David Byrne (musician)

David Byrne (born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a musician best known as a founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads.

Varied work

His work has been extensively used in movie soundtracks, most notably in collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su on Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, which won an Oscar for Best Original Score. Byrne also directed and starred in True Stories, a musical collage of quirky Americana released in 1986, as well as the films Île Aiye and Between the Teeth.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Cong Su - Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor - True Stories - Americana - 1986 - Île Aiye - Between the Teeth

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Byrne founded Luaka Bop, a world music record label which releases the work of artists Cornershop, Os Mutantes, Los De Abajo, and others.

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Luaka Bop - World music - Cornershop - Os Mutantes - Los De Abajo

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Byrne is also a successful photographer, having shown his work in contemporary art galleries and museums around the world since the 1990s. His images are sometimes exhibited as part of sound installations. He is represented by Pace/MacGill Gallery, NYC.

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Photographer - Contemporary art - Installations

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