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{{short description|American drummer}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Jim Eno
| image               =Jimeno.jpg
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| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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| alias               =
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1966|2|8}}
| birth_place         = [[Warwick, Rhode Island]], U.S.
| death_date          =
| origin              = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]
| instrument          = [[drum kit|Drums]]
| genre               = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation          =
| years_active        = 1992–present
| label               =
| associated_acts     = [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]], [[The Alien Beats]]
| website             = [http://www.public-hifi.com Public Hi-Fi]
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'''Jim Eno''' (born February 8, 1966)<ref>United States birth records</ref> is an American drummer and one of the founding members of the [[Austin, Texas]] band [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]].  He is also a [[record producer]] and a semiconductor chip designer.
==Overview==
Eno was born in Rhode Island. He studied electrical engineering at [[North Carolina State University]]<ref name="prefix">Mike Krolak, [http://www.prefixmag.com/features/S/spoon/148 "Dedication and Innovation Take Spoon to the Top,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817012205/http://www.prefixmag.com/features/S/Spoon/148 |date=2007-08-17 }} Prefix Magazine, retrieved October 17, 2007.</ref> 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.<ref name="austin360">Joe Gross, [http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/xl/2006/09/28eno.html "Spoon Drummer Takes a Seat at the Mixing Table"], Austin 360.com, September 28, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2007.</ref>
Eno met the lead singer of Spoon, [[Britt Daniel]], when replacing the drummer of Daniel's former band [[The Alien Beats]].<ref>James McNally, [http://www.consolationchamps.com/spoon/interview.html "Interview with Britt Daniel"], ''Consolation Champs'', retrieved March 11, 2008.</ref> He owns and operates a studio called [http://www.public-hifi.com Public Hi-Fi] in Austin, Texas, where the band has often recorded.  He has co-produced albums for Spoon and has produced albums for other bands, including [[!!!]], [[Heartless Bastards]], The Relatives and [[The Strange Boys]] (discography below).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://btdrum.com/jimeno.html|title=Bang The Drum - Jim Eno|website=Btdrum.com}}</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rameshalwayswins.com/win.html |title=R A M E S H |publisher=Rameshalwayswins.com |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref>
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 (band)|Phantogram]], [[Poliça]], [[Jagwar Ma]], [[The Hold Steady]], [[Rag'n'Bone Man]] and more.<ref>[Candice Katz, [http://news.spotify.com/us/2012/12/04/jim-eno/ "Exclusive “Live in the Studio” Spotify Sessions curated by Jim Eno"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729211046/http://news.spotify.com/us/2012/12/04/jim-eno/ |date=2014-07-29 }}</ref>
He was ranked 31st in ''Stylus'' magazine's list of fifty greatest rock drummers.<ref>[http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-50-greatest-rock-drummers.htm "Stylus Magazine's 50 Greatest Rock Drummers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524213700/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-50-greatest-rock-drummers.htm |date=2012-05-24 }}, Retrieved October 17, 2007.</ref>
===Selected discography as Producer, Engineer, Mixer===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Release year<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jim-eno-mn0000284554/credits|title=Jim Eno: Discography|website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
! Album
! Artist
|-
|2000
|''[[Love Ways]]''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2000
|''[[Living on the Outside]]''
|Eliza Wren
|-
|2001
|''[[Girls Can Tell]]''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2002
|''[[Kill the Moonlight]]''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2003
|''[[Drive It Like You Stole It]]''
|[[Sally Crewe]]
|-
|2003
|''[[Team Boo]]''
|[[Mates of State]]
|-
|2003
|''[[Unite Tonight]]''
|[[Those Peabodys]]
|-
|2004
|''[[Comedy Horn]]''
|Zykos
|-
|2004
|''[[Home, Vol. 4]]''
|[[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]]
|-
|2004
|''[[Trying to Never Catch Up]]'' (Bonus Tracks)
|[[What Made Milwaukee Famous (band)|What Made Milwaukee Famous]]
|-
|2005
|''[[Gimme Fiction]]''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2005
|''[[Shortly After Take-Off]]''
|[[Sally Crewe]]
|-
|2007
|''[[Cover Yourself]]''
|[[Blues Traveler]]
|-
|2007
|''[[The Spirit of Giving - EP]]''
|-
|2007
|''[[Say Something (album)|Say Something]]''
|[[Via Audio]]
|-
|2007
|''[[Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga]]''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2007
|''[[Lynn Teeter Flower]]''
|[[Maria Taylor (musician)|Maria Taylor]]
|-
|2008
|''[[Re-Arrange Us]]'' (1 Song)
|[[Mates of State]]
|-
|2008
|''[[Your Nearest Exit May Be Behind You]]''
|[[Sally Crewe]]
|-
|2008
|''[[Welcome to the Follow Through]]''
|[[Benko]]
|-
|2008
|''[[Chances Are (song)|Chances Are]]'' (Remix)
|[[Apostle of Hustle]]
|-
|2009
|''[[Birds (Song for Multiple Sarcasms)]]''
|[[Diane Birch]]
|-
|2009
|''[[Trepanation Party]]'' (Song)
|[[Voxtrot]]
|-
|2009
|''[[Taller Children]]'' (Song)
|[[Elizabeth & the Catapult]]
|-
|2009
|''[[Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!]]''
