Brian Eno is a famous techno musician from United Kingdom. He has
made several techno records including Music For Airports, Another
Green World, Roxy Music's For Your pleasure, and several other techno
records for Talkking Heads, David Bowie and maxwell demon. In addition, he worked with the band U2, who wrote the rock song "Vertigo" but who are most famous for the famous black U2 iPod. (This is an iPod that is regular except it has red buttons and I think it is black. It costs more money than the regular iPod but less money than other iPods like the Iriver. The shuffle is the new ipod and that is cheap and white but doesn't have a screen.) Today Riff Central talks to Brain Eno about what it is like to work with famous bands and invent new music.

RIFF CENTRAL: YOU ARE AN AMBIENT PIONEER BUT BEFORE THAT YOU MADE AN ALBUM CALLED HERE COME WARM JETS

BRIAN ENO: YES

RIFF CENTRAL: THEN YOU MADE AN ALBUM CALLED MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS

BRIAN ENO: YES

RIFF CENTRAL: AND THEN YOU MADE THE ALBUM CALLED TAKING TIGER MOUNTIAN BY
STRATEGY.

BRIAN ENO: YES

RIFF CENTRAL: I'M ASSUMING THAT STRATEGY INVOLVED SOME SORT OF JET?

BRIAN ENO: I DONT REMEMBER. MAYBE. NO.

RIFF CENTRAL: YOU ARE MOST FAMOUS FOR WORKING WITH THE BAND U2 ON ROCK ALBUMS LIKE THE JOSHUA TREE AND ACTION BABY. WERE YOU HONORED TO WORK WITH SUCH A FAMOUS BAND

BRIAN ENO: CERTAINLY BUT THEY WERENT REALLY FAMOUS WHEN I WORKED WITH THEM

RIFF CENTRAL: ARE YOU SAYING YOU MADE U2 FAMOUS

BRIAN ENO: NO OF COURSE NOT! BUT JUST LIKE ANY NEW BAND THEY WERE UNKNOWN AT FIRST

RIFF CNETRAL: BUT THEY'R ENOT UNKNOWN NOW

BRIAN ENO: NO THEY ARE A VERY POPULAR BAND

RIFF CENTRAL: MORE POPULAR THAN YOU?

BRIAN ENO: YES

RIFF CENTRAL: MOVING ON, THE BAND U2 RECENTLY WORKED WITH APPLE IPODS TO MAKE THEIR OWN U2 IPOD. IT HAS RED BUTTONS AND IS BLACK, BUT COSTS MORE THAN REGULAR IPODS

BRIAN ENO: I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION

RIFF CENTRAL: ARE YOU UPSET WITH THE PRICES OF THE IPOD U2 EDITION?

BRIAN ENO: NO

RIFF CENTRAL: ON THE BACK OF THE U2 IPOD THERE ARE SIGNATURES, BUT
NONE OF THEM ARE YOURS. TELL ME HOW YOU FELT WHEN YOU FIRST FOUND OUT U2 HAD KICKED YOU OUT OF YOUR OWN BAND

BRIAN ENO: I WAS NEVER IN THE BAND U2, I ONLY PRODUCED THEIR ALBUM

RIFF CENTRAL: YOU PRODUCED THE ALBUM YOURSELF?

BRIAN ENO: NO WITH ANOTHER PERSON

RIFF CENTRAL: ARE YOU WILLING TO GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT YOU GHOSTWROTE THE JOSHUA TREE AND ACTIONG BABY

BRIAN ENO: NO I AM NOT WILLING TO DO THAT

RIFF CENTRAL: OK. YOU ALSO MADE MUSIC THAT SOUNDS LIKE STUFF HAPPENING AROUND US.

BRIAN ENO: YES AMBIENT MUSIC. I MADE AMBIENT MUSIC WHEN I REALIZED MUSIC COULD BE LIKE WALLPAPER-- IT SURROUNDS YOU AND YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T BRING ATTENTION TO ITSELF, BUT IF YOU GET REALLY CLOSE UP TO IT, YOU SEE ITS INTRICACIES, YOU SEE HOW IT'S STRUCTURED AND BEAUTIFUL

RIFF CENTRAL: WHY SHOULD PEOPLE BUY RECORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STUFF OUTSIDE. SHOULDN'T THEY JUST GO OUTSIDE?

BRIAN ENO: SURE, BUT SOME OF MY RECORDS SOUND INSIDE TOO. FOR INSTANCE, I TRIED TO MAKE MUSIC THAT COULD SOOTHE PEOPLE'S ANXIETIES ABOUT GETTING ON PLANES

RIFF CENTRAL: WAIT A SECOND. WHAT KIND OF PLANE DOESN'T FLY OUTSIDE?

BRIAN ENO: NO IT'S

RIFF CENTRAL: I'M SORRY, CALL ME OLDFASHIONED OR WHATEVER, BUT I ONLY GET ON PLANES THAT FLY OUTSIDE

BRIAN ENO: WELL OF COURSE

RIFF CENTRAL: YOU SEEM REALLY DOWN ON PLANES, EVEN THE OUTSIDE KIND. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MAKING MUSIC FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE FLYING PLANES (OUTSIDE)

BRIAN ENO: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD INVOLVE, SO NO

RIFF CENTRAL: IT WOULD SOUND A LOT LIKE RAP. LISTEN ENO WHAT ARE SOME OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE YOU'VE CREATED AMBIENT MUSIC

BRIAN ENO: I'VE MADE A RECORD ABOUT SOUNDS ON LAND, AND I ALSO WROTE SOUNDTRACKS FOR WHAT I LIKE TO CALL UNREALIZED FILMS

RIFF CENTRAL: HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERING MAKING AN ALBUM CALLED AMBIENT 22: MUSIC ON DANCING

BRIAN ENO: ?

RIFF CENTRAL: IT WOULD SOOTHE PEOPLE'S ANXIETIES ABOUT DANCING.

BRIAN ENO: BUT THAT'S JUST

RIFF CENTRAL: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DANCE

BRIAN ENO: I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND

RIFF CENTRAL: HOW ABOUT AMBIENT 36: MUSIC ON BUTTS

BRIAN ENO: I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT MAKING THAT

RIFF CENTRAL: WELL IT'S NOT PHYSICALLY ON THE BUTTS, JUST ABOUT THEM

BRIAN ENO: OH OK

RIFF CENTRAL: AND SOMETIMES ON THE BUTTS. ENO LET'S CUT TO THE CHASE. DO YOU THINK M83 IS AMBIENT OR JUST REALLY BORING

BRIAN ENO: I DON'T KNOW

RIFF CENTRAL: WHAT ABOUT KEITH FULLERTRON WHITMAN

BRIAN ENO: WHO?

RIFF CENTRAL: WHAT ABOUT THE STROKES. BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN PLAY THEIR RECORD AND NOT REALLY PAY ATTENTION, AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY LISTEN AND BE LIKE WHOA, SOUNDS LIKE WALLPAPER

BRIAN ENO: I SUPPOSE

RIFF CENTRAL: DO YOU THINK THE STROKES DESERVE AN IPOD

BRIAN ENO: WHAT IS AN IPOD

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