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"Byrne, former front man of Talking Heads, and Eno, essentially the father of ambient music and the producer of landmark records from the likes of U2 and Coldplay, have collaborated on a range of projects..."
Fast Company, 12 November 2008
David Byrne
The Talking Heads' former frontal lobe on recording his soulful new album with Brian Eno, transforming buildings into musical instruments, writing song-and-dance numbers about Imelda Marcos, and designing bicycle racks for a better tomorrow.
Glenn O'Brien, Interview, November 2008
No 'Ghosts' for Byrne and Eno
"Byrne conjures melodies that meander but never lose their tunefulness, and there's a sense of uplift even as an undercurrent of melancholy threads its way through the album like a shiver up the spine."
Sarah Rodman, The Boston Globe, 31 October 2008
Dépasser le passé
«Nous n'avions planifié ni à court ni à long terme. Brian avait des musiques sous la main qui ressemblaient à des mixes un peu crus. Il m'a demandé si ça pouvait m'intéresser d'y mettre des paroles. J'ai dit oui, et il m'a envoyé ça par Internet, ce qu'on ne faisait pas il y a 30 ans.»
Philippe Rezzonico, Canoe (Montreal), 30 October 2008
David Byrne explains how he and Brian Eno got their groove on after two decades apart
“That is the overall vibe of the record,” Byrne agrees. “[It says], ‘We're going to get through this. Humanity will prevail.' ”
Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune, 22 October 2008
Music Review: David Byrne and Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"This record is solid and timeless, and doesn't vaunt its importance or cling to hipster trends."
Dorit Finkel, Short and Sweet NYC, 22 October 2008
Interviews: David Byrne
"Since his days fronting Talking Heads, people have been trying—and failing—to label David Byrne."
Sean O'Neal, A.V. Club, 15 October 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"Blending rock, folk, electronica, gospel and these indescribably ethereal flourishes, David Byrne and Brian Eno again do something together that they couldn't have done with Talking Heads — or on their own."
Nick Deriso, Something Else, 15 October 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno get spiritual
"Don't tell anyone, but David Byrne and Brian Eno have a new album."
Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 3 October 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno pay homage to higher powers
"Byrne and Eno have refined their art form from a conjuring of ghosts to a way of seeing the spirit in everything."
Ron Nachmann, SF Weekly, 1 October 2008
Interview: David Byrne
"It's like that Borges story of the guy who rewrote ‘Don Quixote' and maintained that his version was different even though every word of it was the same..."
Joshua Klein, Pitchfork, 22 September 2008
David Byrne, Brian Eno write songs by e-mail
"...with no expensive, all-encompassing ad campaign, Everything That Happens has still attracted fans."
Rashod D. Ollison, Baltimore Sun, 16 September 2008
Dos prodigios que retoman la conversación sobre la música
"David Byrne & Brian Eno. Vuelven a colaborar juntos después de 27 años."
Sebastián Auyanet, El País, 14 September 2008
Album Review: David Byrne and Brian Eno
"...awash in resonant, airy atmospheres, winding synths, and pillowy harmonies..."
Andrew Phillips, Flavorpill Network: Earplug, 11 September 2008
David Byrne & Brian Eno
"As with their haunting, Kuti-inspired sound collage My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Everything that Happens Will Happen Today is the product of one of the better collaborations that modern music has known."
Jeff Roesgen, Tiny Mix Tapes, 7 September 2008
Twice in a Lifetime: Byrne, Eno Reunite for New Disc
"David's Mr. Geeky and I'm Mr. Egghead..."
David Fricke, Rolling Stone, 4 September 2008
David Byrne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"...the album is a beautifully melodic, unpretentious offering — and nothing whatsoever like its predecessor."
Joe Tangari, Pitchfork, 2 September 2008
Eno, Byrne 'Happen' with bright sounds about dark times
"In the end, music is a last refuge."
Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune, 28 August 2008
Coping with David Byrne and Brian Eno: A Boost to your optimism from the Internet
"...you begin to hear a connection between the ranters impersonated on Remain in Light, the chopped-up preachers of Ghosts, and the meaning-of-life babble set to churchy changes here."
Peter S. Scholtes, The Village Voice, 27 August 2008
David Byrne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"Everything That Happens is a brilliant addition to a creative partnership that has yielded so much and shouldn't have taken 27 years to rekindle."
Michael Patrick Brady, The Boston Phoenix, 26 August 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno's kick ass new album in a million downloadable and physical formats
"What a great day this is shaping up to be."
Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, 25 August 2008
Album: David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"A consolation for some, a miracle for others."
Belfast Telegraph, 22 August 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno, "Everything that Happens Will Happen Today"
"When it comes to stretching the boundaries of rock 'n' roll in bold and exciting new directions, the accomplishments of David Byrne and Brian Eno cannot be denied, together or separately."
Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times, 20 August 2008
Re: Masters: David Byrne
"Byrne took a few minutes away from his multimedia marathon to discuss his work process, the connections between his ventures and his vision of music's future."
Alan Light, MSN, 20 August 2008
News Review: David Byrne and Brian Eno
"Ultimately, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is about how music heals even if it can't cure."
Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 19 August 2008
Byrne & Eno's Everything that Happens Will Happen Today: The David Byrne Interview
"It doesn't sound like any contemporary gospel record that you would hear out there, but it's informed by that feeling and those kind of lyrics, which allude to hope in the face of despair."
Ken Micallef, Yahoo! Music Blog, 18 August 2008
David Byrne, Brian Eno and the viral album
"Byrne and Eno are doing all this without the help of a label..."
Michelle Quinn, Los Angeles Times, 18 August 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno Offer Full Stream of New Album
"As one would expect from innovators of this caliber, the album is being released in a very 2008 fashion..."
Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired.com, 18 August 2008
Together Again in Different Time Zones
"Mr. Byrne and Mr. Eno have been consistent pipelines between pop and various avant-gardes..."
Jon Pareles, The New York Times, 15 August 2008
CD: Pop review: David Byrne and Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"This is, after all, a collaboration between the Liberal Democrats' freshly-appointed adviser on youth affairs, aged 60, and a man who recently curated an event at which a choir of geriatrics performed a cover of Queen's Bicycle Race, and who designed a chair that looks like it has a Mohican haircut."
Alexis Petridis, The Guardian (UK), 15 August 2008
David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"They characterise the result as a sort of "electronic gospel", Byrne's vocals embedded in a choir of Eno's multitracked backing..."
Andy Gill, The Independent, 15 August 2008
David Byrne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"Anyone expecting something intriguingly and, sometimes, maddeningly infectious will be in luck."
Chris Jones, BBC, 13 August 2008
Brian Eno and David Byrne reunite in the return of the digital masters
"We both wanted to make an album that combined something human, fallible and personal with something very electronic and mathematical. We wanted to paint a picture of the human trying to survive in an increasingly digital world."
Mark Coles, Times Online, 8 August 2008
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