Mike Oldfield

About

To sum up Mike Oldfield, all that's needed to be said is, "diverse." This British musician composes multi-instrumental pieces to form a layered sound. This is what his album Tubular Bells is most famous for; on it he plays over twenty different instruments. Oldfield got his start with his acoustic guitar, performing in local folk clubs. He has come to blend folk rock with an electronic and experimental sound. He complexly stacks progressive rock on New Age and world music, and creates a uniform style.