David Byrne

About David Byrne

Known as the force behind The Talking Heads and later as creator of the highly-regarded record-label Luaka Bop, Byrne also works as a photographer, film director, author, and solo artist; he has been publishing and exhibiting visual art for more than a decade. Recent works include the release of “Arboretum, a book of Byrne’s “tree” drawings (Mcsweeney’s, 2006)”, the Lead Us Not into Temptation CD from the film Young Adam, and the Talking Heads box set.

Grown Backwards was Byrne’s first Nonesuch Records release. “There are a few artists today who are so original in what they do that one can truly say they sound like no one else in the world,” says label president Robert Hurwitz. “This is what we have always felt about David Byrne, and this is how we feel about Grown Backwards, his first record on Nonesuch. It is a great privilege to work with him.”

Nonesuch has also released My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Byrne's 1981 collaboration with Brian Eno, and, more recently, The Knee Plays, originally conceived as part of Robert Wilson's epic 1984 play the CIVIL warS.