Love Is Lost

Igår premiärvisades lågbudgets-videon till den före detta LCD Soundsystem-frontmannen James Murphys remix av David Bowies Love is Lost — som kommer att vara med på den utökade deluxe-utgåvan av rocklegendens comeback-album The Next Day vilken ges ut i början av november — på Mercury Prize-galan där Bowie var nominerad (men James Blake stog som segrare).

Följande pressmeddelande har nu publicerats på Bowies officiella hemsida:

”Last week David Bowie had an idea. His new single, ’Love is Lost’, was to be released this week and a video clip was needed. Eschewing both celebrity guests and splashy production, Bowie picked up his domestic camera from home, rescued a couple of puppets from his legendary archive and wrote, shot and edited the entire video over this last weekend in the darkened corridor of his office in Manhattan, New York. With his assistant Jimmy King on camera and best friend Coco Schwab handling everything from continuity to sandwiches they worked through the evenings finishing on Monday morning, sending it out to the rest of the world. The result of this speedy production is a strangely moving gothic inflected storyline perfect for Halloween. And the cost? Just $12.99 for the thumb drive to download the finished video on.”

Du kan se musikvideon till James Murphys-remix av Love is Lost här:

Släppet av deluxe-utgåvan av David Bowies hyllade återkomstalbum The Next Day föregås av LCD Soundsystems tidigare frontman James Murphys tio minuter långa ”Hello Steve Reich Remix” av albumets fjärde spår Love is Lost, ett dansant opus som inleds med applåder och dessutom — passande nog — innehåller en sampling av Ashes to Ashes.

Du kan höra remixen här: