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David Lowe also known as "Uncle Art" is a British composer known for his work on Amiga and PC computer games from 1985 to 1995.

David was the first video game musician to make music with professional synthesizers (CX5, DX7, RX11 drum machine) for an additional cassette tape distributed with the games Starglider 2 and Carrier Command.

His Starglider soundtrack for 16-bit computers (ST & Amiga) was also notable of using high quality instrument sounds (for then prevailing standards - before tracker music) on Amiga version's title music and having 15 seconds long song (a single sound file) with vocals and synthesizers on both versions.

David has two daughters: The eldest - Elizabeth Lowe - is currently (2010) in a stage play with Dirk Benedict, and the younger is Holly Jazz Lowe, singer and songwriter in the band Like a Thief. His wife Victoria Lowe was formerly a reserve member of Pan's People, and studied under Arlene Phillips.

Notable Amiga and PC games

Starglider (1987)
Carrier Command (1988, audio tape music)
Starglider 2 (1988, audio tape music)
International Karate + (1988, Rob Hubbard's song arranged for Amiga)
Afterburner (1988, arranged from the arcade game)
Garfield: A Winter's Tail (1989)
F1GP (1992)
Streetfighter II (1992)
Frontier: Elite II (1993)
Frontier: First Encounters (1995)

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 David was the first video game musician to make music with professional synthesizers ([[CX5]], [[DX7]], [[RX11]] drum machine) for an additional cassette tape distributed with the games [[Starglider 2]] and [[Carrier Command]].
-His [[Starglider]] soundtrack for 16-bit computers (ST & Amiga) was also notable of using high quality instrument sounds (for then prevailing standards) on Amiga version's title music and having 15 seconds long song (a single sound file) with vocals and synthesizers on both versions.
+His [[Starglider]] soundtrack for 16-bit computers (ST & Amiga) was also notable of using high quality instrument sounds (for then prevailing standards - before [[tracker music]]) on Amiga version's title music and having 15 seconds long song (a single sound file) with vocals and synthesizers on both versions.
 David has two daughters: The eldest - [[Elizabeth Lowe]] - is currently ([[2010]]) in a stage play with [[Dirk Benedict]], and the younger is [[Holly Jazz Lowe]], singer and songwriter in the band [[Like a Thief]].  His wife [[Victoria Lowe]] was formerly a reserve member of [[Pan's People]], and studied under [[Arlene Phillips]].