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- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim's "Here Lies Love" Earns Obie, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Extends Run to July 28
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim have won the Village Voice Obie Award for Music/Lyrics for Here Lies Love; the ceremony was held at Webster Hall in New York on Monday and featured a performance from the cast. Here Lies Love has also won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, which will be presented tomorrow at Sardi's. The musical, which opened at the Public Theater in April, has now been extended a fourth and final time to run through July 28. Director Alex Timbers is featured on the latest episode of Studio 360, which you can listen to here.
- Monday, April 29, 2013
David Byrne's "Here Lies Love" Opens at NYC's Public Theater; "Must-See Event of the Season"
The new musical of Here Lies Love, which explores the life of Imelda Marcos, with concept and lyrics by David Byrne and music by Byrne and Fatboy Slim, has opened to rave reviews and Outer Critics Circle and Drama League award nominations. "Boogie on down—and you must—to the glittery new dance palace at the Public Theater," implores the New York Times, to hear this "insidiously infectious set of songs." Vogue calls it "a life-giving, roof-raising, booty-shaking blast of pure joy from start to finish." The Daily News exclaims: "Finally—a new musical that’s so exhilarating and such a great time that it’s easy to recommend it without hesitation." The New York Observer declares Here Lies Love "the must-see event of the season."
About this Album
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim have paired up for Here Lies Love, a 22-track song cycle about the life of former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos and her childhood servant, Estrella Cumpas. Due April 6 on Todomundo/Nonesuch Records, the album includes two CDs of music, a DVD with six videos, and a 120-page hardcover book detailing the project and a DVD. In addition to Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Here Lies Love features performances by Santigold, Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine), Sia, Steve Earle, St. Vincent, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Sharon Jones, Nicole Atkins and many others. Along with the recording, The Public Theater in New York City is developing a theatrical version of Here Lies Love for a future production.
Here Lies Love came into being when Byrne approached Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) about collaborating after reading of Marcos’ affinity for the clubs and discos of the late 1970s and early 1980s. “The world of a royal court [is] surreal and, to my sensibilities, very theatrical,” Byrne notes, “but now there was an added soundtrack!” Byrne further elaborates: “The story I was interested in was that of Imelda’s rise alongside the tragic parallel story of Estrella, the woman who raised her as a child. I felt that this story was more universal, revealing and profound than that of the shoes—which anyway weren’t discovered until the mobs descended upon the Manila palace after the Marcoses fled. For me the Marcoses’ departure from the palace was the end of the story.”
Credits
MUSICIANS
Cagedbaby, keyboards (CD1: 1, 7-9, 12; CD2: 2, 3, 8-10); Hammond (CD1: 2); upright bass loop (CD1: 4); programming (CD1: 8, 9, 12); Wurlitzer, pad (CD1: 11); synth (CD2: 6)
David Byrne, guitars (CD1: 1-3, 6-12; CD2: 1-3, 6-10); backing vocals (CD1: 3, 11; CD2: 4, 8); synth (CD1: 7; CD2: 4, 5); organ (CD1: 11); electronic percussion (CD2: 3); cavaquinho (CD2: 4); programming (CD2: 4); percussion programming (CD2: 5); troglodyte (CD2: 6)
