Show and Tell: Brian Eno

People-watching on Brighton promenade Photograph: Brian Eno

I’m tuning one of the monochord musical machines I devised for the opening of the Brighton Festival Photograph: Brian Eno

A cradle of stones from Brighton beach, which provides the tuning device for the monochords Photograph: Brian Eno

Each year there’s a Children’s Parade at the start of the Brighton Festival. The theme this year was “The Planet”. Thousands took part and the parade took over an hour to pass Photograph: Brian Eno

Table of tools... the junk that makes things sound better. Also the Wavedrum Photograph: Brian Eno

Here I am with a young Colombian musician named Simon Mejia. He’s playing my baritone guitar – an unusual instrument used mostly in country music. It sounds much better in his hands than it does in mine Photograph: Brian Eno

A mirror ball lattice in Marlborough House. This is the centrepiece to the room, which also contains a spoken poem by Rick Holland and music by me Photograph: Brian Eno

I’ve seen some spectacular colours in the sky while I’ve been here Photograph: Brian Eno