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Ride, Rise, Roar |
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 |
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"Ride, Rise, Roar" is the title of a new David Byrne concert film that blends onstage performances from the 2008/2009 'Everything that happens'-tour with behind-the-scenes auditions, rehearsals and interviews. The movie premiers during SXSW in Austin, TX on march 15th. More info, bios and trailer here. |
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Here Lies Love postponed |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 21:57 |
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The release of "Here Lies Love", the Fatboy Slim/David Byrne project on Imelda Marcus has been postponed to April 5th. The cd will be available as regular 2cd album and deluxe edition in hardcover book with bonus dvd.
Deluxe edition Pre-order U.K.
Regular edition Pre-order U.K.
Deluxe edition Pre-order U.S.A.
Regular edition Pre-order U.S.A.
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Jonty Skrufff interviews Chris Frantz |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 21:53 |
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Chris Frantz on the Tom Tom Club remix of Cumbia, upcoming gigs, soy sauce, SXSW, Grandmaster Flash and Obama here. |
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Best recording package for "Everything That Happens..." |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 17:10 |
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Art Director Stefan Sagmeister won the Grammy for Best Recording Package for the Byrne/Eno album "Everything that Happens will Happen Today" during last nights Grammy ceremony. The record didn't win "Best Alternative Music Album" and "Best boxed or Special Limited Edition Album" for which is was also nominated. |
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Here Lies Love |
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Monday, 14 December 2009 16:19 |
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After many years of preperation, the project "Here Lies Love" of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim is due for release on February 23rd. The package includes 2 CDs (22 songs, each sung by a different singer), a DVD with videos of six of these songs and a 100-page book that explains it all. Singers include Florence Welch (of Florence & the Machine), Santigold, Sharon Jones, Roisin Murphy (formerly of Moloko) and many more. Even David Byrne can be heard on one-and-a-half track!
Pre-order the hardcover book with 2CDs and DVD here (with lowest price guarantee)
The plain CD edition is available for Pre-order here.
Santigold's contribution to "Here Lies Love", a song called "Please Don't", is now available for download for free from David's website. |
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Tom Tom Club on "Do you ear what i ear?" benefit album |
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Thursday, 10 December 2009 07:41 |
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Tom Tom Club is among numerous artists on "Do you EAR what I EAR", a holiday album for the Association to Benefit Children. The album features original and classic holiday songs. Tom Tom Club's contribution to the downlod-only album is "Il est Ne", previously released on CDsingle and 7" colored vinyl. The benefit album is exclusively available for only US$ 5 from the Ear Farm webshop. |
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