"I grew up as a David Byrne fan. I admired his work with Talking Heads and those records then led me to 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts'  where I discovered Brian Eno's work.   The collaboration between Byrne and Eno inspired me to think outside the box and opened my head up to new musical and most importantly non-musical experiences."

Hank Shocklee — Producer (Public Enemy)

Brian Eno + David Byrne 1981/2006
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts came out in 1981. Over the last decades, hundreds of artists in genres ranging from DJs to alternative to electronic have all borrowed from its ideas and claimed its influence. It is now being re-issued in a beautiful new package, with extensive liner notes and photos, and featuring 7 previously unreleased tracks from the original album and a film by influential artist Bruce Conner.
This is the first time complete and total access to original tracks with remix and sampling possibilities have been officially offered on line. In keeping with the spirit of the original album, Brian and David are offering for download all the multitracks on two of the songs. Through signing up to the user license, and in line with Creative Commons licenses, you are free to edit, remix, sample and mutilate these tracks however you like. Add them to your own song or create a new one. Visitors are welcome to post their mixes or songs that incorporate these audio files on the site for others to hear and rate. To launch the Remix site click here!
The usual streaming samples of CD cuts, including the previously unreleased tracks. To play a song sample, click on the title bar.

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Images of all types. Brian and I took pictures off a video monitor for possible covers, skewing the color of the TV and using the same process to do some Polaroid self portraits. Re-release CD designer Peter Buchanan-Smith skewed the original cover to make the new cover- alt versions are here too. Hugh Brown came by the studio while we were in LA and took some pix which he recently discovered. There is a hi rez streaming version of the film that artist and filmmaker Bruce Conner did for the song Mea Culpa, never before seen, except maybe in some galleries and museum retrospectives. Lastly, there are images of the vinyl covers of the records on which we found some of these sounds.
Pitchfork Media | 07-17-2006
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There was surprisingly little press on this record when it came out for all the people who say it affected them. Reading some I see that Jon Pareles, now of the NY Times, was the one who accused us of cultural imperialism. We’re right there alongside McDonalds, Coke and the World Bank. Since then Jon has become an avid proselytizer for "world" music, so we'll cut him some slack.
There are some recent essays here from writers David Toop and Paul Morley. I wrote one about the making of the record, and some excerpts from the wonderful Amos Tutuola book that gave the record its name.
In this section you can read official press info and album credits, and visit websites for more info about those involved in this project.

For promotional use, hi-res photos and press docs are available for direct download; to gain access to this password-protected site, email Krista Williams.