Here Lies Love [LP]

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David Byrne & Fatboy Slim’s acclaimed 2010 album Here Lies Love gets its first vinyl release to coincide with the 2023 premiere Broadway production. This double-disc song cycle about the rise and fall of the Philippines’ notorious Imelda Marcos was conceived by David Byrne; composed by Byrne and Fatboy Slim; and performed by a dream cast drawn from the worlds of indie rock, alt country, R&B, and pop, including Florence Welch, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Earle, Sharon Jones, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Nellie McKay, Martha Wainwright, Róisín Murphy, Santigold, and Byrne himself. “Ingenious,” said the New York Times. “Insidiously infective songs.”

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David Byrne & Fatboy Slim’s acclaimed 2010 album Here Lies Love receives its first vinyl release on August 11, 2023, to coincide with the new musical’s Broadway debut, in a production opening tonight, July 20, at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. Here Lies Love is a double-disc song cycle about the rise and fall of the Philippines’ notorious Imelda Marcos and the People Power Revolution. The album was conceived by David Byrne; composed by Byrne and DJ/recording artist Fatboy Slim, AKA Norman Cook; and performed by a dream cast drawn from the worlds of indie rock, alt country, R&B, and pop, including Florence Welch, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Earle, Sharon Jones, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Nellie McKay, Martha Wainwright, Róisín Murphy, and Santigold. Byrne himself appears as the voice of imperialistic America on “American Troglodyte.”

Byrne created Here Lies Love as a musical theater piece, to be mounted in disco and nightclub settings, reflecting the globe-trotting Marcos’ taste for such velvet-roped spots as Studio 54 and Regine’s. In 2006, he performed the work-in-progress versions to enthusiastic audiences at New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Adelaide Festival in Australia before releasing this recording. Before its current Broadway incarnation, an award-winning theatrical production eventually premiered at The Public Theater in New York in 2013—the original cast recording of which was released on Nonesuch in 2014. The show then travelled to London’s National Theater for a sold-out run from 2014–15 and was remounted at the Seattle Repertory Theater in 2017.

Here Lies Love’s sunny arrangements act in counterpoint to the reality of the Marcos’ increasingly repressive regime, reflecting the imagined inner life of the glamour-obsessed Imelda. Byrne explains, “For me, the darker side of the excesses are, for the most part, a matter of record. A lot of the audience is going to come with that knowledge already. What’s more of a challenge is to get inside the head of the person who was behind all of that and understand what made them tick.”

Many of Byrne’s lyrics are constructed from actual Imelda quotes, including the project’s title, the words that Imelda, now returned to the Philippines from US-assisted exile in Hawaii, would like to have inscribed on her gravestone. In addition to a newly written liner note, this new release of the album includes Byrne’s illustrations of the story via archival photos. In a detailed preface, he reveals what drew him to this subject and the bumpy route he took to launch the project and, ultimately, record this album.

The new production of Here Lies Love began previews at the Broadway Theatre in New York City in June, ahead of an official opening night on July 20. Tony Award winner Alex Timbers (developed and directed by) and Olivier Award nominee Annie-B Parson (choreography) reunite with Byrne (concept, music, and lyrics) and Fatboy Slim (music) to bring Here Lies Love to Broadway, continuing a ten-plus year collaboration on the project. Tom Gandey and J Pardo contribute additional music. Here Lies Love is produced on Broadway by Hal Luftig, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna for Plate Spinner Productions, Clint Ramos, and Jose Antonio Vargas. The staging at the Broadway Theatre transforms the venue’s traditional proscenium floor space into a dance club environment, where audiences will stand and move with the actors. A wide variety of standing and seating options are available throughout the theater’s reconstructed space. The producers of Here Lies Love said, “As a team of binational American producers—Filipinos among us—we are thrilled to bring Here Lies Love to Broadway. We welcome everyone to experience this singularly exuberant piece of theater. The history of the Philippines is inseparable from the history of the United States, and as both evolve, we cannot think of a more appropriate time to stage this show. See you on the dance floor!”

