English rock-folk-classical multi-instrumentalist and guitarist, who immediately rose to prominence in 1973 by being the first artist to release an album on Virgin Records, the multi-platinum "Tubular Bells".
His other key works include "Ommadawn", "Incantations", "Five Miles Out", "Crises", "The Killing Fields", "Amarok" and "Sentinel" (with the Orb).