speaker setup looks kind of complicated but interesting as well that I can imagine an installation like that. Smart fellow. Thanks for sharing

@thephoenix3155 3 жыл бұрын

Brian is a very charismatic man!

@ferroxglideh5621 6 жыл бұрын

Eno surrenders enthusiasticallyto his interests, and thereby constantly grows as an artist.

@stevechauvette 4 жыл бұрын

22:46 definitely thought the interviewer just swiped the cards XD until I realized that's his phone

@akwalek 4 жыл бұрын

Brian Eno is a magician.

@AndrewWeisMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Started as a Brian Eno interview. Became a Logic tutorial.

@bartpickford1836 3 жыл бұрын

I love a whole variety of music and am not particularly patriotic, but Brian Eno, Imogen Heap, Jamie xx /xx and bat for lashes all make me a proud brit 👌

@lshape309 7 жыл бұрын

The Scripters he is using are all native to Logic!!!!! You can all do it now if you have the Software!!!! (Under MIDI effects)

@ajadrew 7 жыл бұрын

Searched for Scripters in Logic ProX help..nothing comes up?

@ancelrick5396 7 жыл бұрын

midi effect> scripter. The actual scripts he's useing are custom.

@ajadrew 7 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@ODDJOHNOFFICIAL 4 жыл бұрын

Is there similar midi effects for ableton?

@nikolaj_ow 4 жыл бұрын

@@ODDJOHNOFFICIAL I'm interested in Ableton as well. Maybe a VST can work. Any experts?

@joroboro 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy that just four years later what he was doing on his own with scripts is now natively built into Ableton 11

@brandon1351 2 жыл бұрын

Only if Eno ever made an industrial album ooof

@SlashnKashmir 5 жыл бұрын

Groove at 17:29 just waow it is really great. Is it released in that version?

@jasonleaman. 6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to pop over to Brian's place and see if I can work out a more elegant solution to softening up the corners on that spiral staircase.

@oldschoolfoil2365 5 жыл бұрын

amazing that he defines, Many speakers working together creates a phase relationship, In UFOligy many kraft work together too create a mother ship.

@perrypelican9476 4 жыл бұрын

This kind of software is rampant these days, even on iPads, where musicians can create music while having a coffee in a coffee shop. There are more and more programmers doing this kind of thing in various ways with various interfaces. It's so much fun.

@kai326 2 жыл бұрын

The way of the future, now he have to find a way to break the technology and break those rules along with it

@jorgejansen8198 7 жыл бұрын

Brian Eno=Magik Luminous Soul... b4 & after modern science...

@fazbell 5 жыл бұрын

Brian Eno understands irony and humor.

@sassulusmagnus 7 жыл бұрын

I'd like to have a set of those idea cards. Great stuff.

@rhessex 7 жыл бұрын

There are free Oblique Strategies apps. Simple and very useful.

@jmtd_dot_net 6 жыл бұрын

You can buy them from Eno Shop or eBay etc

@LacklusterOfficial 6 жыл бұрын

there are web apps out there for viewing them, and physical cards, and smartphone apps too.

@micahnye7784 5 жыл бұрын

Make your own!

@michaelwildsmith4446 5 жыл бұрын

Hearing him say nobody else is using these methods as far as he knows makes me think he doesn't look around at what many other people are doing in music production today.

@MrUndersolo 3 жыл бұрын

Nora Joyce said about her husband, James, 'I do not know whether or not he is a genius. I just know that there is no one else like him.' This is how I feel about Mr. Eno. Now, I have to get back to his Oblique Strategies cards...

@skipper6528 5 жыл бұрын

This deserved a better interviewer

@poyntbs 4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@nikolaj_ow 4 жыл бұрын

I think he did okay. I would probably be too nerdy about it since I make music my self. It's better to have someone who understands as much as the average viewer so the questions are more like what a "normal" person would have asked