Erdal Kızılçay (born c. 1950) is a multi-instrumentalist musician of

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birth. He has worked with, among others,

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. He plays

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and

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. He lives in

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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 ''

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'': "

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"; 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

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in 1987 in support of ''Never Let Me Down'', a live recording of which was released in 1988 as ''

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''. In 1988, Kızılçay,

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, Bowie and

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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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and

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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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'' (1987) *''

'' (1988) (video) *'' The Buddha of Suburbia'' (1993) *''

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'' (1995)

With Iggy Pop

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

With
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*'' When I Was a Boy'' (1993)

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

With
Andreas Vollenweider Andreas Vollenweider (born 4 October 1953) is a Swiss harpist. He is generally categorised as a new-age musician and uses a modified electroacoustic harp of his own design. He has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Luciano Pavarotti and in ...

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(1983) *''Vox'' (2004)

With Septime Sévère

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

Solo

*''Fahrünnisa'' (1996)

Music direction

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With
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* ''

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'' (2015)

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