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BBE Music is thrilled to announce the of Modern Love, a diverse compendium of specially commissioned cover versions of rarities and classics in tribute to David Bowie.Featuring an array of artists such as Jeff Parker, We Are KING, Meshell Ndegeocello, Helado Negro, Khruangbin, Matthew Tavares, Nia and more, Modern Love seeks to champion Bowie's lesser-known connection to soul, R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel. The prominent jazz influences throughout Bowie's final album, Blackstar, were a key inspiration for curating this collection of reimagined Bowie songs with these artists. The resulting album is an eclectic tribute featuring a group of artists who not only fit together creatively, but who, like Bowie, straddle different worlds musically, with soul and jazz at their core.Modern Love offers a fresh look at Bowie's trailblazing career, aiming to highlight the often overlooked relationship between his back catalogue and musical genres traditionally pioneered by artists of color. The project was curated by music executive and DJ Drew McFadden, alongside BBE Music founder Peter Adarkwah. I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before - at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop,Inch says McFadden. Certainly, there's been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musicalstyle and direction.Modern Love is an interactive sonic map. Here, seventeen artists make their way into the varied regions of his sundry catalog and circle back with seventeen unique re-imaginings of both his cornerstone and lesser-known tracks. Some, in the atmosphere, feel like a sly alternate take from original sessions (Khruangbin's ethereal, funk infused version of RightInch from Young Americans); others
