David Bowie's Low

Name: David Bowie's Low
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780826416841
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By Hugo Wilcken

Series: 33 1/3

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Set in Los Angeles, 1976, David Bowie's Low explores the musician's turbulent phase marked by drug-induced paranoia and fascination with the occult. Following his chaotic world tour and struggles in the New World, Bowie finds refuge in Berlin, a city spiritually linked to the Expressionist artists he admires. There, he embarks on creating Low, an expressionist mood-piece that signifies a pivotal moment in his career.
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Ideal for David Bowie enthusiasts, rock historians, and readers interested in the stories behind iconic albums and 1970s music culture.

David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion, drifting into paranoia and confusion. Bowie has long been haunted by the emotional work of the Die Brucke movement and the Expressionists. Berlin is their spiritual home, and Bowie adopts this city as his new sanctuary. Immediately he sets to work on "Low", his own expressionist mood-piece.

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Los Angeles, 1976. David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion, drifting into drug-induced paranoia and confusion. Obsessed with black magic and the Holy Grail, he's built an altar in the living room and keeps his fingernail clippings in the fridge. There are occasional trips out to visit his friend Iggy Pop in a mental institution.

His latest album is the cocaine-fuelled Station To Station (Bowie: "I know it was recorded in LA because I read it was"), which welds R&B rhythms to lyrics that mix the occult with a yearning for Europe, after three mad years in the New World.

Bowie has long been haunted by the angst-ridden, emotional work of the Die Brucke movement and the Expressionists. Berlin is their spiritual home, and after a chaotic world tour, Bowie adopts this city as his new sanctuary. Immediately he sets to work on Low, his own expressionist mood-piece.

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Praised as an absorbing and appealing analysis, Hugo Wilcken's Low captivates both Bowie fans and music historians. It sheds light on an overlooked yet highly influential album, avoiding the dense prose typical of musical criticism. The book is regarded as an insightful companion to Bowie's creative apex.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780826416841

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 121.0mm

Height: 165.0mm

Weight: 146g

Pages: 152

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Arts & Culture Hugo Wilcken Non-Fiction Series: 33 1/3

About the Author

Hugo Wilcken is a Paris-based, Australian-born writer and translator. His first novel, The Execution, was published by HarperCollins in 2002. ("A remarkably accomplished debut heralding the arrival of a noteworthy talent"- Publishers Weekly.) It was well reviewed, and has since been translated into Dutch and German. A second novel, Colony, was published in August 2007.