Towards the end of David Byrne’s sleevenotes for the recent reissue of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - the album the former Talking Heads singer made with the band’s producer and mentor, Brian Eno, in 1981 - he describes the duo encountering a novel problem. The vocals on the album had been taken [...]
[Update: I removed the video of Byrne discussing the album as, rather annoyingly, I was unable to undo the auto-play function.] It’s been many years since Byrne and Eno released the ground breaking album ‘My Life In The Bush of Ghosts‘ an album that was an analog precursor to the sampling habits of today’s musicians. [...]
THE BPA - THE BPA ‘TOE JAM’ FEAT. DAVID BYRNE & DIZZEE RASCAL from Fabio Resende on Vimeo.
Found at Sasha Frere-Jones’ New Yorker blog.
Our favorite Talking Head, David Byrne, turns an entire old building in New York City into a giant sound machine in an installation called “Playing the Building.” Xeni Jardin takes a tour for bOING bOING TV.
Under David’s manipulation, New York’s hundred-year-old Battery Maritime Building becomes a giant sound sculpture. He explains:
Devices [have been] attached to [...]
I consider 2007’s ‘The Roots Of Chicha‘ to be one of the most amazing compilations I have ever heard. It is an inspiring look into a time of true artistic cultural mashup in 20th century South America. It also makes for great party music. Olivier of Brooklyn’s Barbes Records was kind of [...]