A Dozen Electronic(ish) Artists Cover David Bowie

As he moves further into his 60s, David Bowie's ability to remain not just relevant but inspiring across multiple scenes and genres is getting more impressive. Of course, just because you dig the man doesn't mean you'll tap into his chameleonic brilliance, boring indie-rock dude. There's a new, electro-focused 12-track Bowie tribute Life Beyond Mars. Seems like it could go either way. So far we've only heard four tracks: Kelley Polar brings his classy space disco to "Magic Dance" ... in Italian, but minus the cast of Labyrinth. NY Times grads Au Revoir Simone do a pretty and airy, but sorta whatever "Oh! You Pretty Things." More interesting is Matthew Dear, who performs a downcast, synthesized "Sound & Vision." Joakim & The Disco also keep it dark (and synthesized), but go dancier for "A New Career In A New Town." You can hear those over here. If you don't mind passing them along some personal information, you can also nab a free MP3 of Richard Walters & Faultline's "Be My Wife." So far more intriguing than I'd expected, but nobody has that voice.

Life Beyond Mars is out 7/8 on Rapster.

Posted at 10:01 AM by brandon
Tags: Au Revoir Simone | David Bowie | Joakim And The Disco | Matthew Dear

8 Comments

Where is the Sasquatch coverage??????????

Posted by: Eddi the Yeti at 05/28/08 10:36 AM  | Reply
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You wrote "Life Beyond Bars" at the bottom with the release date...might wanna fix it

Posted by: JRisser at 05/28/08 11:18 AM  | Reply
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Ah, Freudian slip? Fixed. And thanks.

Posted by: brandon  in reply to JRisser's comment at 05/28/08 11:26 AM  | Reply
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Is there really life beyond bars? I wonder..

Posted by: ducky  in reply to JRisser's comment at 05/28/08 11:34 AM  | Reply
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That "Oh You Pretty Things" cover is perhaps the worst cover I've ever heard. Jesus. Way to ruin a perfect song.

Posted by: Jar at 05/28/08 4:02 PM  | Reply
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The Bowie-cover champion will always be the Last Town Chorus' cover of "Modern Love."

Amazing.

Posted by: Bryan at 05/29/08 6:19 PM  | Reply
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This I cannot wait for - it shall be sweet in my ears
:)

Posted by: David Brooks at 06/13/08 10:30 AM  | Reply
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It shall be brill, I am excited. Out 14th July : ) but they are giving away a free mp3 of the richard walters and faultline track, be my wife at the covered microsite www.lifebeyondmars.com. a lil sneak preview for us : )
what do people think??

Posted by: SGood at 06/23/08 10:37 AM  | Reply
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