My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by the American rapper and record producer Kanye West. It was released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 22, 2010. Retreating to a self-imposed exile in Hawaii after a period of controversy in 2009, following his interruption of Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards, he recorded the album at Honolulu's Avex Recording Studio in a communal environment involving numerous musicians. Additional recording sessions took place at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California, along with the New York City studios Electric Lady and Platinum Sound.
Original artwork. The central image is pixelated on censored versions of the cover. The censored cover is used on digital versions of the album.
Physical release sold in retail stores
Control room (top) and tracking room (bottom) of Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, where the album was recorded
Visual artist George Condo, who designed the album's artwork
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Bon Iver is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. Vernon had originally formed Bon Iver as a solo project, but it eventually became a band consisting of Vernon, Sean Carey, Michael Lewis, Matthew McCaughan, Andrew Fitzpatrick, and Jenn Wasner
Bon Iver performing in Stockholm, Sweden in 2011
Vernon performing with Bon Iver in Shepherd's Bush, London, UK in 2008
Vernon performing with Bon Iver in 2009
Bon Iver performing in 2011