Wednesday, 9 January 2013
David Bowie: The Next Day. That album cover design
Why “Heroes”?MORE
If you are going to subvert an album by David Bowie there are many to choose from but this is one of his most revered, it had to be an image that would really jar if it were subverted in some way and we thought “Heroes” worked best on all counts. Also the new album is very contemplative and the “Heroes” cover matched this mood. The song Where are we now? is a comparison between Berlin when the wall fell and Berlin today. Most people know of Bowie’s heritage in Berlin and we want people to think about the time when the original album was produced and now...
Tony Visconti On New David Bowie Material
Miles Davis - What I Say/Yesternow (Oslo, Norway 1971-11-09)
Bonus:
Directions (The Electric Factory Philadelphia November 17, 1970)
For Dave & Calypso Frelimo (Paris 1973-11-15)
Hear Some Cave Rock from Pacitan, Indonesia
In a small town in south
east Java, a family determined to preserve the local cave's endangered
cave "rock music." For more details, please visit www.mariabakkalapulo.com
(Photo by Niall Macaulay)
(Photo by Niall Macaulay)
Singers who came in from the cold
Frank Sinatra
When the Bobby Sox audience moved on Sinatra’s career went into swift decline. Re-emerged in the mid-50s with a new, sophisticated “swinging” style on In The Wee Small Hours. Now every out-of-ideas rocker makes a “swing” album.
Elvis Presley
They said “the King” was all washed up, starring in naff movies while the Beatles stole his crown. The 1968 “Comeback Special” TV show re-invented Elvis, 33, as a leather-clad rocker who had lost none of his sex appeal.
Marvin Gaye
After the 1973 triumph of "What’s Going On", Gaye became a troubled European tax exile, playing darts with locals an Ostend pub. His stunning return in 1982 with "Sexual Healing" is now the subject of a film starring Lenny Kravitz.
Kate Bush
Twelve years of silence ended when Bush emerged from a life of domestic bliss with Aerial, an ambitious double album mixing pop, classical and folk themes. Energised by the positive response, it took Bush just six years to produce its successor.
Morrissey
Languishing without a record deal for six years after a series of critical failures Morrissey’s 2004 "You Are The Quarry" album marked a surprise return to form, spawning four top ten singles and elevating the ex-Smiths singer to festival headliner status.
Leonard Cohen
Retreated to a Buddhist monastery in 1994 with little intention of performing again but embezzlement of his pension funds forced Godfather of Gloom out on tour and now is playing his finest shows, aged 78.
and then there was David Bowie
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Happy Birthday Mr. Bowie
And thank you for the new single.
From Quietus:
Joyous news this morning as we tuned into Radio 4's Today programme only to find that David Bowie has surprise released a new track at 5am to celebrate his birthday, and has a new album in 2013. Oh my! With Bowie's recent health scares, we thought that this might never happen. The Next Day will be released on March 16th 2013. Now, not that we want to speculate, but is this a fourth part to the Berlin trilogy of albums? According to the artwork on iTunes, the artwork is the same as Heroes, but with a white square and the words 'the next day' superimposed on it. Then, just listen to the Tony Visconti-produced new track 'Where Are We Now?', with it's lyrics "had to get the train / from Potsdamer Platz" and the video (see above) that features footage of Berlin, and Bowie's face projected onto a shape, by long-time collaborator Tony Oursler. The song itself, well, it's proper Bowie, but with a really gorgeous swell, and at times heart-rending reflective tone to it. Brilliant stuff. My word. Go to the Bowie website here to listen. The Telegraph quotes a "spokesman" as saying the news came "from out of nowhere", adding "Throwing shadows and avoiding the industry treadmill is very David Bowie despite his extraordinary track record that includes album sales in excess of 130 million not to mention his massive contributions in the area of art, fashion, style, sexual exploration and social commentary."
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