''In Spite of Wishing and Wanting'' is a 1999 soundtrack by

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for the performance of the same name by the

Ultima Vez Wim Vandekeybus (Herenthout, 30 June 1963) is a Belgian choreographer, director and photographer. His company Ultima Vez is located in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (Brussels). Together with Jan Fabre, Alain Platel and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandek ...

dance company. It features original compositions as well as

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es from Byrne's previous album ''

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''. Byrne sold the album through his web site and live performances for a limited time. As indicated in the

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, Byrne first saw Ultima Vez in Seattle in 1991 and kept in contact for several years before deciding to write the music for a show based on the fiction of

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Critical reception

Writing for ''

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'', Anna Kissingoff explored the live performance and when reviewing Byrne's soundtrack, she wrote that it "includes the sound effects he calls ambient sound, offers a strong pulse, and its vocal fragments seem to lure the listener into a wind tunnel. It serves its purpose."

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Byrne, except where noted #"Horses" – 4:31 #"Sleeping Up" – 12:13 #"Speech" – 5:26 #"Saïd & the Ants" – 4:18 #"Fear" – 2:32 #"Fuzzy Freaky" (

DJ Food DJ Food is an electronic music project currently headed by Kevin Foakes (also known as "Strictly Kev"). Originally conceived by the members of Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the project started in 1990 on the premise of p ...

Mix) (Byrne, Danielle Fossatti) – 6:19 #"Danceonvaselinesuperextendedremix" – 19:45

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, programming, sampling,

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*Ad Cominotto – accordion, organ *Paul De Clerck – viola *François Deppe – cello *

– remixing on "Fuzzy Freaky" (DJ Food Mix) *Didier Fontaine – drums, percussion * Morcheeba Productions – production on "Danceonvaselinesuperextendedremix" *Eric Sleichim –

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*Pierre Vervloesem – bass guitar

References

External links

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Ultima Vez's homepage on the production
* * 1999 soundtrack albums Albums produced by David Byrne David Byrne soundtracks Luaka Bop soundtracks Theatre soundtracks {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub