Depression and electronic meditations

When David grossed this album, he felt just as the title suggests: "Low". For he was just on cocaine withdrawal.
The result, which he produced in this state, was so irritating for the record company that they delayed the release until early 1977. Such an unsettling work because she liked but do not throw into the Christmas season.
Even the instrumental opener "Speed ​​of Life" makes the mood considerably: Depression, electronic refrigeration, destruction. Each tentative harmonious approach is immediately made by shredding synthesizers naught. The influence of Brian Eno is particularly noticeable when using electronic sounds throughout the album.
The other 6 songs of old vinyl "front" seem strangely unfinished: the topics are touched upon only sketchy and leave a non-guided finished impression. Titles like "Breaking Glass" or "Always Crashing In The Same Car" leave no doubt that we can also find here insight into a ruined, hopeless world. Only the conclusion of "A New Career In A New Town" exudes a timid ray of hope.
Whoever the "plate" "turns", is on the "back face" with a completely different again Bowie. Here we find 4 quiet, unlike the other songs relatively long pieces. From their style they are reminiscent of the pioneers of synthesizer music like Klaus Schulze: meditative, contemplative, not suitable for listening at the same time. Bowie conjures up here all alone soundscapes - still electronically cool, but not as depressed as in the first page. "Warszawa" is indeed reminiscent of the Warsaw ghetto, but "Art Decade" and "Subterraneans" are no longer quite so dark.
The most irritating, however: All four pieces are instrumentals (from Quäkereien the end of "Warszawa" apart)! Such a wonderful singers like David does here voluntarily and shows what else stuck musical abilities in him.
"Low" was for David surely a piece of self-therapy. For his fans, it is a getting used to, but all the more substantial masterpiece. A safe step into the world of electronic music!