David Byrne(大卫·伯恩)于1952年5月14日出生在苏格兰敦巴顿,他是家里两个孩子中的老大。他的父亲是一位电子工程师。David Byrne在3岁时就常常捣腾家中的留声机,5岁时学会了吹口琴,在进入高中学习之前就已掌握如何演奏吉他、手风琴和小提琴。即使他早早就显露出其对音乐浓厚的兴趣,可他却被中学的合唱团拒之门外,后者给出的理由是说David Byrne “走调、性格太孤僻”。他在自己的日记中也写到“我是一个古怪的年轻人——阿斯伯格综合症的边缘,我猜。”还要说明的是David Byrne是个左撇子,却用右手弹奏吉他。
乐队时期
David Byrne是前Talking Heads乐队的核心人物。上世纪七十年代早期,年仅18岁的大卫·伯恩只身从苏格兰远渡重洋来到美国留学,就读于罗德岛设计学院的他认识了克里斯·弗朗茨(乐团鼓手)及他的女朋友蒂娜·韦茅斯(亦即后来乐团的贝斯手),伯恩与包括弗朗茨在内的数名友人组成了“艺术学”(The Artistics)乐队,韦茅斯亦在团中帮忙。1974年,弗朗茨与韦茅斯从学校毕业,伯恩与他们两人为了更专注于创作音乐,决定迁往纽约市另组新团,此时弗朗茨正鼓励着他的女朋友学习贝斯,以成为真正的乐团成员及填补一直悬空的贝斯手位置。经过长时间排练后,乐队最终在1975年一月以“Talking Heads”之名成立,他们找到了CBGB酒吧(公认纽约朋克发源地),经过试音后,成功争取替当时还未冲出纽约的驻场乐队雷蒙斯作暖场,这也是传声头像乐团的首次公开演出。乐队共发行了8张录音室专辑,于1988年开始沉寂下来,1991年解散(2002年重聚)。这支乐队是美国新浪潮音乐中最有影响力的乐队之一,他们与环境音乐大师Brian Eno(即布莱恩·伊诺,他后来因替U2乐团制作《约书亚树》而获得格莱美奖)合作的专辑《Fear of Music》和《Remain in light》,把非洲音乐节奏以及疯克音乐风格发挥得淋漓尽致,使乐队达到艺术顶峰。
个人创作时期
在1979至1981年间与Brian Eno合作时,David Byrne个人还创作出了专辑《 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts》,并因制作中运用了早期模拟采样和Found Sounds而吸引来舆论的广泛好评。
David Byrne个人也在世界音乐、电影制作和艺术表演等领域进行了不同的尝试。在为Robert Wilson的戏剧《内战》创作音乐并出版了一张影片音乐集《True Story》之后,1987年,Byrne与日本音乐人坂本龙一(Ryuichi Sakamoto)及我国作曲家苏聪合作,为Bernardo Bertolucci的影片《末代皇帝》(The Last Emperor)创作音乐,获得了1988年奥斯卡奖最佳影片音乐奖。
尽管Byrne总是热衷于研究来自巴西和非洲的“世界音乐”,但他从未放弃在流行音乐领域内的创作。
其他事业
David Byrne与Yale Evlev于1990年共同创立了世界音乐唱片公司Luaka Bop。最初它是为了发布拉丁美洲合集而创建的,但现在已经扩展到包括古巴、非洲、远东等地的音乐,并发布了Cornershop、Os Mutantes、Los De Abajo、Jim White、Zap Mama、Tom Zé、Los Amigos Invisibles和King Changó等艺术家的作品。
2005年,他启动了自己的互联网广播电台——David Byrne广播电台。每个月,Byrne会发布一个按主题或流派链接的他喜欢的音乐播放列表。Byrne的播放列表包括非洲流行音乐、乡村音乐经典、人声、古典歌剧和意大利电影配乐等。
他现在是美国国会指定的SoundExchange的董事会成员,该组织负责收集和分配数字表演版税以获得声音录制版权。
2006年,Byrne发行了《树博物馆》(Arboretum),这是他树木画作的素描本,由McSweeney出版。Byrne是一位视觉艺术家,自上世纪90年代以来,他的作品已在当代艺术画廊和博物馆展出。他在纽约的Pace/MacGill画廊代表。2010年,他的原创艺术品在杜克大学Nasher艺术博物馆的展览《唱片:当代艺术和黑胶唱片》中展出。
TED演讲
David Byrne还曾在TED会议上发表演讲。2010年6月,他在TED会议上发表了关于建筑对音乐的影响的演讲。随后在2010年10月,他与Thomas Dolby和弦乐四重奏Ethel-TED2010乐队一起演出了Talking Heads 1988年专辑《Naked》中的热门歌曲“(Nothing But) Flowers”。
Rolling Stone magazine曾将Byrne评为“史上最伟大的歌手100位”之一,并在有关Byrne的专题报道中称他为“一个时代的气息”。该杂志还将Talking Heads列为“历史上最伟大的100个乐队”之一。
NME杂志将Byrne和Talkings Heads描述为“一个时代最具有影响力和创新性的乐队之一”,并称Byrne是“身临其境般的词曲创作天才”。
Pitchfork网站将Byrne描述为“一位摇滚的先知和文化领袖”,并称他是“伟大的表演者、声音探索家和现代舞台艺术家”。
The Guardian报纸曾称Byrne是“音乐历史上最重要的人物之一”,并称他的创新将“20世纪的音乐从独立摇滚到世界音乐推向了前沿”。
The New Yorker杂志称Byrne是“音乐、电影和美学的现代先知”,并称他的音乐“融合了不同文化的元素,创造出了新的、独特的声音”。
David Byrne
├─CD
│ ├─1980 – Rome Concert (David Byrne, feat. Tom Tom Club members) (2009)
│ ├─1981 – Brian Eno and David Byrne – My life in the Bush of Ghosts (2006 Remaster)
│ ├─1981 – Brian Eno and David Byrne – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (2006 Remastered + Expanded)
│ ├─1981 – Brian Eno and David Byrne – My life in the Bush of Ghosts (Holland)
│ ├─1981 – Brian Eno and David Byrne – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (USA 9 45374-2)
│ ├─1981 – My Life (Complete Version)
│ ├─1981 – The Complete Score From The Catherine Wheel
