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David Bowie Tribute

In 2016, the world bid a sad farewell for now, to one of our time's most ingenious and insightful mystics, musician and actor David Bowie.

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In 1871, Rosicrucian author Edward Bulwer Lytton published the truth-in-fiction novel "The Coming Race," in which the narrator describes his accidental descent

to the Hollow Earth. There he is met by an ancient and advanced race of people

who utilize Vril energy. They are awaiting the day when they return to the surface, and lead humanity into a New Age of peaceful enlightenment.

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In 1971, Bowie released a 100-year update to the story, in the form of a

song called "Oh! You Pretty Things." The song explains that the youth

of this age are now evolved into the enlightened ones, and details the

frustrations of the older generations' inability to adapt. He even quotes the

book's title in the songs' lyrics:

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"Oh! You pretty things, don't you know you're driving your mommas

and poppas insane? Let me say it again, you gotta make way for the

Homo Superior. Look out at your children, see their faces in golden rays.

Don't kid yourself they belong to you, they're the start of the coming race."

There's very little of Bowie's work, musically or in theater, that isn't esoteric and mystical in nature. His final album, released just days before his death, was no exception.

He continued to display his exquisite ability to hide the truth in plain sight, as Bulwer-Lytton and so many others before him, by clearly stating in the second video from the album, "Lazarus," - "I'm dying."

In fact, it was months after his death and the release of the album, that fans realized you are supposed to back-light the album's die-cut star cover to reveale the star-field printed on the inside.

I found a beautiful and amazing piano version of

"Blackstar" on YouTube, and was granted kind

permission to share it with you here:

If you are unfamiliar with Bowie and his life and work, I recommend giving some of his extensive music and movies a few watches and listens, and reading up on some of his interviews over the years. There is no evidence that he was a member of the Order or any other, outside his obvious knowledge of the esoteric, and his publicized admiration of Crowley, to the extent one would find it hard to believe he was not a member of the O.T.O.

In closing, I leave you with my own contribution to this tribute, a remix of "Space Oddity."

Below the streaming player (also free to download,) you will find the intsrumentation and technical specifications of the remix. 

All instruments performed by Dameon Michael Keller. All instruments were performed live, save for the sequenced 16th-note shaker which I utilized as a click-track. 170BPM, Maria Renolds' Scale of 12 Fifths Temperament, Scientific Pitch (C=1Hz/A432Hz.)

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Bowie's acapella vocal track was slightly pitch-shifted, then sped up to tempo. Distortion effect added, some slight compression.

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Drums: Yamaha DXIII electronic drum kit, alternating between several kits, and utilizing a post-effect to change pitch without changing tempo.

Basses: Guitarron (6-string fretless acoustic bass,) Moog Satelite, Yamaha midi synths

Synthesizers: Yamaha midi-synths

Guitars: Rhythm - Effector; Lead - Univox Hollow-Body, Theremin

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