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David Byrne's Luaka Bop label celebrating 25th anniversary w/ NYC events, releasing William Onyeabor box set

David Byrne w/ Arcade Fire at Barclays Center (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
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David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and leading up to the Atomic Bomb! The Music of William Onyeabor performance at Central Park’s Modern Sky Festival (also including Blood Brothers, Cat Power, Liars and more), the label will celebrate with more events at NYC’s Mmuseumm (Cortland Alley b/t Franklin St & White St in TriBeCa) from October 1-3. Mmuseumm is “is a modern natural history museum – devoted to the curation and exhibition of contemporary artifacts that illustrate the complexities of the modern world,” and for the Luaka Bop celebration it will host “Javelin performing out of a car radio, Kings Go Forth’s Andy Noble presenting his special ‘Soul Field Recordings’ project, Janka Nabay singing his three latest or oldest songs (we don’t really know which), and Delicate Steve & Friends performing Harry Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall.” Events start at 7 PM each day and there will also be afterparties each day at Forlini’s Restuarant (93 Baxter St) at 8:30 PM, and Winnie’s Bar (104 Bayard St, karaoke anyone?) at 9:30. All events are FREE. Flyer below.

Luaka Bop is also releasing a two-part box set that reissues William Onyeabor’s full discography on November 18. That also includes a Peaking Lights (who open for Real Estate on 10/2) remix of “Body and Soul,” which you can stream below…

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