Bowie in "The Purple Daze"

40 years ago to the day that Neil Armstrong stepped on to the moon, EMI will create a unique opportunity for David Bowie fans: the chance for them to download and mix the original multi-tracks of ‘Space Oddity’ EP.

As David Bowie is a pioneer of technology, and keen to push the boundaries, now is the time that his fans are afforded the opportunity to have access to the original 1969 multi-tracks of ‘Space Oddity’ EP allowing them to become remixer and create their own version of the song.

The ‘Space Oddity’ EP will consist of four tracks (listed below). When fans purchase the EP they will also receive the original eight stems/multi-tracks for free, enabling them to remix the song through their own software or through iKlax software.

Partly inspired after seeing Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, which premiered in London in May 1968, Space Oddity was originally written later that year with the first known recorded version dating from February 1969, several months before its eventual release on July 11th 1969 and some time before the Apollo 11 moon landings.

Space Oddity was a cultural landmark for David Bowie as an artist – it was featured by the BBC in its television coverage of the lunar landing, and the song later won an Ivor Novello award. The song’s mysterious character, Major Tom, later reappeared in the song ‘Ashes To Ashes’, albeit the worse for wear.

‘Space Oddity’ EP tracklisting:

1. Space Oddity (original UK mono single edit)
2. Space Oddity (US mono single edit)
3. Space Oddity (US stereo single edit)
4. Space Oddity (1979 re-record)

The ‘Space Oddity’ EP with iKlax multitrax software for remixing will be out on 20th July via EMI