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All Saints (David Bowie)
''All Saints'' is the name of two different compilation albums of instrumental works by the English musician David Bowie. The first was a two-disc set made as a Christmas gift for Bowie's friends and family in 1993; only 150 copies were made. The album became a collector's item. , retrieved 7. July 2007 In 2001, a second album, ''All Saints: Collected Instrumentals 1977–1999'', was released by Bowie. For this release, the tracks originating from the '''' (1993) album ("Pallas Athena", "The Wedding", "Looking for Lester"), as well as "South Horizon" from [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music. Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity", released in 1969, was his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust (character), Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of Bowie's single "Starman (song), Starma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weeping Wall (instrumental)
"Weeping Wall" is an instrumental piece by David Bowie from his album ''Low'', released in 1977. The track has been described by Bowie as intending to evoke the misery of the Berlin Wall, being a portrait piece like the other music on Side Two of ''Low''. The principal melody is an adaptation of the tune " Scarborough Fair".Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': p.89 Bowie plays all instruments on the recording, the album's only solo track, including several percussion instruments and synthesizers. His voice is also present in a wordless chorus. Its minimalistic style has been seen as bearing the influence of composer Steve Reich. According to Reich, Bowie had attended the European premiere of ''Music for 18 Musicians'' at the National Gallery of Berlin in 1976. "And I think 'Weeping Wall' on ''Low'' is somewhat indebted to that," Reich has said. Bowie himself recalled seeing ''Music for 18 Musicians'' performed "live in downtown New York in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Decade
"Art Decade" is an instrumental by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on his 1977 album '' Low''. The song is named for a street Bowie had encountered in West Berlin, whose name was a pun on the art deco style. In fact, the song itself is, like the rest of the songs on the b-side of ''Low'', a portrait piece of a certain location, in this case, West Berlin. Recounting his impressions, Bowie later called West Berlin "a city cut off from its world, art and culture, dying with no hope of retribution." As a result, the song is slow and attempts a melancholy, depressing sound. The song features a quick introduction on percussion and vibraphone, using a caravan-like drum sound to continue throughout the piece. Bowie's melodic portion of the composition is layered over the synthetic soundscapes of Brian Eno, whose synthesizer effects are reminiscent to those of the '' No Pussyfooting'' album from 1973. The song is intentionally repetitive; half the song does not stray from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuköln
"Neuköln" is an instrumental piece written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1977 for the album '' "Heroes"''. It was the last of three consecutive instrumentals on side two of the original vinyl album, following "Sense of Doubt" and " Moss Garden." Neukölln (correctly spelled with a double "L") is a district of Berlin. Bowie lived in Berlin for a time in 1977, although not in Neukölln but in Schöneberg.Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': p.92 The music has been interpreted as reflecting in part the rootlessness of the Turkish immigrants who made up a large proportion of the area's population.David Buckley (1999). ''Strange Fascination – David Bowie: The Definitive Story'': p.325 Edgar Froese, founder of Tangerine Dream, was also from southern Neukölln. Froese's album ''Epsilon in Malaysian Pale'', mostly played with Mellotron (just like ''Neuköln''), was according to Bowie a big influence and a "soundtrack to his life in Berlin". ''NME ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sense Of Doubt
"Sense of Doubt" is an instrumental piece written by David Bowie in 1977 for the album '' "Heroes"''. It was the first of three instrumentals on Side Two of the original vinyl album that segued into one another, preceding " Moss Garden" and "Neuköln". Cited as "portentous" and "thoroughly foreboding",David Buckley (1999). ''Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story'': p.324Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': pp.92-94 "Sense of Doubt" is one of the darker tracks of the album, with a descending four-note piano motif juxtaposed with "an eerie synth line like a scrap of sound from a silent expressionist-era soundtrack". Brian Eno suggested that the contrasting themes were the result of him and Bowie each following an Oblique Strategies card to guide them in the track's overdubbing, Eno's directing him to "make everything as similar as possible" and Bowie's to "emphasize differences". "Sense of Doubt" was performed on the Italian TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subterraneans