│ ├─1987 – The Last Emperor
│ ├─1989 – Brazil Classics 2 – O Samba (Selected by David Byrne)
│ ├─1989 – Rei Momo
│ ├─1989 – Rei Momo (925 990-2)
│ ├─1989 – VA – Brazil Classics 1- Beleza Tropical (Selected by David Byrne)
│ ├─1990 – Bernie Worrell – Funk Of Ages (with David Byrne, Keith Richards, Herbie Hancock, Maceo Parker, Chris Spedding, Vernon Reid, Dennis Chambers etc.)
│ ├─1991 – The Complete Gig (David Byrne, feat. Tom Tom Club members)
│ ├─1991 – The Forest
│ ├─1992 – Girls On My Mind [Ssingle]
│ ├─1992 – Uh-Oh (7599-26799-2)
│ ├─1994 – David Byrne (9362-45558-2)
│ ├─1996 – No Talking Just Head [Talking Heads without David Byrne]
│ ├─1996 – VA – Offbeat – A Red Hot Sound Trip
│ ├─1997 – Feelings (9362-46605-2)
│ ├─1997 – Miss America [Single]
│ ├─1997 – The Visible Man
│ ├─1998 – Waldemar Bastos – Pretaluz (ft Arto Lindsay, Cyro Baptista, David Byrne etc)
│ ├─2001 – Look Into The Eyeball (7243 8 50924 2 8)
│ ├─2002 – X-Press 2 – LazyFeaturing David Byrne (2008 Mixes)
│ ├─2003 – David Byrne & Caetano Veloso – Dreamworld Marco De Canaveses [Promo Single]
│ ├─2003 – Lead Us Not Into Temptation [Young Adam OST]
│ ├─2004 – Grown Backwards (7559-79826-2)
│ ├─2007 – VA – The CIVIL warS 3CD
│ ├─2008 – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (TODO 002)
│ ├─2010 – David Byrne and Fatboy Slim – Here Lies Love 2CD
│ ├─2012 – Caetano Veloso & David Byrne – Live at Carnegie Hall (Nonesuch)
│ ├─2012 – Love This Giant (CAD3231CD)
│ ├─2018 – American Utopia (565710-2)
├─Hi-Res
│ ├─1981 – Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts [24Bit-96Khz]
│ ├─1981 – My Life In the Bush of Ghosts [24Bit-44.1-48Khz]
│ ├─1981 – The Catherine Wheel (The Complete Score from the Broadway Production) [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─1985 – The Knee Plays [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─1989 – Rei Momo [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─1991 – The Forest [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─1992 – Uh-Oh [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─1994 – David Byrne [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─1996 – The Visible Man [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─1998 – In Spite of Wishing and Wanting [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2001 – Live From Austin, TX (2017 Remaster) [HDtracks] [24Bit-96Khz]
│ ├─2002 – Lazy (feat. David Byrne) [Remixes] [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2004 – Grown Backwards (Deluxe Edition) [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2004 – Grown Backwards [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2006 – Feelings [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2007 – Live From Austin, TX [24Bit-44.1Khz]
