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Luaka Bop is a New York-based record label founded by David Byrne in 1988.
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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. What began with Byrne making cassettes of his favorite Tropicália tracks for his friends became a full-fledged record label in 1988 after Byrne received a solo artist deal from Warner Bros .
THE STORY OF LUAKA BOP. We used to tell people a lot of different things when they asked what Luaka Bop meant. Truth be told it is a Sri Lankan orange pekoe tea that David Byrne bought in the UK. The eye of the Luaka Bop log is the eye of Vilaç Trimegistes, the Balkan alchemist who gave his eyes to his work, and who was the first to uncover ...
Independent record label, founded by David Byrne in 1988.
Luaka Bop is a record label established by David Byrne in 1989. Luaka Bop has released compilations as full-length albums, EPs, cassettes, and singles from individual artists like William Onyeabor, Floating Points, Doug Hream Blunt, Tim Maia, and Os Mutantes.
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