David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's "Here Lies Love"

from Pitchforkmedia:
"Here Lies Love, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's long-in-the-works concept album about Imelda Marcos, is finally here! And wow, does it sport an impressive guest list. Contributing vocals to the song cycle about the former Philippines First Lady (and her childhood servant, Estrella Cumpas): Santigold, Tori Amos, Cyndi Lauper, Sharon Jones, Steve Earle, Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Róisín Murphy, Nellie McKay, Kate Pierson of the B-52s, and many more. Byrne himself only sings on two of the project's 22 songs.

On February 23 April 6, Todomundo/Nonesuch will release Here Lies Love as a box set that includes two CDs, a 100-page book, and a DVD, which you can see pictured above. More info about the project can be found here."




“The story I am interested in is about asking what drives a powerful person—what makes them tick? How do they make and then remake themselves? I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be great if—as this piece would be principally composed of clubby dance music—one could experience it in a club setting? Could one bring a ‘story’ and a kind of theater to the disco? Was that possible? If so, wouldn’t that be amazing!”
-David Byrne

I had family members that had suffered political persecution back in the Marcos regime. Quite frankly, I do hope this work is a snub of sorts. Judging from the 30-second samples, this is something I'm bound to like.