{"product_id":"black-star-theory-the-last-works-of-david-bowie","title":"Black Star Theory: The Last Works of David Bowie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBlackstar Theory\u003cspan\u003e takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Next Day\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2013), the off-Broadway musical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLazarus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2015) and the album that preceded the artist's death in 2016 by two days, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackstar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The book explores the swirl of themes that orbit and entangle these projects from a starting point in musical analysis and features new interviews with key collaborators from the period: producer Tony Visconti, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, musical director Henry Hey, saxophonist Donny McCaslin and assistant sound engineer Erin Tonkon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese works tackle the biggest of ideas: identity, creativity, chaos, transience and immortality. They enact a process of individuation for the Bowie meta-persona and invite us to consider what happens when a star dies. In our universe, dying stars do not disappear - they transform into new stellar objects, remnants and gravitational forces. The radical potential of the Blackstar is demonstrated in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe rock star supernova that creates a singularity resulting in cultural iconicity. It is how a man approaching his own death can create art that illuminates the immortal potential of all matter in the known universe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rough Trade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56303667446091,"sku":"R0011-3846","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9781501365379.jpg?v=1768401617","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/black-star-theory-the-last-works-of-david-bowie","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}