David Lynch Produces Electronic Record and Signs Worldwide Deal With Sunday Best Recordings
David Lynch Produces Electronic Record and Signs Worldwide Deal With Sunday Best Recordings
- Legendary Film Maker David Lynch Releases His Debut Electronic Single
- Good Day Today / I Know Released Through iTunes for 99p
- Deluxe vinyl designed by Vaughan Oliver to follow in 31st January
29th November Los Angeles/ London:- Responsible for such iconic films as Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and the cult TV series Twin Peaks, film maker and visual artist David Lynch is one of the most important directors of the modern era. Now aged 64, the man whose name has become a byword for the unorthodox and avant-garde has launched a new chapter in his career releasing an electronic single, Good Day Today / I Know, through leading UK independent Sunday Best Recordings.Even by his own standards Good Day Today is a startling composition. Featuring the legend himself on vocals, this finely crafted piece of electronic music would take pride of place in the discographies of even the most revered dance music producers. Indeed when the track was first aired by Jason Bentley, on his hugely influential KCRW radio station in Los Angeles, it was mistakenly credited to Underworld, causing a debate over the artist's identity to rage on the Underworld website and message boards.Following this first play, Bentley put the record into the hands of Sunday Best Recordings director Ben Turner at the International Music Summit in Ibiza. Turner in turn played the record to label figurehead Rob da Bank and realising they had something special on their hands, the pair quickly snapped up the worldwide rights to the release.Good Day Today is now available as a digital download exclusively through iTunes for 99p, along with its blues and beat-ridden psychedelic double A-side I Know. Sunday Best have commissioned a stellar set of remixes of the single for full release in January, complete with artwork and prints from the equally as legendary Vaughan Oliver - responsible for some of the greatest record sleeves of all time - think Pixies, Cocteau Twins and 4AD. Preorders for the beautiful three panel gatefold vinyl and deluxe CD will be available from www.davidlynch.com and since it's release this morning the tracks have already recieved praise from the likes of The Guardian claiming it an "Immediate slice of electro-pop. Christmas No 1, anybody?"Not his first foray into the musical realm, Lynch has worked with a host of musical luminaries over the years, most notably with his regular soundtrack composer Angelo Badalamenti. It was with Badalamenti that Lynch wrote and produced the critically acclaimed album Floating Into The Night for singer Julee Cruise. A worldwide success the album featured the Grammy winning song Falling, which Lynch would later use as the theme music for Twin Peaks.More recently Lynch collaborated with Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse on the album, Dark Night of the Soul. For this project Lynch designed a 100 page booklet to accompany the album, which was initially delivered - after disputes with the record company - in the form in a blank CD-R with fans instructed to "use as you will".One of the UK's most respected independent labels, Sunday Best is the perfect partner for David Lynch to release his first electronic project. Founded in 1995 by BBC Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank, Sunday Best Recordings emerged from the popular south London club night of the same name. A&R'ed by da Bank, Sunday Best is currently home to the likes of Kitty Daisy & Lewis, danlesac Vs Scroobius Pip, David E Sugar and Beardyman. As well as its reputation for breaking new acts, the label is renowned for its music synchronisation accomplishments.Said David Lynch: "I am very happy to be with Sunday Best with the songs Good Day Today and I Know. This feels like a good partnership and I'm looking forward to everyone having a good day today. In all my films, I have always been very involved with all that one hears. The creation of this record was a natural extension of my love of sound and music."Commented Rob da Bank: "If I hadn't just pinched myself I'd swear I was dreaming that we're actually putting out a record by David Lynch. It proves that not only is he a master director responsible for many of my favourite films but he's also a talented producer with an innate sense of how powerful music is and can be. I can't wait to unleash this fantastic record on the world."Said Ben Turner from Sunday Best Recordings: "In a way, it makes so much sense that he would make a record sounding like this due to the cinematic qualities of electronic music. But it has a sound, style and a mood that is uniquely Lynch. There can be no higher accolade for the genre that somebody like Lynch has chosen to launch a solo project inspired by electronic music. What makes it so much more interesting is that the record genuinely sets incredibly high production values for the genre. But who would ever doubt David Lynch in the world of thought-provoking creativity..."
Good Day Today / I Know is available through iTunes worldwide. The deluxe vinyl package, complete with remixes, will be released in January, via Sunday Best Recordings
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Notes For Editors:Physical Packages, released January.1) Three panel gatefold sleeve with artwork designed throughout by legendary UK art director, Vaughan Oliver, containing one 12" x 12" art print designed and signed by Vaughan, two super-heavyweight [180gm] 12" vinyl records and one CD. The single contains both original tracks from Lynch 'Good Day Today' and 'I Know' and remixes from some the world's most prestigious electronic music producers of the last 20 years.2) Deluxe CD format - Bespoke packaging concept and design by Vaughan Oliver with CD containing an extended track listing of remixes and exclusive content.Preorders will be available from www.davidlynch.com David Lynch: Arguably the most renowned avant-garde film director and visual artist of his time, David Lynch is known for his unflaggingly original cinematic projects including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, The Elephant Man, and not to mention his cult hit TV series Twin Peaks.Lynch has a history of working with a host of musical luminaries. While making Blue Velvet, he needed a certain type of song for an important scene so Lynch and his film composer Angelo Badalamenti wrote the song 'Mysteries of Love' to be sung by Julee Cruise. This led to the album 'Floating Into The Night', whose track 'Falling' was the theme music for Twin Peaks, and won a Grammy for best pop instrumental.In 2008, having composed small sections for his other films and his musical ambitions growing, he became the eponymous creator of a record label David Lynch MC.Press Contact: Hugo Mintz- hugo@namemusic.net 020 83577305 or Sam Shemtob - sam@namemusic.net