Electronic Music Innovations

David Bowie had a skill for perceiving different music trends and adapting his music to fit. Although he played many different styles of music over time, would almost switch genres completely, he had a major impact on electronic music. First major impact he made was by referencing Kreftwerk in his own album Station to Station. He calms the biggest influence for that album was the Kreftwerk, albums before their album Autobahn. One day he was returning to England from Los Angeles and when he got back to London he gave an awaiting crowd a Nazi salute. Many believe it was because of his drug addiction but either way it caused a lot of controversy. So, to escape, he moved to Berlin where he lived and worked with producer, Brian Eno. This is where he really became interested in German electronic music. He got away from his Glam Rock character and started to look even more like he was a member of Kraftwerk. Bowie with the help of his producer Eno put together his first electronic album Low. He also created a song V2 Schneider as a direct reference to Kreftwerk. All this work by Bowie helped bring electronic music to popular music. He help Kreftwerk get noticed my mentioning their work to his following and help popularize electronic music by making it him self. He continued to use elements of Electronica in his pop music later. You can see this in his songs such as “Let’s Dance” from his album Let’s Dance. This song became a Top Ten hit. Without Bowie, it is possible that Kreftwerk, which had the biggest impact on electronic music, would not have been as popular. That along with his own music had a great impact on electronic music. As an industry professional David Bowie inspires me to keep up with the times, not be afraid to switch up my style so that I can remain popular in the music industry over time, and to always keep my eyes open for something new.