just a genius as far as i'm concerned (and very humble with it too).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00q9xqk/arena-brian-eno-another-green-world
and one of the most beautiful pieces of music too
No argument from me - he's quietly influenced a vast amount of modern music.
I am rather fond of this number...
We had California Girls, answered by Back in the USSR then Eno came up with this:
My life in the bush of ghosts. Been tripping out to that for 30 years. Still mindblowing.
What are the essential albums to buy please?
Without doubt very close to genius status, I saw his series of video paintings called 'Thursday Afternoon' at the Stedelijk when I was an art studio in the 80s, the cityscape sequence is amazing. I found this version but it's the wrong orientation, see, he was even using innovative ways of using screen ratio and space.
Ambient 4 and Evening Star with Robert Fripp are personal faves.
I was told the city is Bristol?