Brian Eno: Behind The Reflection - BBC Click
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- 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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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.
well said
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.
Dee Wye i loved this thought. thank you
“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.
@@justicehoffman752 “Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Was he thinking of the press and critics I wonder.
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.
i wonder what headphones he chose?
Great story.
Yeah ok.
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.
To me it is David Lynch, but Brian Eno really close!
Mr Eno is a national treasure. Fascinating on many levels...could listen to him pontificating for hours
I sincerely wish this was 30 hours long instead of 30 minutes long.
I was watching another interview with Eno today on TH-cam 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. :-)
I cannot agree more. And now that you say that, maybe what I really want is to hang out with him for a day.
or two, or a week, or one month, maybe a year or maybe we need some more time
Eventually technology will be good enough to have generative Brian Eno interviews that last forever
Incredibly inspiring!!
Hes a very unpretentious lovely man
Truly lovely
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.
If there were more Brians this world would be a much better place.
Perfectly said sir
Brian Eno is one of the great scientific, artistic and musical innovators of our time. A man with a huge and valuable intellect.
Those notebooks alone could be worth billions someday.
I've been an Eno fan since Roxy Music, and I've never seen this side of him. His genius is amazing.
We are so fortunate to have brilliant artists like Brian Eno and David Lynch.
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.
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.
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.
he is creativity, he never stops being fascinated with his various artistic paths
6:00 Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry magazine in left bottom corner, nice to see Brian is keeping up with new artists
He’s anything but a philistine
One of the greatest, important, creative, intelligent, influential, special British musicians ever. Love his stuff :)
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.
Imagine if Eno and Aphex Twin did a collab.
oh yes please
discorobotification would live to listen to that
discorobotification that would be quite nice to listen to
They did
...funnily enough, I don't think it'd work. Be too much like the irresistable force meeting the immovable object! ;-)
Awww, I love that Brian found a cool potato rock. I can relate.
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.
Should be UK's minister of education
I was just thinking that. Imagine if he was Minister for Culture, Arts and Education.
Stellar idea! He certainly knows a lot more about realistic education..
He is more intelligent than the whole of the UK’s government combined!
He's too overqualified for any government.
that 'speaker plant' at 3:20 is absolutely mindblowing.
Ive rewatched this so many times
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 !
17:50 “when Brian Eno discovered Autechre”
I have Oblique Strategies and I use them all the time. Great interview and insight to the man himself.
I'm so happy watching this.
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.
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.
Absolutely adore this guy. Thoroughly enjoyed that.
Frank Ocean spotted at 0:09
Are you saying he's a 'potato like object'?!
That was a joy to watch my favourite artist in his playzones. Thank you for sharing yourself Brian.
What an fascinating guy Brian Eno is. Id love to observe him, doing his thing
read his diary from 1995!
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.
He's a genius he has had his fingers in so many of my favorite songs from so many people,
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.
18:20 heads into some Autechre territory
Experimentation is brilliance beyond imagination. How wonderful to invigorate all the senses in so many creative ways.
The master at work. Loved watching this.
Loving the creative camera work. The fast cuts and experimental angles seem so fitting :)
03.17 I saw these installed in a botanical garden in Geneva. The sound changed as you moved passed them. It sounded great.
Fantastic! I finally got to see what his little speakers were about. Nice interview boys.
This man looks timeless.
Wow! Learn something new, every day.
Love B. Eno. Groovy artist/musician.
Checking out the app now.
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...
Brian you've just defined the essence of why Science is so endless while at the same time Art can be so do-able.
Fascinating. An artist in every sense of the word
Brian Eno and I use the same MIDI controller... that makes me feel particularly special.
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
7:28 there is some girl back there. She is one of the reasons of Eno being this amazing.
Man, you have one hell of an eye ! :)
Bit 'The Ring' though.
Some real gems in there
Such wonderful
Insights into his way of creating
Wow....just..wow!
I never would’ve thought that I’d want Brian Eno to DJ at my party.
The humble genius of sound.
Thank you for this.
Brian has the ability to rouse my interest in subjects I would have assumed hold little appeal. He would have made a terrific teacher.
So incredibly cool.
There is a lot of value to be gained here, nice
Brian is one of a kind
Brian coming with that heat 🔥
interviewer /homework /lucky / interesting /hypnotic. and special thanks to the BBC. love from Canada.
Brilliant! So glad there's a Brian Eno! He's kinda smart, huh?
Thank you!
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
He is so inspiring
Scenius!
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
Groove at 17:29 just waow it is really great. Is it released in that version?
Brian is a very charismatic man!
Very inspiring
Dear Brian Eno…Thank you for being who you are
That was a beautiful 30 minutes of blur.
wow excellent very interessting great guy !
"What a Fantastically Beautiful Mind!"
Brian Eno is a magician.
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.
Eno surrenders enthusiasticallyto his interests, and thereby constantly grows as an artist.
The Scripters he is using are all native to Logic!!!!! You can all do it now if you have the Software!!!! (Under MIDI effects)
Searched for Scripters in Logic ProX help..nothing comes up?
midi effect> scripter. The actual scripts he's useing are custom.
Cheers
Is there similar midi effects for ableton?
@@ODDJOHNOFFICIAL I'm interested in Ableton as well. Maybe a VST can work. Any experts?
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 👌
Crazy that just four years later what he was doing on his own with scripts is now natively built into Ableton 11
22:46 definitely thought the interviewer just swiped the cards XD until I realized that's his phone
Brian Eno=Magik Luminous Soul...
b4 & after modern science...
amazing that he defines, Many speakers working together creates a phase relationship, In UFOligy many kraft work together too create a mother ship.
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.
Are there any vst plugins which do this type of random midi change up?
Only if Eno ever made an industrial album ooof
Started as a Brian Eno interview. Became a Logic tutorial.
Brilliant!!! I love the man - such an intelligent and creative mind. Now if I can only learn what he's doing with the scripter - it's fascinating.
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.
The way of the future, now he have to find a way to break the technology and break those rules along with it
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.
does someone know the name of the software eno uses? . minute 10 aprox
what are the studio monitors enos using? anyone recognize?
Fun part in making music is when one discovers how to ................
Then come the formulas Yak .........
Fascinating individual B. E.
Brian Eno understands irony and humor.
ought to couple a heterskadiscity element to the markov chain for added stochasticity
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.
I'd like to have a set of those idea cards. Great stuff.
There are free Oblique Strategies apps. Simple and very useful.
You can buy them from Eno Shop or eBay etc
there are web apps out there for viewing them, and physical cards, and smartphone apps too.
Make your own!
10:04 Raaga....how curious, he appreciates indian classical music to the point of applying its framework. Mad props!
I don't think it's possible to be a music genius without having a healthy affinity for Indian Classical.