Three years after his shock return with Where Are We Now?, pop’s greatest enigma has confi rmed he will release Blackstar on 8th January 2016, the day he turns 69. The seven-track follow-up to The Next Day was recorded at The Magic Shop in New York with producer Tony Visconti and a new cast of musicians. The striking artwork comes courtesy of Jonathan Barnbrook; a simple black star design fl oats on a white background, with further fragmented star elements spelling out Bowie’s name below it. The title track – out now – also serves as the theme tune to new Sky Atlantic crime series The Last Panthers. Director Johan Renck got a little excited when he found out Bowie was on board. “I was looking for an icon of my youth to write the music for the title sequence, but was presented with a God. The music he laid before us embodied every aspect of our characters and the series – dark, brooding, beautiful, sentimental. All along, the man inspired and intrigued me and I was overwhelmed with his generosity. I still can’t fathom what actually happened…”
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