LOW: Bowies Berlin Years [Paperback]

David Bowie’s legendary time in West Berlin as he searches for inspiration and records his 1977 albumLow

LOWtraces the aftermath of David Bowie’s groundbreaking tour of America and the iconic “Berlin years” that followed.

Hot on the platform heels ofStarman: Bowie’s Stardust Years(SelfMadeHero, 2023), Reinhard Kleist masterfully concludes his two-part biography of David Bowie.

In 1976, Bowie escaped the frantic madness and substance abuse of his life in Los Angeles for the Wall of the divided city of Berlin. With his friend Iggy Pop in tow, Bowie quit drugs and createdLOW, the first album of his “Berlin Trilogy.” But even here, in some of the happiest days of his life, Ziggy Stardust would not let him go . . .

LOWfollows Bowie’s forays through West Berlin’s revolutionary music scene and wild club life, and takes us deep into his recording sessions at Hansa Studios. The friendship between Bowie and Iggy drives both artists to new creative heights, while Bowie’s relationship with the cabaret artist and drag icon Romy Haag illuminates his fascination with Berlin as a city on the brink.

Kleist’sLOWis both a retelling of Bowie’s Berlin years and a vibrant portrait of the city itself.

[This publication has not been prepared, approved, authorized, or licensed by the David Bowie estate or any related entity.]Reinhard Kleist,born in 1970 in Hürth, Cologne, has worked and lived as an illustrator and comic book artist in Berlin since 1996. He made his international breakthrough in 2006 with the biographical comic bookJohnny Cash: I See a Darkness,which was awarded the renowned Max and Moritz Prize and nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards. WithThe Boxerin 2013, Kleist became the first cartoonist to receive the German Youth Literature Prize. In 2017, Kleist olƒ-