|[[Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears]]
|-
|2009
|''[[Got Nuffin']]''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2010
|''[[Lay Down (John Vanderslice song)|Lay Down]]'' (Song)
|[[John Vanderslice]]
|-
|2010
|''[[Animalore]]''
|[[Via Audio]]
|-
|2010
|''[[Transference (album)|Transference]]''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2011
|''[[The King EP]]''
|[[Ramesh Srivastava|Ramesh]]
|-
|2011
|''[[Little Raider EP]]''
|[[Will Johnson (musician)|Will Johnson]]
|-
|2011
|''[[I'm Alright (Cornell Dupree album)|I'm Alright]]''
|[[Cornell Dupree]]
|-
|2011
|''[[Cover Song - TBD]]''
|[[Gayngs]]
|-
|2011
|''[[Give You the Ghost]]''
|[[Poliça]]
|-
|2011
|''The Orientalist''
|[[Daniel Hart (musician)|Daniel Hart]]
|-
|2011
|''[[Scandalous (Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears album)|Scandalous]]''
|[[Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears]]
|-
|2011
|''Love Notes/Letter Bombs''
|[[The Submarines]]
|-
|2011
|''Live Music''
|[[Strange Boys]]
|-
|2012
|''[[Solo - Full Length - TBD]]''
|[[Juston Stens]]
|-
|2012
|''Preachers''
|[[My Jerusalem]]
|-
|2012
|''Oozy''
|[[Brownout (band)|Brownout]]
|-
|2012
|''[[Echoland]]''
|[[Echocentrics]]
|-
|2012
|''Natives''
|[[Bright Moments (band)|Bright Moments]]
|-
|2012
|''[[Self-titled EP]]''
|[[Ramesh Srivastava|RAMESH]]
|-
|2012
|''[[Nein!]]''
|[[Locas in Love]]
|-
|2012
|''Butter''
|[[Turbo Fruits]]
|-
|2012
|''[[Big Station]]''
|[[Alejandro Escovedo]]
|-
|2012
|''[[Arrow (Heartless Bastards album)|Arrow]]''
|[[Heartless Bastards]]
|-
|2012
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Tennis]]
|-
|2012
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Gardens & Villa]]
|-
|2012
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Father John Misty]]
|-
|2012
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Michael Kiwanuka]]
|-
|2012
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Poliça|Polica]]
|-
|2012
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[The Shins]]
|-
|2013
|''[[Small Sounds EP]]''
|[[Tennis (band)|Tennis]]
|-
|2013
|"Unofferable" (track)
|[[Half Moon Run]]
|-
|2013
|"Bye Bye 17"
|[[Har Mar Superstar]]
|-
|2013
|''Nuestro Camino''
|Dupree
|-
|2013
|''The Electric Word''
|[[The Relatives (band)|The Relatives]]
|-
|2013
|''Dormarion''
|[[Telekinesis (band)|Telekinesis]]
|-
|2013
|''[[Thr!!!er]]''
|[[!!!]]
|-
|2013
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Joe Banfi]]
|-
|2013
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Haim (band)|Haim]]
|-
|2013
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Palma Violets]]
|-
|2013
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[The 1975]]
|-
|2013
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Frank Turner]]
|-
|2013
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Willy Moon]]
|-
|2014
|''Shiner (EP)''
|Mainland
|-
|2014
|''Palmless (EP)''
|[[Dana Falconberry]]
|-
|2014
|''Ritual In Repeat (Track)''
|[[Tennis (band)|Tennis]]
|-
|2014
|''Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Track)''
|[[Phosphorescent]]
|-
|2014
|''Lies (Track)''
|[[Wild Cub]]
|-
|2014
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Phantogram (band)|Phantogram]]
|-
|2014
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Lucius (band)|Lucius]]
|-
|2014
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Jagwar Ma]]
|-
|2014
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[The Hold Steady]]
|-
|2014
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Cody Chesnutt]]
|-
|2014
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Magic Man]]
|-
|2014
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Haerts]]
|-
|2014
|''They Want My Soul''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2014
|''Blue Planet Eyes''
|[[The Preatures]]
|-
|2015
|''The Chase + Haunted By You''
|[[Future Islands]]
|-
|2015
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Catfish and the Bottlemen]]
|-
|2015
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Courtney Barnett]]
|-
|2015
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Twin Peaks (band)|Twin Peaks]]
|-
|2015
|''Sorry All Over The Place''
|The Kickback
|-
|2016
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Everything Everything]]
|-
|2016
|''From The Forest Came The Fire''
|Dana Falconberry and Medicine Bow
|-
|2017
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Sohn (musician)|Sohn]]
|-
|2017
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Mondo Cozmo]]
|-
|2017
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
|-
|2017
|''Jim Eno Spotify Sessions''
|[[Rag'n'Bone Man]]
|-
|}
==References==
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[[Category:20th-century American drummers]]
[[Category:American male drummers]]
[[Category:Spoon (band) members]]
[[Category:20th-century American male musicians]]
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