• Luaka Bop is a New York–based record label founded by musician David Byrne, former lead singer and guitarist for the art rock–new wave band Talking Heads...
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    David Byrne (category Luaka Bop artists)
    actor-musicians. David Byrne co-founded the world-music record label Luaka Bop with Yale Evelev in 1990. It was originally created to release Latin American...
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    Delicate Steve (category Luaka Bop artists)
    media and record label attention. That year, Delicate Steve signed to Luaka Bop, who released the "Butterfly" single, backed with a cover of Fleetwood...
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    Susana Baca (category Luaka Bop artists)
    1997 - Susana Baca (Luaka Bop) 2000 - Eco de Sombras (Luaka Bop) 2001 - Lamento Negro (Tumi Music) 2002 - Espíritu Vivo (Luaka Bop) 2002 - A Viva Voz (Empresa...
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    album impressed David Byrne sufficiently for him to sign the band to his Luaka Bop label. Although David Chambers left the band in 1994, replaced by Nick...
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  • Geggy Tah (category Luaka Bop artists)
    first release, Grand Opening, appeared in 1994 on David Byrne's label Luaka Bop; they were signed on the strength of their demo tape, which Byrne described...
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    2017, the tenth anniversary of Coltrane's death, New York-based label Luaka Bop released World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane...
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  • Who is William Onyeabor? (category Luaka Bop compilation albums)
    Onyeabor? is a 2013 compilation album by William Onyeabor released by Luaka Bop. The music was compiled by Uchenna Ikonne and was the first official re-issue...
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    was re-released on April 3, 2001, by David Byrne's independent label Luaka Bop Records. This CD re-issue includes all nine original album tracks plus...
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    Floating Points (category Luaka Bop artists)
    Official UK Vinyl Albums Chart. The album was released on New York label Luaka Bop. Sanders was impressed by Elaenia and befriended Shepherd, who was 40...
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  • the U.S. R&B singles chart. The album was reissued in 2001 on the label Luaka Bop, receiving widespread acclaim. Inspiration Information was Otis' debut...
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    Nouvelle Vague (band) (category Luaka Bop artists)
    Nouvelle Vague is a French cover band led by musicians Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin. Their name means "new wave" in French, and refers simultaneously...
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  • William Onyeabor (category Luaka Bop artists)
    Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing – The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa on Luaka Bop, and Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970's Funky Lagos on Strut Records...
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  • This World is Nothing (2011). King Changó (1996, Luaka Bop) The Return of El Santo (2000, Luaka Bop) Liberation Afro Beat, Vol. 1 (2001, Ninja Tune) Talkatif...
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  • A.R. Kane (category Luaka Bop artists)
    Butterfly Child. Rough Trade went bankrupt in 1991. In 1992, US label Luaka Bop released a 15-song US retrospective of the band's work, titled Americana...
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    Jim White (guitarist) (category Luaka Bop artists)
    debut album Wrong Eyed Jesus, released by David Byrne's boutique label Luaka Bop. White's live shows, particularly when touring solo, can be characterized...
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    a recording career as a solo artist, he also founded the record Label Luaka Bop and Todo Mundo. Music for Byrne's art presentation of the same name. Music...
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    of Tradition - The Return of Tom Zé Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. co-produced; translated his songs for 1990 Luaka Bop compilation Brazil Classics 4: Tom Zé...
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  • Orchestra. It was released on 26 March 2021 through the New York label Luaka Bop. It consists of a single 46-minute composition noted for its "dreamlike"...
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  • (link) Brimful of Asha (Japanese CD single liner notes). Cornershop. Luaka Bop, Warner Bros. Records, Wiiija. 1998. WPCR-1794.{{cite AV media notes}}:...
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    Tom Zé (category Luaka Bop artists)
    into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when musician and Luaka Bop label head David Byrne discovered Zé's 1975 album Estudando o Samba and...
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    Released by Luaka Bop first as Moreno Veloso+2: Music Typewriter (2001) Domenico+2: Sincerely Hot (2003, Luaka Bop) Kassin+2: Futurismo (2007, Luaka Bop) Moreno...
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  • third and final studio album by A.R. Kane, released in September 1994 on Luaka Bop. It was recorded in London and San Francisco and produced with Chris Cuben-Tatum...
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  • Elaenia (album) (category Luaka Bop albums)
    Floating Points on 6 November 2015 by Shepherd's own Pluto label and Luaka Bop. Shepherd created the artwork for the album by connecting fibre-optic...
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    Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, piano Years active 2003–present Labels Chess Club Records, Stiff, Columbia, Marshall Teller Records, O Genesis Records, Luaka Bop...
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    reissued by Editora Abril in 2011. In October 2012, American record label Luaka Bop released a Maia compilation entitled Nobody Can Live Forever. In January...
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    Os Mutantes (category Luaka Bop artists)
    Byrne has worked to publish and promote the group's music through his Luaka Bop label. Their song Ave Lucifer has been sampled on Captain Murphy's song...
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    1994) Hiram Bullock, Try Livin' It (ESC, 2003) David Byrne, Rei Momo (Luaka Bop, 1989) Ron Carter, Parade (Milestone, 1979) Stanley Clarke, Journey to...
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  • The +2's (category Luaka Bop artists)
    Luaka Bop first as Moreno Veloso+2: Music Typewriter (2001) and later as Moreno+2: Music Typewriter (2005) Domenico+2: Sincerely Hot (2003, Luaka Bop)...
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  • King Changó (category Luaka Bop artists)
    United States Genres Latin, ska Years active 1996–2003 2020–present Labels Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. Members José Andrés Blanco Luis Eduardo Blanco Luis Jesús...
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