David Bowie's death was felt around the world. The rock icon touched the lives of millions with his music. Further, he challenged the perceptions and taste of the entire music-listening public. Needless to say, he was a heavyweight and his presence is dearly missed. This is especially true given the release of recent album Blackstar on January 8th, just two days before his death. Clearly, Bowie wanted to leave a lasting impression on the world before he left, and his contributions are greatly appreciated fans. Now, it appears that Bowie was planning on releasing yet another album before he passed.
David Bowie's friend and producer Tony Visconti shed some light on the legendary artist's thought process, and creative methods. "He made Blackstar for us, his parting gift," he said. "I knew for a year this was the way it would be."
In an interview with Rolling Stone Visconti also revealed that Bowie was planning another album to be released before his tragic death.
"At that late stage, he was planning the follow-up to Blackstar," says Visconti. "And I was thrilled and I thought, and he thought, that he'd have a few months, at least. Obviously, if he's excited about doing his next album, he must've thought he had a few more months. So the end must've been very rapid. I'm not privy to it. I don't know exactly, but he must've taken ill very quickly after that phone call." Visconti has been working with Bowie in the production of his albums for years. He worked on 1969's Space Oddity, and went on to produce numerous key albums, among them 1970's The Man Who Sold the World, 1977's Low, 1980's Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and 2013's surprise comeback The Next Day.
