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BYRNE, DAVID
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Description
The re-mastered "The Knee Plays" was first recorded in 1985 and has never before been released on CD. The release includes twelve original tracks, eight bonus tracks, previously unseen visual materials, and a full-length DVD slideshow with music featuring 400 black and white photographs by JoAnn Verburg of the original staging.
"The Knee Plays" grew out of a relationship between Byrne and avant-garde stage director and playwright Robert Wilson. In 1983, while preparing a piece entitled the CIVIL WarS to be performed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Wilson invited Byrne to score the "knee plays" - or entr'actes - that would come in between each of the plays that would make up the days-long theatrical epic. Inspired by Wilson's experimental creative process and the Dirty Dozen Brass band, whom he had heard on a trip to New Orleans, Byrne created a score in twelve parts that showcased the traditional harmonies of the brass ensemble.
Long a musical rarity, the reissue will be the first time in more than 20 years that the innovative album will be accessible to a wide audience.
"The Knee Plays" grew out of a relationship between Byrne and avant-garde stage director and playwright Robert Wilson. In 1983, while preparing a piece entitled the CIVIL WarS to be performed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Wilson invited Byrne to score the "knee plays" - or entr'actes - that would come in between each of the plays that would make up the days-long theatrical epic. Inspired by Wilson's experimental creative process and the Dirty Dozen Brass band, whom he had heard on a trip to New Orleans, Byrne created a score in twelve parts that showcased the traditional harmonies of the brass ensemble.
Long a musical rarity, the reissue will be the first time in more than 20 years that the innovative album will be accessible to a wide audience.
Details
Released: Mon 14 Jan 2008
Catalogue Number: 7559799678
- Distributor: Cinram Logistics
- Producer: David Byrne
- Discs: 1
- Layers: 1
- Release Year: 2007
- Running Time: 57 minutes
- Running Time: 79 minutes
Track Listing
| Disk 1 | |
| 1. | Tree (Today Is An Important Occasion) |
| 2. | In The Upper Room |
| 3. | The Sound Of Business |
| 4. | Social Studies |
| 5. | (The Gift Of Sound) Where The Sun Never Goes Down |
| 6. | Theadora Is Dozing |
| 7. | Admiral Perry |
| 8. | I Bid You Goodnight |
| 9. | Things To Do (I've Tried) |
| 10. | Winter |
| 11. | Jungle Book |
| 12. | In The Future |
| 13. | Tree (Reprise) |
| 14. | I've Tried (Things To Do) |
| 15. | Tic Toc 2 (In The Future) |
| 16. | Whisper |
| 17. | Misterias |
| 18. | Faust Dance |
| 19. | Ghost |
| 20. | Super Natural |
| Disk 2 | |
| 1. | Dvd: Tree (Today Is An Important Occasion) |
| 2. | In The Upper Room |
| 3. | The Sound Of Business |
| 4. | Social Studies |
| 5. | (The Gift Of Sound) Where The Sun Never Goes Down |
| 6. | Theadora Is Dozing |
| 7. | Admiral Perry |
| 8. | I Bid You Goodnight |
| 9. | Things To Do (I've Tried) |
| 10. | Winter |
| 11. | Jungle Book |
| 12. | In The Future |
| 13. | Tree (Reprise) |
Availability
Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.
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