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The Forest (1991)

Where the lyrics of The Forest take you, and where it was really made.

The album's music was first heard as the score of a Robert Wilson theatre piece that premiered in West Berlin in 1988.

Key places

Recording at Entourage Studios (1991)

Recording site Schnee Studio — The album was recorded at Entourage Studios in North Hollywood. The point marks the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recording at Hansa Tonstudios (1991)

Recording site Deutsches Filmorchester — Additional recording for the album also took place at Hansa Tonstudios in Berlin. The point marks the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• The Forest: mostly instrumental album by American musician David Byrne
• Released June 1991
• Inspired by the Epic of Gilgamesh
• Set during the later Industrial Revolution
• Orchestral album; some of its music was first used in a theatre piece of the same name
• All tracks composed by David Byrne
• Copyright credited to Sire Records, 1991

Background

• The theatre piece The Forest was a work by Robert Wilson and David Byrne, directed by Robert Wilson
• It premiered at Theater der Freien Volksbühne, West Berlin, in 1988
• Part of the album's music comes from that stage work

Recording

• Recorded at Entourage Studios, North Hollywood
• Also recorded at Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin
• Additional recording and mixing at The Bakery Recording Studios, North Hollywood
• Engineers: Andy Waterman, Eduard Meyer, Mark Wolfson
• Assistant engineers: Brian Campbell, Chris Lilley, Moses Schneider
• Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc

Cover

• Front cover photo: 'Feed Pump Pipework, Hinkley Point' by Douglass Allen
• Back cover image: 'Fodermaschinist' from the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum
• Inside image: 'The Forest' by David Byrne
• Art direction by Robin Lynch and David Byrne; design by Robin Lynch

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Artist

Formation

• Born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland; family moved to Canada and then Arbutus, Maryland, USA.
• Co-founded Talking Heads in New York City in 1975 as founding member, principal songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist.

Members

• Byrne was the youngest member of Talking Heads; Jerry Harrison joined in 1977.

Career

• Talking Heads released eight studio albums, seven of them certified gold or platinum, and disbanded in 1991; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
• Solo career began in 1981 with My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (with Brian Eno), with solo work accelerating after Talking Heads' hiatus in 1988.
• Worked across film, theatre, opera, fiction and non-fiction; won an Academy Award, a Grammy, a Special Tony Award and a Golden Globe.
• Collaborators include Brian Eno, Fatboy Slim, Ryuichi Sakamoto, St. Vincent and X-Press 2.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The Forest: mostly instrumental album by David Byrne, released in June 1991
• Concept drawn from the Epic of Gilgamesh
• Story setting: the later Industrial Revolution
• Orchestral album; part of its music was originally written for a stage piece of the same name
• Stage premiere: Theater der Freien Volksbühne, West Berlin, 1988
• Robert Wilson directed the theatre piece, which was created with Byrne
• 'Forestry' maxi-single: dance and industrial remixes of pieces from the album
• 'Forestry' remixers: Jack Dangers, Rudy Tambala, and Anthony Capel
• 'Forestry' tracks: 'Ava' Nu Wage Remix, 'Nineveh' Industrial Mix, two 'Ava' dance mixes, and the album version of 'Machu Picchu'
• Track listing: all tracks composed by David Byrne

Records

• Copyright: ©℗1991 Sire Records Company
• Recorded at Entourage Studios, N. Hollywood, and at Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin
• Additional recording and mixing at The Bakery Recording Studios, N. Hollywood
• Mastered at Future Disc by Steve Hall

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Trivia

• Some of this music was first heard in The Forest, a theatre piece by Robert Wilson and David Byrne.
• The stage piece premiered at Theater der Freien Volksbühne in West Berlin in 1988.
• A maxi-single called 'Forestry' carried dance and industrial remixes of tracks from the album.
• The front cover photo, 'Feed Pump Pipework, Hinkley Point', is credited to Douglass Allen.

Sources: www.discogs.com · en.wikipedia.org

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