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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett; Cagedbaby, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett; Los Amigos Invisibles, Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett
Recorded by Simon Thornton at HMS House, Brighton; Mark Rankin at Miloco Studios, London; Patrick Dillett at Avatar Studios and Kampo Studios, NYC; John Reynolds at New Air Studios, London; Mark Hawley at Martian Engineering Studios, Cornwall ; MaJiKer; Los Amigos Invisibles at Gozadera Studios, NYC
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; D. Byrne, N. Cook ; D. Byrne, T. Gandey ; D. Byrne, N. Cook, J. Pardo 
Orchestra arrangements by Tony Finno, Gil Goldstein and Tony Finno; horn arrangements by Dan Levine 

Graphic Design by Danielle Spencer & DB
Image Research & Licensing by Jane Shaw
Cover image by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 

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David Byrne
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MUSICIANS
Cagedbaby, keyboards; Hammond; upright bass loop; programming; Wurlitzer, pad; synth 
David Byrne, guitars; backing vocals; synth; organ; electronic percussion; cavaquinho; programming; percussion programming; troglodyte 
Fatboy Slim, programming; synth bass; keyboard bass; bass; loops, synths; piano; clavinet; brass loop; organ; sequencer; keyboards 
Amy Kimball, Galina Zhdanova, Hiroko Taguchi, Pauline Kim, violins 
David Gold, viola
Garo Yellin, cello 
CJ Camerieri, trumpet 
Greg Smith, French horn 
Michael Seltzer, trombone 
Jay Hassler, clarinet
Rick Heckman, flute, oboe 
Mark degli Antoni, marimba, Mellotron; toy piano, organ
Mauro Refosco, percussion; woodblock, udu, rods & bells; shakers; clang, chorus percussion ; tambourine; congas 
Paul Frazier, bass 
Thomas Bartlett, piano; clavinet); Wurltizer; keyboards; clavichord; organ bass
Graham Hawthorne, cajón, drums
Mauro Refosco, shaker, pandeira, cajón
Tony Finno, Rhodes piano
Cyrus Beroukhim, viola 
Arthur Cook, cello 
Kenneth de Carlo, John Sheppard, trumpets
Chad Yarbrough, Theodore Primis, French horns
David Young, flute, oboe 
Kenneth Finn, Euphonium
Ganda Suthivarakom, backing vocals
Barry Danielian, trumpet
Dan Levine, trombone, bass trombone
David Mann, tenor saxophone 
Paul Shapiro, baritone saxophone
Camille, vocal beatbox, vocal arrangement
MaJiKer, vocal arrangement
Paul Sandrone, bass
Armando Figueredo, Rhodes piano
José Luis (Cheo) Pardo, guitar
José Rafael Torres, bass 

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  • About This Album

    David Byrne & Fatboy Slim’s acclaimed 2010 album Here Lies Love receives its first vinyl release on August 11, 2023, to coincide with the new musical’s Broadway debut, in a production opening tonight, July 20, at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. Here Lies Love is a double-disc song cycle about the rise and fall of the Philippines’ notorious Imelda Marcos and the People Power Revolution. The album was conceived by David Byrne; composed by Byrne and DJ/recording artist Fatboy Slim, AKA Norman Cook; and performed by a dream cast drawn from the worlds of indie rock, alt country, R&B, and pop, including Florence Welch, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Earle, Sharon Jones, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Nellie McKay, Martha Wainwright, Róisín Murphy, and Santigold. Byrne himself appears as the voice of imperialistic America on “American Troglodyte.”

    Byrne created Here Lies Love as a musical theater piece, to be mounted in disco and nightclub settings, reflecting the globe-trotting Marcos’ taste for such velvet-roped spots as Studio 54 and Regine’s. In 2006, he performed the work-in-progress versions to enthusiastic audiences at New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Adelaide Festival in Australia before releasing this recording. Before its current Broadway incarnation, an award-winning theatrical production eventually premiered at The Public Theater in New York in 2013—the original cast recording of which was released on Nonesuch in 2014. The show then travelled to London’s National Theater for a sold-out run from 2014–15 and was remounted at the Seattle Repertory Theater in 2017.

    Here Lies Love’s sunny arrangements act in counterpoint to the reality of the Marcos’ increasingly repressive regime, reflecting the imagined inner life of the glamour-obsessed Imelda. Byrne explains, “For me, the darker side of the excesses are, for the most part, a matter of record. A lot of the audience is going to come with that knowledge already. What’s more of a challenge is to get inside the head of the person who was behind all of that and understand what made them tick.”

