40th Anniversary Space Oddity Digital Ep

40^th Anniversary Release Of ?Space Oddity? with the release of the ?Space Oddity EP?

Unique Opportunity For Fans To Remix Their Own Version of ?Space Oddity?

On Their Computer and Brand New iPhone Application

Release date: 20^th July 2009

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 to download and mix the original multi-tracks of Space Oddity which also celebrates the 40th anniversary of its original release on July 11th.

Partly inspired after seeing Stanley Kubrick?s 2001: A Space Odyssey, which premièred 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.

The Space Oddity EP will consist of the four tracks listed below and 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.

This is a revolutionary experience for music fans to recreate their own versions of one of popular music?s most iconic songs.

?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)

Notes to editors:

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iKlax multitrack　software for Mac or PC, (www.iklaxmusic.com/davidbowie) allows fans the opportunity to use the original 8-track stems from the EP without complicated home studio software. Users simply download the iKlax "Creator" software, and follow the simple steps to remix and make the iKlax song file.

All details will be on www.davidbowie.com

** The iKlax　?Space Oddity Multitrack App?　for iPhone and iPod Touch, (sold on the iTunes App store) will enable fans a unique and exciting opportunity. They can remix the individual tracks: vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar, drums and bass, mellotron, organ and guitars, guitar solo, strings and other orchestration; Fans can "shake" the phone for random mixes, and save their mix versions, all on the go, anytime, anywhere.

**An update of this digital remix promotion in the US will follow shortly.