{"title":"Series: Ex:Centrics","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"blackstar-theory-by-dr-leah-kardos-9781501365379","title":"Blackstar Theory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackstar Theory\u003c\/i\u003e takes a close look at David Bowie’s ambitious last works: his surprise ‘comeback’ project \u003ci\u003eThe Next Day\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), the off-Broadway musical \u003ci\u003eLazarus\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and the album that preceded the artist’s death in 2016 by two days, \u003ci\u003eBlackstar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book explores the swirl of themes that orbit and entangle these projects from a starting point in musical analysis and features new interviews with key collaborators from the period: producer Tony Visconti, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, musical director Henry Hey, saxophonist Donny McCaslin and assistant sound engineer Erin Tonkon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese works tackle the biggest of ideas: identity, creativity, chaos, transience and immortality. They enact a process of individuation for the Bowie meta-persona and invite us to consider what happens when a star dies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn our universe, dying stars do not disappear - they transform into new stellar objects, remnants and gravitational forces. The radical potential of the Blackstar is demonstrated in the rock star supernova that creates a singularity resulting in cultural iconicity. It is how a man approaching his own death can create art that illuminates the immortal potential of all matter in the known universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430167331052,"sku":"9781501365379","price":51.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781501365379.jpg?v=1774559634"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-ex-centrics.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}