The latest offbeat experiment from filmmaker David Lynch: pop singles
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/28/david-lynch-turns-pop-singer-songwriter
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David Lynch: revered film-maker, avant-garde visionary, artist. But pop star? The suggestion is not as far-fetched as it may seem, as the legendary American director tomorrow makes an unexpected departure from his previous work and launches himself on an alternative career path as a writer and singer.
The creator of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive is releasing two debut singles, Good Day Today and I Know, through a British independent label. After a film career spanning more than four decades, Lynch told the Guardian that music has become a powerful inspiration in his life.
"I've always loved sounds and so I built a studio where I can experiment with sound, and gradually I started experimenting with music. I'm not a musician, but I love to experiment and try to make music," he said, speaking from his home in LA.
It is 20 years since Twin Peaks hit the small screen, a fact celebrated by the first UK Twin Peaks festival yesterday, but these days the 64-year-old likes to spend a part of every day in his custom-built studio. His first solo single, Good Day Today – a dreamlike electronic soundscape with a surprisingly poppy chorus, which features the director's vocals – came to him unprompted.
"I was just sitting and these notes came and then I went down and started working with Dean [Hurley, his engineer] and then these few notes, 'I want to have a good day, today' came and the song was built around that," he said. Unlike his famously ambiguous and non-linear films, the song is accessible and, he readily admits, has a catchy "feel-good chorus", with undertones of angsty electro-popsters Crystal Castles or veteran dance act Underworld. Why did he turn to electro for his first solo single? "Well, I love electricity so it sort of stands to reason that I would like electronics," he said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/28/david-lynch-turns-pop-singer-songwrit...
The creator of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive is releasing two debut singles, Good Day Today and I Know, through a British independent label. After a film career spanning more than four decades, Lynch told the Guardian that music has become a powerful inspiration in his life.
"I've always loved sounds and so I built a studio where I can experiment with sound, and gradually I started experimenting with music. I'm not a musician, but I love to experiment and try to make music," he said, speaking from his home in LA.
It is 20 years since Twin Peaks hit the small screen, a fact celebrated by the first UK Twin Peaks festival yesterday, but these days the 64-year-old likes to spend a part of every day in his custom-built studio. His first solo single, Good Day Today – a dreamlike electronic soundscape with a surprisingly poppy chorus, which features the director's vocals – came to him unprompted.
"I was just sitting and these notes came and then I went down and started working with Dean [Hurley, his engineer] and then these few notes, 'I want to have a good day, today' came and the song was built around that," he said. Unlike his famously ambiguous and non-linear films, the song is accessible and, he readily admits, has a catchy "feel-good chorus", with undertones of angsty electro-popsters Crystal Castles or veteran dance act Underworld. Why did he turn to electro for his first solo single? "Well, I love electricity so it sort of stands to reason that I would like electronics," he said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/28/david-lynch-turns-pop-singer-songwrit...
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