Brian Eno was employed as a synthesizer instrumentalist.
Brian Eno . Born in Suffolk , Eno studied painting and experimental music at art school in the late 1960s before joining glam rock group Roxy Music as synthesizer player in 1971 . A synthesizer ( often abbreviated as synth , also spelled synthesiser ) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones .