Heroes

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In 1976 David Bowie left Los Angeles & the success of his celebrated albums Young Americans & Station to Station & settled in Berlin, where he would work on his Berlin Triptych, the albums Low, Heroes, & Lodger, which are now considered some of the most critically acclaimed & innovative of the late twentieth century.

But Bowies time in Berlin was about more than producing new music. As explained in this fascinating account of the Berlin years, Bowie moved to that city
- the capital of his childhood dreams & the home of Expressionist art
- to repair his body & mind from the devastation of drug addiction, delusions & mania. In the course of this rehabilitiation he became an artist of extraordinary brilliance & originality.

Tobias Ruther describes Bowies friendships & collaborations with Iggy Pop, Brian Eno & Tony Visconti, & paints a vivid picture of his life in the citys Schoneberg area. Here Bowie started to paint again, & would cycle to the Die Brucke museum as well as explore the nightlife of the city
- its wild side & gay scene. He also became close friends with Romy Haag. At Hansa Studios, a stones throw from the Berlin Wall, Bowie recorded his groundbreaking song Heroes. He even landed the part of a Prussian aristocrat in Just a Gigolo, starring alongside Marlene Dietrich.

Berlin was then a divided city at a turning-point: at that time West Berlin began to redefine itself as a cultural metropolis, establishing its new role in Germany & the world. Neutralized politically due to the Cold War, Berlin turned to the arts to start its history anew.

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This book is the story of an artist & a city
- the story of the music of the future arising from the spirit of the past.

This paperback book has 224 pages & measures: 21.2 x 14.9 x 1.5cm.