David Byrne (Dumbarton, Scotland, 1952) A Scottish born New

David Byrne
(Dumbarton, Scotland, 1952)
A Scottish born New Yorker, of a restless and multifaceted talent, Byrne whizzes through
diverse fields of artistic expression, from experimental music to visual arts, and from
recitation to literature. The founder of the Talking Heads together with Chris Frantz and
Tina Weymouthnel in 1981, he has recorded with Brian Eno the album My Life in the Bush
of Ghosts, reissued in 2006. He is a recording producer, and has composed and directed
music for films, operas and documentaries. The soundtrack to The Last Emperor by
Bernardo Bertolucci, with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su, won an Oscar, and a Golden
Globe in 1988, and a Grammy in 1989. Since the mid-90’s Byrne has exhibited
installations, sculpture, and paintings, often unsigned. In 2009 Bicycle Diaries was
published, a diary of his experiences riding a bicycle across the cities he was touring. In
2010 in an unusual collaboration with the English DJ Fatboy Slim, was born a “disco
musical” inspired by the controversial figure of the ex First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda
Marcos.
Albums
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Here Lies Love, 2010
Big Love: Hymnal, colonna sonora, 2008
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, & Brian Eno, 2008
The Knee Plays, 2007
Live from Austin, Texas, 2007
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, & Brian Eno 2006, remasterizzato ed espanso con inediti
Grown Backwards, 2004
Lead Us Not Into Temptation, colonna sonora di Young Adam, 2003
Look Into the Eyeball, 2001
In Spite of Wishing and Wanting, 1999
The Visible Man, 1998, brani remixati dall'album Feelings
Feelings, 1997
David Byrne, 1994
Uh-Oh, 1992
The Forest, 1991
Rei Momo, 1989
The Last Emperor, colonna sonora dell’Ultimo imperatore, 1987
Sounds from True Stories, 1986
Music for «The Knee Plays», 1985
The Catherine Wheel, 1981
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, & Brian Eno, 1981
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Books
Bicycle Diaries, 2009
Arboretum, 2006
EEEI, 2003
What is it?, 2002
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The New Sins, 2001
Your Action World, 1999
Strange Ritual, 1995
True Stories, 1986