│ ├─2008 – Big Love Hymnal [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2008 – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Deluxe) [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2009 – I’m Losing Myself – Single [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2010 – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim – Here Lies Love (2023 Remaster) 2CD [HDtracks] [24Bit-96Khz]
│ ├─2011 – Live At Carnegie Hall [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2012 – Love This Giant [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2012 – Who [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2013 – Brass Tactics EP [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2014 – Here Lies Love (Original Cast Recording) 2CD [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2015 – Thuggish Love – EP [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2018 – American Utopia [24Bit-96Khz]
│ ├─2018 – American Utopia [qobuz] [24Bit-96Khz]
│ ├─2018 – This Is That [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2019 – American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording) 2CD [24Bit-96Khz]
│ ├─2019 – Santa Cruz de la Sierra [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2021 – Last Night I Was Dreaming With You – Single [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2021 – Last Night I Was Dreaming With You [24Bit-44.1Khz]
│ ├─2021 – Look into the Eyeball [24Bit-192Khz]
│ ├─2022 – always be you [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2022 – alwys b u remixed [24Bit-44.1Khz]
│ ├─2022 – alwys b u _ remixed – EP [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2022 – This Is A Life (From the Original Motion Picture Everything Everywhere All at Once) [24Bit-48Khz]
│ ├─2022 – Who Has Seen the Wind [24Bit-44.1Khz]
│ ├─2023 – Fat Man’s Comin’ [24Bit-88.2Khz]
│ ├─2024 – David Byrne Does Hard Times [24Bit-48Khz]
├─LP
│ ├─1981 – Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Germany 2302 100) 24-96
│ ├─1981 – Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (USA R-27566-1138908445) 24-96
│ ├─1981 – Brian Eno & David Byrne ?- My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (EG, EGLP 48, UK) 24-96
│ ├─1985 – Music For The Knee Plays DSD
│ ├─1989 – Rei Momo 24-96
│ ├─2013 – Peter Gabriel ?- Scratch My Back; And I’ll Scratch Yours (2LP, Music On Vinyl, MOVLP952, NL) 24-96
│ ├─2018 – American Utopia (EU) DSD
├─MQA
│ ├─1981 – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts [MQA]
│ ├─1981 – The Complete Score from -The Catherine Wheel- [MQA]
│ ├─1985 – The Knee Plays [MQA]
│ ├─1989 – Rei Momo [MQA]
│ ├─1991 – The Forest [MQA]
│ ├─1992 – Uh-Oh [MQA]
│ ├─1994 – David Byrne [MQA]
│ ├─1997 – Feelings [E][MQA]
│ ├─2004 – Grown Backwards (Deluxe Edition) [MQA]
│ ├─2004 – Grown Backwards [MQA]
│ ├─2010 – Here Lies Love (2023 Remaster) 2CD [MQA]
│ ├─2010 – Here Lies Love 2CD [MQA]
│ ├─2010 – Here Lies Love- Original Cast Recording 2CD [MQA]
│ ├─2018 – American Utopia [MQA]
│ ├─2018 – Everybody’s Coming to My House [MQA]
│ ├─2018 – This Is That [MQA]
│ ├─2019 – American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording) 2CD [MQA]
