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Brian Eno: "So Why Are We Doing This?"

Andy Gill, MOJO, May 2001

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT, observing Brian Eno's early career as furnisher of funny noises to the original Roxy Music, to predict that three decades on he would be one of the most successful producers in pop, directly responsible for redeveloping the sounds and careers of David Bowie, Talking Heads, U2 and James.

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