Hugo Wilcken is a Paris-based, Australian-born writer and translator. His first novel, The Execution, was published by HarperCollins in 2002. ("A remarkably accomplished debut heralding the arrival of a noteworthy talent"- Publishers Weekly.) It was well reviewed, and has since been translated into Dutch and German. A second novel, Colony, was published in August 2007.
David Bowie's album Low, released in 1977, is an inspired high
point for the singer/actor/musician/icon, yet the record still
fails to generate the attention it deserves. Hugo Wilcken's Low
will hopefully put an end to the long neglect....his book will
captivate Bowie fans and the musically inquisitive looking for a
lost gem from a name artist. Fascinating for rock historian types
who are drawn in to the never-ending debate of who influenced who,
and those that simply want to know the stories behind the songs.
Devotees will be anxious to rediscover a forgotten favorite....an
absorbing and appealing analysis, thankfully sans the type of
mind-numbing prose that often accompanies this type of scrutiny.
Once Bowie's long career has concluded Low will surely stand as his
creative apex, and Hugo Wilcken's book will be its knowing and
worthy companion.
*Drastic Plastic Press*
No record exists in a vacuum—especially not one of David Bowie’s
from the 1970s. Low is the first in his famed Berlin Trilogy …
Wilcken doesn’t get around to discussing Low until nearly halfway
through the book, and while such a lengthy prelude could easily
descend into aimlessness or self-indulgence, here it shows the
extent that Low works as both a comment on Bowie’s previous records
and a guide for his subsequent ones
*Pitchfork*
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