In late 1996, it had apparently been reduced to a trilogy, and the second album was going to be 2.Contamination . I've been waiting for Contamination ever since. It appeared that David Bowie had become sidetracked when he released Earthling in 1997, but still the world held its breath for the continuation of the Outside saga. In a live chat on 17th October 1999, David Bowie was asked if there will ever be a follow-up to 1.Outside . Brian Eno and I recorded over 24 hours of material.
Problem is to find the time to sift through.
We workaholics always have many projects going at the same time. Contamination', the follow up to Outside. These are encouraging signs that Contamination will be released eventually. Since he's only released albums in odd-numbered years after 1984, Contamination could be out in 2001 at the earliest, but perhaps more likely in 2003, as he's currently working on an album in collaboration with Tony Visconti, which almost certainly isn't Contamination . Zig Dust's the Outside Page has a section, the Future , which has an archive of news about Contamination .