"Subterraneans" is a song by David Bowie, the closing track of his 1977 album '' Low''. As with most of Side 2, "Subterraneans" is mostly instrumental, with brief, obscure lyrics sung near the song's end. "Subterraneans" was first recorded in 1975 and intended for the soundtrack to the 1976 film ''The Man Who Fell to Earth''. It was later revisited during the sessions for ''Low''. Musical characteristics After the ''Station to Station'' sessions ended in November 1975 at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, David Bowie recorded "Subterraneans" within those studios in December 1975. The song later received overdubs by Brian Eno. The sleeve notes of ''Low'' credit "Peter and Paul with additional ARP synthesizer and piano". The "Peter and Paul" mentioned are Peter Robinson, who played Fender Rhodes, and Paul Buckmaster (the composer of the string arrangements for the Rolling Stones' " Moonlight Mile") who played the ARP Odyssey.Mojo (magazine). ''60 Years of Bowie.'' Peter Robinson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Glass
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. Glass describes himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped evolve stylistically. Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards. He has written fifteen operas, numerous chamber operas and musical theatre works, fourteen symphony, symphonies, twelve concertos, nine string quartets and various other chamber music, and several film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for an Academy Award. Life and work 1937–1964: Beginnings, early education and influences Philip Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 31, 1937, the son of Ida (née Gouline) and Benjamin Charles Glass. His family were Lithuanian Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony No
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "agreement or concord of sound", "concert of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop and electronica. A self-described "non-musician", Eno has helped introduce unconventional concepts and approaches to contemporary music. He has been described as one of popular music's most influential and innovative figures. Born in Suffolk, Eno studied painting and experimental music at the art school of Ipswich Civic College in the mid 1960s, and then at Winchester School of Art. He joined glam rock group Roxy Music as its synthesiser player in 1971, recording two albums with the group before departing in 1973. Eno then released a number of solo pop albums beginning with ''Here Come the Warm Jets'' (1974) and, also in the mid-1970s, began exploring a minimalist direction on influential recordings such as '' Discreet Music'' (1975) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warszawa (song)
"Warszawa" is a mostly instrumental song by David Bowie and Brian Eno originally released in 1977 on the album ''Low''. The band Joy Division was initially called Warsaw as a reference to this song. Composition and recording The piece is intended to evoke the "very bleak atmosphere" Bowie said he experienced from his visit to Warsaw the previous year. He had to leave the recording sessions to travel to Paris where he was dealing with some legal issues. He instructed Eno to create "a really slow piece of music with a very emotive, almost religious feel to it". The melody Bowie sings in the middle part of the song are based on a recording of "Helokanie" by Polish folk choir Śląsk, although Bowie's lyrics are invented words, not words in Polish. Bowie had purchased a recording of Śląsk performing the piece during a stopover in Warsaw. The piece is in four sections. The first section features drones in octaves played on piano and synthesisers. A fanfare motif states the chord of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Japan
"Crystal Japan" is an instrumental piece written by David Bowie and released as a single in Japan in spring 1980. It was recorded during the '' Scary Monsters'' sessions that year.Chris O'Leary (2019). ''Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie, 1976-2016'': p. 163Nicholas Pegg (2016). ''The Complete David Bowie'': p. 67 The instrumental was used in a Japanese commercial for the shochu Crystal Jun Rock, which also featured an appearance by Bowie, although he said at the time that the track was not specifically written for this purpose.Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': p.108 Originally titled "Fuji Moto San",David Buckley (1999). ''Strange Fascination – David Bowie: The Definitive Story'': p.366 it was apparently intended to close the ''Scary Monsters'' album until replaced by "It's No Game (No. 2)". Track listing # "Crystal Japan" (David Bowie) – 3:08 # "Alabama Song" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:51 Other releases * The instr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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