Founded: b. 1952
Headquarters: New York, NY
Website Link(s): Official Site
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- Sire R ecords
- Nonesuch Records
- Thrill Jocke
- Luaka Bop
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- Rock
- Pop
- World
- Avant-Garde
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Band Biography[]
David Byrne is most known for being the frontman for the influential band Talking Heads, however he has also had a strong solo musical career, as well as being a celebrated photographer, filmmaker and visual artist (particularly his experiments with Powerpoint). He's also founded the label Luaka Bop, on which he releases pan-genre music, though typically with a bit of a World Music bent (though he hates that term). Like his work with Talking Heads (though, to a lesser degree), each of his solo records typically has a different sound, though they all sound like David Byrne albums. He also keeps a journal on his website, where he writes about whatever strikes his fancy—lately, it's been copyright and intellectual property issues—at his first post of 2006, the first line was "Happy New Year. Don’t Buy CDs from the Big 5." (His current label, Nonesuch is part of the "Big 5", though.) He's currently been working on various art installations, but presumably a new record is on the way.
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Rei Momo
- The Forest
- Uh-Oh
- David Byrne
- Feelings
- In Spite Of Wishing And Wanting
- Look Into The Eyeball
- Grown Backwards
- My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (with Brian Eno)
- The Catherine Wheel
- Music For The Knee Plays
- Sounds From True Stories
- The Last Emperor
- The Visible Man
- Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Music From The Film Young Adam
- Live At Union Chapel (DVD)
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Radio Shows[]
- Blue Jam Series 1 Episode 6
- Blue Jam Series 1 Episode 1
- Chris Morris Music Show Episode 7: Try the new religious quiz, Beat The Bishop
- Chris Morris Music Show Episode 2: Playing records and shouting, and continuing his bid to save the network