Brian Eno & David Byrne

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Avant-rock pioneer Brian Eno and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne collaborated for a groundbreaking album called My Life in the Bush of Ghosts in 1981. They combined found recordings of voices (off the radio and so on) with funky Afrolatin grooves, using the voices more or less as instruments rather than for the content of the words.

Their most recent release, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, is also the first collaboration together in 30 years. You can stream the full album or download an MP3 at EverythingThatHappens.com.

In December 2007, David Byrne announced on the BBC Radio music show, The Weekender, that he was working with musician/producer and former collaborator Brian Eno on a brand new album of “proper songs”, describing it as a “completely different thing” from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which was mostly experimental. Eno had invited Byrne to finish some songs that he had written but that did not have lyrics, some of which were eight years old. The album was self-released on August 18, 2008 through the official album’s website. No record label is involved.

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jakobdorof wrote:
24 days ago

dang. i LOVE eno, and i dig everything from byrne that i've heard...but My Life is going to take some sinking in for me, i think.

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boozec wrote:
27 days ago

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today...one of the best albums ever... I feel so good listening to this music.

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HarlanL wrote:
December 2009

David Byrne spoke in Brooklyn on creativity, read about it, and his statement here: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-29589-New-York-Music-Scene-Examiner~y2009m12d1-David-Byrne-speaks-intimately-on-creativity-in-Brooklyn

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LordRama wrote:
November 2009

Two fantastic albums.

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aibheis wrote:
November 2009

david byrne...a white haired beauty, and brian's head shone like the moon !

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esma655 wrote:
September 2009

my lfe in a bush of ghost = fucking amazing!

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freefestival wrote:
August 2009

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is such a masterpiece.

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MichelleRhodes wrote:
August 2009

STRANGE OVERTONES!!!!

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Osbeck wrote:
August 2009

Dream team.

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sotamarsu wrote:
August 2009

I love first half of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts but second one isn't that great, it's experimental but that stuff has been done better since

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jugular wrote:
June 2009

i simply love these boys.

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BoothamNorway wrote:
May 2009

I just love the live EP.

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ohsweetie wrote:
May 2009

the new album is hands down best.

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mattisneat wrote:
April 2009

<3

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StevenEdmondson wrote:
April 2009

I was really surprised about how well My Life In The Bush of Ghosts tracks came across live. Just brilliant.

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mephisto_dark wrote:
March 2009

We just featured Brian and David on this week's new music podcast. Check it out: http://www.musicemissions.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/31/episode-36-my-budgies-dead-but-i-still-have-music/

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acid-food wrote:
March 2009

Fokken 'ell. Ehm...

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instazome wrote:
March 2009

It's Brian Eno & David Byrne.

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DotsDisconnect wrote:
March 2009

this is very good, well everything that happens.. is good.

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Airmaus wrote:
March 2009

It depends on which album you're talking about: "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" = Brian Eno and David Byrne "Everything that Happens Will Happen Today" = David Byrne and Brian Eno What's the difference? Let me consult my deck of oblique strategies..... Umm.... "Not building a wall, but making a brick." So there you have it.

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