HERE LIES LOVE Remix Collection Now Available

By: Sep. 30, 2014
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The Remix Collection from Here Lies Love, featuring reimaginings of the music from David Byrne andFatboy Slim's off-Broadway hit, is out now on Todomundo!, get it here. A collection of 14 tracks remixed by Matt Stine and Justin Levine, all proceeds will be donated to Gawad Kalinga, a charity dedicated to typhoon relief and ending poverty in the Philippines for 5 million families by 2024. The album is available at Here Lies Love performances at The Public Theater in New York and Dorfman Theater in London as well as via the Here Lies Love website, DavidByrne.com and other outlets.

After being asked to remix music from the show for in-theater use, Stine created a full song-cycle of remixes, using music from the show and the cast album, released earlier this year, alongside the originally released all-star album featuring Santigold, Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine), Sia, Steve Earle, St. Vincent, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Sharon Jones, Nicole Atkins, and many others singing the show's roles. After hearing the music, Byrne decided to release the full cycle of remixes to the public.

Here Lies Love premiered at the Public Theater in April of 2013 and was extended four times, and will begin its London debut September 30 at the National Theatre's new Dorfman Theatre. Directed by Alex Timbers and based on the life of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos, the play is the recipient of five Lucille Lortel awards, an Obie Award for music and lyrics; an Outer Critics Circle Award; Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music, Lighting Design, and Projection Design; and two Theatre World Awards. The Public's production was hailed by the New York Observer as "the must-see event of the season" and by Vogue as "a life-giving, roof-raising, booty-shaking blast of joy."

Marcos's love for disco and club music served as the inspiration for the musical, retracing her meteoric rise to power and subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution.

Byrne collaborated with director Alex Timbers (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) to bring the music to the stage. Ruthie Ann Miles' starring performance was praised as "striking" by New York magazine, "magnetic, sexy and poignant" by the New York Post, and "vivid and haunting" by theNew York Daily News. Entertainment Weekly declares "not only does [Miles] have a lovely, dynamic set of pipes, but she also infuses the first lady with just the right amount of strength and sensitivity." Miles earned a Theatre World Award for her performance.

THE REMIX COLLECTION FROM Here Lies Love TRACK LIST

1. The World Isn't Perfect / Ladies In Blue Remix

2. It's So Hot Today / How Are You Remix

3. Here Lies Love / Club Millennium Mix

4. Watching History / When She Passed By Remix

5. Disco With George / Dancing Together Remix

6. Puffy White Clouds / Sugartime Baby Remix

7. Please Do / Please Don't Remix

8. OOOOOOOH! / Child of the Philippines Remix

9. Fabulous Yellow Pills / Walk Like A Woman Remix

10. Good, Good, Good / The Whole Man Remix

11. Oh, Imelda / Poor Me Remix

12. Sing For Them / Here Lies Love/Every Drop of Rain Remix

13. Solano Avenue Shakedown / Solano Avenue Remix

14. Precious Little Children / You'll Be Taken Care Of Remix



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