The self-taughtcomposer used voice-modulationsoftware to layerher vocals, creating a haunting a capella meditationonlifeanddeath that sounds likeWendyCarlosmeetsthe CocteauTwins.
Almost a decade before TheCocteauTwins popularised the approach, Bowie sang in a completely self-invented language on the 1977 Low album track, Subterraneans.
Earlier this year, former CocteauTwins singer Elizabeth Fraser made a rare concert appearance at the 2012 event, which was curated by Antony Hegarty, from Antony and the Johnsons.