Jim Eno (born February 8, 1966) is the drummer and one of the founding members of the
Austin, Texas band
Spoon. He is also a
record producer and a semiconductor chip designer. Eno is not related to
sound engineer and
record producer Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop an ...
; neither is he related to
pianist Roger Eno.
Overview
Eno was born in Rhode Island. He studied electrical engineering at
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
[Mike Krolak]
"Dedication and Innovation Take Spoon to the Top,"
Prefix Magazine, retrieved October 17, 2007. and worked as a hardware design engineer at
Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston before moving to Austin in 1992 to design microchips for Motorola. Since joining Spoon he has also worked for Metta Technology as an electrical engineer, but has worked entirely in music since mid-2006.
[Joe Gross]
"Spoon Drummer Takes a Seat at the Mixing Table"
Austin 360.com, September 28, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
Eno met the lead singer of Spoon,
Britt Daniel, when replacing the drummer of Daniel's former band
The Alien Beats The Alien Beats is a band created by Britt Daniel.
Before creating Spoon, Britt Daniel toyed around with a few musical acts in the Austin area. After his stint with Skellington, fellow KTSB (now KVRX) DJ Brad Shenfeld asked Britt if he would be ...
. He owns and operates a studio calle
Public Hi-Fiin Austin, Texas, where the band has often recorded. He has co-produced albums for Spoon and has produced albums for other bands, including
!!!
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,
Heartless Bastards, The Relatives and
The Strange Boys
The Strange Boys were an American rock band based in Austin, Texas, composed of Ryan Sambol (guitar, lead vocals, harmonica), Philip Sambol (bass), Greg Enlow (guitar), Mike La Franchi (drums), Jenna E. Thornhill DeWitt (saxophone, backing vocals ...
(discography below). Eno is also an accomplished engineer, working alongside producers Tony Visconti and Steve Berlin. He recently produced two songs for the solo debut of former
Voxtrot frontman,
Ramesh Srivastava, and mixed all three of the "EP 1" songs.
Starting at the Austin City Limits Festival in 2012 and continuing with SXSW 2013, 2014 and 2015, Jim Eno has been curating exclusive sessions for Spotify. Artists featured include:
The Shins,
Palma Violets,
Father John Misty,
The 1975,
Phantogram Phantogram may refer to:
*Phantogram (band)
*Phantogram (optical illusion)
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,
Poliça,
Jagwar Ma,
The Hold Steady,
Rag'n'Bone Man and more.
He was ranked 31st in ''Stylus'' magazine's list of fifty greatest rock drummers.
Selected discography as Producer, Engineer, Mixer
References
1966 births
Living people
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
Spoon (band) members
20th-century American male musicians
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