Album: Here Lies Love by Fatboy Slim (2010)
Genre: Techno | Style: Electronic | Mood: Energetic
Record Label: Nonesuch
Format: Album

Description: Here Lies Love is a concept album and rock musical made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave the Philippines. The album features 22 guest vocalists and was released on 6 April 2010, under Nonesuch Records and Todomundo in several formats, including a deluxe double-Compact Disc set with a DVD of music videos from the album and a 120-page book. The album was adapted as a rock musical that premiered in 2013 at The Public Theater.

Artist Background: Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook on 16 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English DJ, musician, rapper, and record producer. As a solo electronic act, he has won ten MTV Video Music Awards and two Brit Awards. His records as Fatboy Slim also helped to popularise the big beat genre which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s. Cook first rose to fame in the 1980s as the bassist of the indie rock band The Housemartins who scored a UK number-one single wit... Part of the Brighton, England music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Techno movement. Known for Electronic style.

Related Artists: The Chemical Brothers, Propellerheads, Apollo 440, The Prodigy

Music Scene: Part of the Brighton, England music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Techno movement. Known for Electronic style.

Tags: Techno, Electronic, Energetic, 2010s, Album, Nonesuch

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Here Lies Love is a concept album and rock musical made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave the Philippines. The album features 22 guest vocalists and was released on 6 April 2010, under Nonesuch Records and Todomundo in several formats, including a deluxe double-Compact Disc set with a DVD of music videos from the album and a 120-page book. The album was adapted as a rock musical that premiered in 2013 at The Public Theater.

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