Fatboy Slim, programming (CD1: 1; CD2: 6); synth bass (CD1: 1); keyboard bass (CD1: 3, 7); bass (CD1: 5; CD2: 1, 7); loops, synths (CD1: 5; CD2: 7); piano (CD1: 9); clavinet (CD1: 9); brass loop (CD1: 9; CD2: 1); organ (CD2: 2); sequencer (CD2: 6); keyboards (CD2: 7)
Amy Kimball, Galina Zhdanova, Hiroko Taguchi, Pauline Kim, violins (CD1: 1, 4; CD2: 7-10)
David Gold, viola (CD1: 1, 4; CD2: 7-10)
Garo Yellin, cello (CD1: 1, 4; CD2: 7-10)
CJ Camerieri, trumpet (CD1: 1; CD2: 7, 8)
Greg Smith, French horn (CD1: 1; CD2: 7, 8)
Michael Seltzer, trombone (CD1: 1; CD2: 7, 8)
Jay Hassler, clarinet (CD1: 1, 4; CD2: 8-10)
Rick Heckman, flute, oboe (CD1: 1; CD2: 7, 8)
Mark degli Antoni, marimba, Mellotron (CD1: 2); toy piano (CD1: 4), organ (CD2: 1)
Mauro Refosco, percussion (CD1: 2); woodblock, udu, rods & bells (CD1: 4); shakers (CD1: 4; CD2: 5); clang, chorus percussion (CD1: 10); tambourine (CD2: 2); congas (CD2: 5)
Paul Frazier, bass (CD1: 2, 6, 8, 10, 12; CD2: 2, 3)
Thomas Bartlett, piano (CD1: 2, 6); clavinet(CD1: 3); Wurltizer (CD1: 3, 7, 10; CD2: 5); keyboards (CD2: 4); clavichord (CD2: 5); organ bass (CD2: 5)
Graham Hawthorne, cajón (CD1: 3), drums (CD1: 6)
Mauro Refosco, shaker, pandeira, cajón (CD1: 3)
Tony Finno, Rhodes piano (CD1: 4; CD2: 10)
Cyrus Beroukhim, viola (CD1: 4; CD2: 9, 10)
Arthur Cook, cello (CD1: 4; CD2: 9, 10)
Kenneth de Carlo, John Sheppard, trumpets (CD1: 4; CD2: 9, 10)
Chad Yarbrough, Theodore Primis, French horns (CD1: 4; CD2: 9, 10)
David Young, flute, oboe (CD1: 4; CD2: 9, 10)
Kenneth Finn, Euphonium (CD1: 4; CD2: 9, 10)
Ganda Suthivarakom, backing vocals (CD1: 9; CD2: 8)
Barry Danielian, trumpet (CD1: 10)
Dan Levine, trombone, bass trombone (CD1: 10)
David Mann, tenor saxophone (CD1: 10)
Paul Shapiro, baritone saxophone (CD1: 10)
Camille, vocal beatbox, vocal arrangement (CD1: 11)
MaJiKer, vocal arrangement (CD1: 11)
Paul Sandrone, bass (CD2: 4, 10)
Armando Figueredo, Rhodes piano (CD2: 6)
José Luis (Cheo) Pardo, guitar (CD2: 6)
José Rafael Torres, bass (CD2: 6)
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett (CD1: 1-3, 5-7, 10, 11; CD2: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7); Cagedbaby, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett (CD1: 4, 8, 9, 12; CD2: 3, 8-10); Los Amigos Invisibles, Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett (CD2: 6)
Recorded by Simon Thornton at HMS House, Brighton (CD1: 1-3, 5-7, 10-12; CD2: 1-5, 7, 8, 10); Mark Rankin at Miloco Studios, London (CD1: 1; CD2: 1); Patrick Dillett at Avatar Studios (CD1: 1, 4; CD2: 3, 7-10) and Kampo Studios, NYC (CD1: 4, 5-10, 12; CD2: 1, 4, 5, 7-10); John Reynolds at New Air Studios, London (CD1: 2, 10; CD2: 2); Mark Hawley at Martian Engineering Studios, Cornwall (CD1: 3; CD2: 10); MaJiKer (CD1: 11); Los Amigos Invisibles at Gozadera Studios, NYC (CD2: 6)
All songs mixed by Patrick Dillett at Kampo Studios, NYC
All songs mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Most DB vocals and guitars recorded at South Hell Studio, NYC
Production Coordination by Frank Hendler
Songs by D. Byrne (CD1: 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12; CD2: 3, 5, 8, 9); D. Byrne, N. Cook (CD1: 1, 2, 5, 7, 10; CD2: 1, 2, 4, 7); D. Byrne, T. Gandey (CD1: 8, 10); D. Byrne, N. Cook, J. Pardo (CD2: 6)
Orchestra arrangements by Tony Finno (CD1: 1; CD2: 7-10), Gil Goldstein and Tony Finno (CD1: 4); horn arrangements by Dan Levine (CD1: 10)
Graphic Design by Danielle Spencer & DB
Video and Still Image Research & Licensing by Jane Shaw
Cover image by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
