Sunmachine

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Sunmachine is the title track from the 1998 album Sunmachine by English dance act Dario G. It is a reinterpretation of a section from the David Bowie song "Memory of a Free Festival" from his 1972 release Space Oddity.

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The idea for Sunmachine came about when the trio thought of putting a section of David Bowie's Memory of a Free Festival over an ambient version of Sunchyme, but the band realised they wanted to do more with the track and the idea was scrapped. The early version ended up becoming the album closer, End of the Beginning.

The finished track was to become a reinterpretation with new instrumentation over Bowie's vocals. The band ran into problems with the song when they realised the section had too much instrumentation and they could not isolate the vocals. The band explained the idea of the song to Bowie, who fixed the problem by sending the original master tape of the song which allowed the band to sample Bowie's vocals only^[1]

The track also features flute accompaniment by Bowie's producer, Tony Visconti.

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