David Byrne

David Byrne ( born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland ) is a British musician living in the U.S. (vocals and guitar) Scottish origin. In 1975 he founded the pop group Talking Heads and was known as the front man.

Life

David Byrne came at the age of four with his parents to the United States, however, never took U.S. citizenship.

Successful Byrne was not only with the Talking Heads, but also with his 1981 solo career begun. His first recorded together with Brian Eno plate My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is considered groundbreaking for the use of (then analog ) Sampling mainly of traditional ethnic music.

1986 Byrne worked in the film True Stories as a director, producer and screenwriter; Furthermore, he starred alongside John Goodman also starred. In the same year he also worked with Philip Glass composed the Songs from Liquid Days, for which he wrote the lyrics for the part. For the soundtrack to The Last Emperor, he received in 1988, together with Ryuichi Sakamoto Oscar.

In 1990, Byrne Luaka Bop music label the world. Originally to be published there Sampler with Latin music, then expanded the range to include music from Cuba, Africa and Asia. There were, inter alia, Published works by Silvio Rodríguez, Cornershop, Os Mutantes, Los De Abajo, Jim White, Zap Mama, Tom Zé, Los Amigos Invisibles and King Chango.

His song Like Humans Do shipped with Microsoft Windows XP as an example music for the Windows Media Player.

2003, Byrne made ​​a guest appearance in the TV series The Simpsons. He produced and sang Homer's song I Hate Ned Flanders.

With Norman Cook Byrne founded the music project, The Brighton Port Authority, which drew attention to himself by a music video for the song Toe Jam.

David Byrne is back most of his daily journeys by bicycle, and is committed to better conditions for cycling. In September 2009, his book Bicycle Diaries, in which he describes his experiences as a cyclist in different cities of the world such as Berlin, Buenos Aires, Manila and Sydney appeared.

In 2010, Byrne published together with Fatboy Slim, a pop opera with which he sat the former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos a musical monument. Contributors are 23 guest vocalists, including Tori Amos and Cyndi Lauper. In the same year he collaborated with Will Oldham on the soundtrack to the film Cheyenne - This Must Be the Place where he also has a guest appearance.

In 2011 he was appointed to the jury of the 68th International Film Festival of Venice.

Except as musicians Byrne also works as a conceptually motivated photographer and artist. He has published several art books and a columnist for the New York Times.

Albums

  • My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981, with Brian Eno )
  • Rei Momo (1989 )
  • Uh- Oh ( 1992)
  • David Byrne (1994, " Byrne " is written mirrored, so sometimes: " Davidenryb " )
  • Feelings (1997)
  • The Visible Man (1998, contains "Feelings " Remixes)
  • Look into the Eyeball (2001)
  • Grown Backwards (2004)
  • Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008, with Brian Eno )
  • Here Lies Love (2010, together with Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook, DO- CD)
  • Love This Giant (2012, along with St. Vincent )

Stage and Film Music

  • The Catherine Wheel (1981, music for the ballet by Twyla Tharp )
  • Music for " The Knee Plays" (1985, music to Robert Wilson's opera of the same )
  • True Stories (1986, soundtrack, entirely different from the eponymous album by the Talking Heads, 1986 )
  • The Last Emperor (1988, Soundtrack)
  • The Forest (1991, music to Robert Wilson's opera of the same )
  • In Spite of Wishing and Wanting (1999, ballet music for the dance group Ultima Vez )
  • Big Love: Hymnal (2008, Soundtrack)
  • True Stories (1986 )
  • Strange Ritual: Pictures and Words (1995 )
  • Your Action World ( 1998)
  • The New Sins ( 2001)
  • Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information (2003)
  • Arboretum (2006)
  • Bicycle Diaries (2009, German translation by Brigitte Jakobeit: Bicycle Diaries: A bicycle, nine cities S. Fischer Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-10-004416-7. )
  • How Music Works (2012 )

Bibliography

  • Steenstra, Sytze. Song and Circumstance. The Work of David Byrne from Talking Heads to the Present. New York and London: Continuum Books, 2010.
  • Steenstra, Sytze. We Are The Noise Between Stations. A philosophical exploration of the work of David Byrne, at the crossroads of popular media, conceptual art, and performance theater. Maastricht: Mixed Media, 2003.
  • Howell, John. David Byrne. (American Originals Series) New York: Thunder 's Mouth Press, 1992.
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