    Many of Byrne’s lyrics are constructed from actual Imelda quotes, including the project’s title, the words that Imelda, now returned to the Philippines from US-assisted exile in Hawaii, would like to have inscribed on her gravestone. In addition to a newly written liner note, this new release of the album includes Byrne’s illustrations of the story via archival photos. In a detailed preface, he reveals what drew him to this subject and the bumpy route he took to launch the project and, ultimately, record this album.

    The new production of Here Lies Love began previews at the Broadway Theatre in New York City in June, ahead of an official opening night on July 20. Tony Award winner Alex Timbers (developed and directed by) and Olivier Award nominee Annie-B Parson (choreography) reunite with Byrne (concept, music, and lyrics) and Fatboy Slim (music) to bring Here Lies Love to Broadway, continuing a ten-plus year collaboration on the project. Tom Gandey and J Pardo contribute additional music. Here Lies Love is produced on Broadway by Hal Luftig, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna for Plate Spinner Productions, Clint Ramos, and Jose Antonio Vargas. The staging at the Broadway Theatre transforms the venue’s traditional proscenium floor space into a dance club environment, where audiences will stand and move with the actors. A wide variety of standing and seating options are available throughout the theater’s reconstructed space. The producers of Here Lies Love said, “As a team of binational American producers—Filipinos among us—we are thrilled to bring Here Lies Love to Broadway. We welcome everyone to experience this singularly exuberant piece of theater. The history of the Philippines is inseparable from the history of the United States, and as both evolve, we cannot think of a more appropriate time to stage this show. See you on the dance floor!”

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    Cagedbaby, keyboards; Hammond; upright bass loop; programming; Wurlitzer, pad; synth 
    David Byrne, guitars; backing vocals; synth; organ; electronic percussion; cavaquinho; programming; percussion programming; troglodyte 
    Fatboy Slim, programming; synth bass; keyboard bass; bass; loops, synths; piano; clavinet; brass loop; organ; sequencer; keyboards 
    Amy Kimball, Galina Zhdanova, Hiroko Taguchi, Pauline Kim, violins 
    David Gold, viola
    Garo Yellin, cello 
    CJ Camerieri, trumpet 
    Greg Smith, French horn 
    Michael Seltzer, trombone 
    Jay Hassler, clarinet
    Rick Heckman, flute, oboe 
    Mark degli Antoni, marimba, Mellotron; toy piano, organ
    Mauro Refosco, percussion; woodblock, udu, rods & bells; shakers; clang, chorus percussion ; tambourine; congas 
    Paul Frazier, bass 
    Thomas Bartlett, piano; clavinet); Wurltizer; keyboards; clavichord; organ bass
    Graham Hawthorne, cajón, drums
    Mauro Refosco, shaker, pandeira, cajón
    Tony Finno, Rhodes piano
    Cyrus Beroukhim, viola 
    Arthur Cook, cello 
    Kenneth de Carlo, John Sheppard, trumpets
    Chad Yarbrough, Theodore Primis, French horns
    David Young, flute, oboe 
    Kenneth Finn, Euphonium
    Ganda Suthivarakom, backing vocals
    Barry Danielian, trumpet
    Dan Levine, trombone, bass trombone
    David Mann, tenor saxophone 
    Paul Shapiro, baritone saxophone
    Camille, vocal beatbox, vocal arrangement
    MaJiKer, vocal arrangement
    Paul Sandrone, bass
    Armando Figueredo, Rhodes piano
    José Luis (Cheo) Pardo, guitar
    José Rafael Torres, bass 

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Produced by Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett; Cagedbaby, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett; Los Amigos Invisibles, Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, and Patrick Dillett
    Recorded by Simon Thornton at HMS House, Brighton; Mark Rankin at Miloco Studios, London; Patrick Dillett at Avatar Studios and Kampo Studios, NYC; John Reynolds at New Air Studios, London; Mark Hawley at Martian Engineering Studios, Cornwall ; MaJiKer; Los Amigos Invisibles at Gozadera Studios, NYC
    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; D. Byrne, N. Cook ; D. Byrne, T. Gandey ; D. Byrne, N. Cook, J. Pardo 
    Orchestra arrangements by Tony Finno, Gil Goldstein and Tony Finno; horn arrangements by Dan Levine 

    Graphic Design by Danielle Spencer & DB
    Image Research & Licensing by Jane Shaw
    Cover image by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images