│ ├─2021 – Last Night I Was Dreaming With You [MQA]
│ ├─2022 – always be you [MQA]
│ ├─2022 – alwys b u — remixed [MQA]
│ ├─2022 – gravity [MQA]
│ ├─2022 – Who Has Seen the Wind- [MQA]
│ ├─2024 – David Byrne Does Hard Times [MQA]
├─qobuz
│ ├─1981 – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
│ ├─1981 – The Complete Score from The Catherine Wheel
│ ├─1985 – The Knee Plays
│ ├─1989 – Rei Momo
│ ├─1991 – The Forest
│ ├─1992 – Uh-Oh
│ ├─1994 – David Byrne
│ ├─1997 – Feelings
│ ├─1999 – In Spite Of Wishing And Wanting
│ ├─2001 – Look into the Eyeball
│ ├─2002 – Lazy (feat. David Byrne)
│ ├─2002 – Lazy (feat. David Byrne) (Remixes)
│ ├─2004 – Grown Backwards
│ ├─2004 – Grown Backwards (Deluxe Edition)
│ ├─2007 – Live From Austin, TX
│ ├─2007 – Turn My Teeth Up!
│ ├─2008 – Big Love Hymnal
│ ├─2009 – I’m Losing Myself
│ ├─2010 – Here Lies Love 2CD
│ ├─2010 – Here Lies Love (2023 Remaster) 2CD
│ ├─2012 – Love This Giant (David Byrne & St. Vincent)
│ ├─2012 – Who
│ ├─2013 – Brass Tactics EP
│ ├─2018 – American Utopia
│ ├─2018 – Everybody’s Coming to My House
│ ├─2018 – This Is That
│ ├─2019 – American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording) 2CD
│ ├─2021 – Last Night I Was Dreaming With You
│ ├─2022 – always be you
│ ├─2022 – alwys b u remixed
│ ├─2022 – This Is A Life (From the Original Motion Picture Everything Everywhere All at Once)
│ ├─2022 – Who Has Seen the Wind
│ ├─2023 – Fat Man’s Comin’
│ ├─2024 – David Byrne Does Hard Times
└─Tidal
├─1981 – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
├─1981 – The Complete Score from -The Catherine Wheel-
├─1985 – The Knee Plays
├─1989 – Rei Momo
├─1991 – The Forest
├─1992 – Uh-Oh
├─1994 – David Byrne
├─1997 – Feelings [E]
├─1999 – In Spite Of Wishing And Wanting
├─1999 – The Visible Man
├─2001 – Look into the Eyeball
├─2003 – Lead Us Not into Temptation
├─2004 – Grown Backwards
├─2004 – Grown Backwards (Deluxe Edition)
├─2007 – Live From Austin, TX
├─2008 – Big Love Hymnal
├─2008 – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
├─2008 – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Deluxe)
├─2009 – Everything That Happens Will Happen on This Tour
├─2009 – I’m Losing Myself
├─2010 – Here Lies Love 2CD
├─2010 – Here Lies Love (2023 Remaster) 2CD
├─2010 – Here Lies Love- Original Cast Recording 2CD
├─2012 – Love This Giant
├─2012 – Who
├─2013 – Brass Tactics EP
├─2013 – Psychedelic Afternoon
├─2018 – American Utopia
├─2018 – Everybody’s Coming to My House
├─2018 – This Is That
├─2019 – American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording) 2CD
├─2019 – American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording) [A] 2CD
├─2019 – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
├─2021 – Last Night I Was Dreaming With You
├─2022 – always be you
├─2022 – alwys b u — remixed
├─2022 – gravity
├─2022 – Who Has Seen the Wind-
├─2023 – Fat Man’s Comin’
├─2024 – David Byrne Does Hard Times