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By the mid 1970s David Bowie was the biggest pop star in the UK, but his personal life was in turmoil._ In a bid to escape the chaos of his drug problems and to flee the media spotlight, he moved to Berlin and started to work on what would become some of the most memorable and critically lauded recordings of his career. With Low, "Heroes" and Lodger, Bowie stopped moving from persona to persona and settled on being simply himself._ He began to blend the music he was hearing in his adopted homeland (Krautrock bands and_Kraftwerk) with thrilling and often avant-garde techniques as used by his friend and colleague Brian Eno. _ David Bowie Under Review 1976-1979: The Berlin Trilogy features live and studio performances by Bowie, rare interviews and a host of other features, all interspersed with independent review and criticism from a panel of experts._ These include former members of key Bowie influences Neu! and Cluster, Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother, style aficionado Paolo Hewitt and music experts Mark Prendergast, David Stubbs and Daryl Easlea, among others. _