構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:39:40

Personnel: David Byrne (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drums, snare drum, percussion); Brian Eno (vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, snare drum, percussion); Samira Tawfik, Dunya Yusin (vocals); Jesse Rossy (guitar); Prairie Prince (drums, bass drum); David Van Tieghem (drums, snare drum, percussion); Chris Frantz, John Cooksey (drums, snare drum); Jose Rossy (bass drum, congas, gong); Steve Scales (congas); Mingo Lewis (bata, percussion); Dennis Keeley (bodhran). Recording information: Blue Rock, New York, NY (08/04/1979-10/??/1980); Different Fur, San Francisco, CA (08/04/1979-10/??/1980); Eldorado, Los Angeles, CA (08/04/1979-10/??/1980); RPM, New York, NY (08/04/1979-10/??/1980); Sigma, New York, NY (08/04/1979-10/??/1980); Sigma, NY (08/04/1979-10/??/1980). Arrangers: Chris Frantz; David Van Tieghem; Peter Saville; Tim Wright; Robert Fripp; David Byrne; Bill Laswell; Brian Eno; Busta Cherry Jones. Eno was a key figure in the development of Talking Heads, producing some of their most innovative albums. This collaboration with head Head Byrne built on the sonic ground the two had already broken together via their well established working relationship. The pair couldn't have known how influential MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS would be in the next two decades. Deconstructing the avant-funk of the Heads' REMAIN IN LIGHT, Byrne and Eno recorded polyrhythmic backing tracks similar to that effort. Instead of creating lyrics or melodies to lay over them, the duo turned to "found sounds" and voices, looping everything from radio talk show conversations to Muslim chants atop the rhythm bed, before anyone even knew what a sampler was. The subsequent impact on everything, from electronica to World music to whatever Bill Laswell is doing this week, was inestimable. The most important thing is that all this high-minded studio wizardry works on a very immediately satisfying level.