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Erdal Kızılçay (born c. 1950) is a Turkish-born multi-instrumentalist. He has worked with, among others,
David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...
. He plays
bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...
, oud,
drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
, keyboards,
trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...
and
violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...
. He lives in Aegerten,
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
.


Work with David Bowie

Kızılçay started working with David Bowie in the early 1980s, notably playing bass on a demo of Bowie's 1983 single " Let's Dance", although he did not appear on the final recording. Kızılçay is a multi-instrumentalist; for example, he played every instrument except guitar on the song "Shades" on Iggy Pop's album ''Blah Blah Blah'' (1986), which was co-produced and co-written by Bowie. Bowie biographer Chris O'Leary called Kızılçay a "godsend" for Bowie, as he allowed Bowie to "cut full studio demos without the bother of shipping in ots of musicians" Kızılçay and Bowie co-wrote the song " When the Wind Blows" for the 1986 film of the same name. The two then co-wrote two songs for Bowie's 1987 album ''
Never Let Me Down ''Never Let Me Down'' is the seventeenth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 21 April 1987 through EMI America Records. Co-produced by Bowie and David Richards (record producer), David Richards and featuring guit ...
'': " Girls"; and "Too Dizzy". For the album, Kızılçay played multiple instruments on virtually every song, including bass, drums, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, and violins. Kızılçay joined Bowie on the
Glass Spider Tour The Glass Spider Tour was a 1987 worldwide concert tour by the English musician David Bowie, launched in support of his album ''Never Let Me Down'' and named for that album's track "Glass Spider". It began in May 1987 and was preceded by a two ...
in 1987 in support of ''Never Let Me Down'', a live recording of which was released in 1988 as ''
Glass Spider ''Glass Spider'' is a concert film by English singer David Bowie. The release was sourced from eight shows during the first two weeks of November 1987 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia during the last month of the Glass Spider To ...
''. In 1988, Kızılçay,
Reeves Gabrels Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer. A member of The Cure since 2012, Gabrels is also known for his work with David Bowie and Tin Machine from 1988 to 1999. He also fronts the band Reeves Gabrels ...
, Bowie and Kevin Armstrong collaborated on a project for London's
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(ICA) in which they four of them re-arranged Bowie's 1979 song "
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". Gabrels and Armstrong would join Bowie in 1989 in the band
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, a project that Kızılçay was not a part of. In 1990, Kızılçay joined Bowie during his
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. The two recorded together again on Bowie's album '' The Buddha of Suburbia'' (1993). They spent the middle of 1993 at
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in Switzerland, taking about three weeks to write, record and mix the album, for which many of the songs Kızılçay was the sole instrumentalist. Kızılçay also received a producer's credit on several songs from the album. In 1994, Kızılçay joined other musicians including
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,
Reeves Gabrels Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer. A member of The Cure since 2012, Gabrels is also known for his work with David Bowie and Tin Machine from 1988 to 1999. He also fronts the band Reeves Gabrels ...
,
Carlos Alomar Carlos Alomar (born 7 May 1951) is a Puerto Rican guitarist. He is best known for his work with David Bowie from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s, having played on more Bowie albums than any other musician. History The son of a Pentecostal mi ...
,
Mike Garson Michael David Garson (born July 29, 1945) is an American pianist, who has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent, Duran Duran, Free Flight, The Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Auf der Maur, CSS and The Pretty Reckless. Early caree ...
and
Sterling Campbell Sterling Campbell (born May 3, 1964) is an American drummer and songwriter who has worked with numerous high-profile acts, including the B-52s, Duran Duran, Soul Asylum, Cyndi Lauper, Nena, Grayson Hugh, Spandau Ballet, Gustavo Cerati, and David ...
in the creation of Bowie's album ''
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'' (1995). After 1995, the relationship between the two fell apart, with Kızılçay later saying that Bowie "changed his way of being with me at the end of the recording of ''Outside''. I don't even know why, for what reason." Bowie removed "Too Dizzy" from later re-issues of ''Never Let Me Down''. Kızılçay said he was upset, and said that "from now on I don't think I would wish to work again with David Bowie." After Bowie died in 2016, his 1987 album ''Never Let Me Down'' was re-engineered and partly re-recorded and released as '' Never Let Me Down 2018'' (2018). Kızılçay was unhappy with the new song arrangements and threatened a lawsuit as a result.


Discography


Albums with David Bowie

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Never Let Me Down ''Never Let Me Down'' is the seventeenth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 21 April 1987 through EMI America Records. Co-produced by Bowie and David Richards (record producer), David Richards and featuring guit ...
'' (1987) *''
Glass Spider ''Glass Spider'' is a concert film by English singer David Bowie. The release was sourced from eight shows during the first two weeks of November 1987 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia during the last month of the Glass Spider To ...
'' (1988) (video) *'' The Buddha of Suburbia'' (1993) *'' 1. Outside'' (1995)


With Iggy Pop

*'' Blah-Blah-Blah'' (1986)


With

Jane Siberry Jane Siberry ( ; ; born 12 October 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as "Mimi on the Beach", "I Muse Aloud", "One More Colour" and "Calling All Angels (Jane Siberry song), Calling All Angels". She performed the theme so ...

*''
When I Was a Boy ''When I Was a Boy'' is a 1993 album by Jane Siberry. Internationally, it is her most famous album. In Siberry's native Canada, however, the album was commercially successful but not as big a hit as her 1985 album '' The Speckless Sky''. The a ...
'' (1993)


With

Jacques Dutronc Jacques Dutronc (; born 28 April 1943) is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. Some of Dutronc's best-known hits include " Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" (which AllMusic has called "his finest hour"), "Le Responsa ...

*''Jacques Dutronc au casino'' (1992) *''Brèves Rencontres'' (1995)


With Andreas Vollenweider

* Caverna Magica (1983) *''Vox'' (2004)


With Septime Sévère

*''Un escalier-Sandra-Charleroi-Un air bête'' (2014)


Solo

*''Fahrünnisa'' (1996)


Music direction

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With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Sezen Aksu Sezen Aksu (; born Fatma Sezen Yıldırım; 13 July 1954) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and producer. She is one of the most successful Turkish people, Turkish singers, having sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Q ...
'' (2015)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kizilcay, Erdal 1950s births Living people Turkish bass guitarists Turkish drummers Turkish violinists Turkish expatriates in Switzerland 21st-century violinists Holy Holy (tribute band) members Year of birth missing (living people)