▁B owie ▁and ▁En o ▁collabor ated ▁on ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁consecutive ▁albums ▁called ▁the ▁" Ber lin ▁Tr il ogy ", ▁character ized ▁as ▁an ▁" art ▁rock ▁trif ect a " ▁by ▁Conse quence ▁of ▁Sound , ▁who ▁noted ▁that ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁their ▁release , ▁" The ▁experimental ▁records ▁wer en ’ t ▁connecting ▁with ▁aud ien ces ▁on ▁the ▁scale ▁B owie ▁was ▁used ▁to . ▁... ▁New ▁W ave ▁had ▁expl oded , ▁and ▁a ▁generation ▁of ▁B owie ▁descend ants ▁had ▁taken ▁the ▁stage ." ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁a ▁new ▁generation ▁of ▁English ▁art ▁rock ers ▁took ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁bands ▁such ▁as ▁Ro xy ▁Music , ▁Yes , ▁Gen esis , ▁J eth ro ▁T ull ▁and ▁Em erson , ▁Lake ▁& ▁Pal mer . ▁Journal ist ▁Roy ▁Tra kin ▁explains : ▁" Of ▁course , ▁these ▁stal w arts ▁can ▁still ▁fill ▁Mad ison ▁Square ▁Garden ▁and ▁sell ▁a ▁great ▁many ▁records , ▁as ▁they ▁always ▁have , ▁but ▁their ▁days ▁of ▁advent ur ous ▁risk - t aking ▁and ▁musical ▁innov ation ▁are ▁long ▁gone ▁- ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁sm ug ▁satisfaction ▁of ▁commercial ▁success ." ▁Tra kin ▁ident ifies ▁X TC ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁" access ible " ▁new ▁groups . ▁When ▁the ▁band ' s ▁Col in ▁M ould ing ▁was ▁asked ▁whether ▁he ▁felt ▁the ▁band ▁was ▁closer ▁to ▁art ▁rock ▁or ▁new ▁wave ,