Browse by Artist: SYLVIAN, DAVID

Artist:	SYLVIAN, DAVID
Title:	Blemish
Label:	SAMADHISOUND
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	SAMAD 001CD

A new solo album from David Sylvian, featuring guests Derek Bailey & Fennesz! Mainly intended as a mail-order only release, this will have limited distribution... "His first since Dead Bees on a Cake. It is the debut release for his own Samadhi Sound label. David set aside a month to write and record the album while taking a break from the project that he and his brother, Steve Jansen, are currently working on. He has created an impromptu suite of songs for guitar, electronics and voice. The compositions were crafted from improvisational sessions captured live in the studio. Working almost entirely alone David has created an emotionally raw, minimal work, of immediacy and stark beauty. Although there are elements in his previous body of work that hint at the direction taken here the CD, entitled simply Blemish, appears to cover new ground in style, content, intensity of emotion, and in the seemly open ended nature of the compositions themselves. Adding to the intensity and air of experimentation is the presence of Derek Bailey. Three of the pieces included on Blemish were written with, and feature, the legendary free-jazz guitarist. The final track of the CD features a haunting electronic arrangement by Christian Fennesz."

Artist:	SYLVIAN, DAVID
Title:	The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter
Label:	SAMADHISOUND
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	SAMAD 005CD

"David Sylvian personally commissioned remixes of material from his critically acclaimed album Blemish, which was released in 2003. This album of remixes entitled The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter includes innovative contributions from Burnt Friedman, Yoshihiro Hanno, Ryoji Ikeda, Akira Rabelais, Readymade FC, and more. One of the top 2 'Albums of the Year' for The Wire magazine in 2003, Blemish was heralded by many as an extraordinary work that cemented Sylvian's reputation of always challenging himself as well as his audience. The remixers involved in this project include some of the most creative and globally respected individuals at the forefront of musical experimentation and sound manipulation. Presented in a digipak, with artwork by Atsushi Fukui and design by Chris Bigg this release continues Samadhisound's commitment to creating beautifully packaged, stunning music."

Artist:	SYLVIAN, DAVID
Title:	When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima
Label:	SAMADHISOUND
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	SAMAD 011CD

"When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima was commissioned by the Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation on the island of Naoshima, Japan as part of the Naoshima Standard 2 exhibition which ran from Oct 2006 to April 2007. The composition is site specific. In fact, Sylvian has said that the work isn't really complete until the sounds of the town Honmura are incorporated into the listening experience. For the Samadhisound release of When Loud Weather... Sylvian has incorporated some of the sounds of the island into the final mix. While this obviously doesn't compare to the experience of listening to the work in situ, it goes someway towards creating an echo of it. In the process, Sylvian's created a piece which might find new and interesting interpretations in a variety of unanticipated contexts. 'I attempted to create a work that increased the awareness of other dimensions of reality while complimenting, contrasting, and extending those physically at hand. A multiple exposure, a layering, mapping reference points both real and imagined. The "loud weather" referred to in the title is in reference to the emotional life of the island complemented by its spiritual ancestry and its influence on everyday life.' This idea of the superimposition of landscapes and of a multi-layered dimensionality came about due to the fact that the Chichu Art Museum, located on the island and owned by the Fukutake Foundation, is situated beneath ground level and housed in that structure are four of Monet's water lily paintings. The 20th century French landscape of Giverny as seen through Monet's eyes housed beneath the earth of a Japanese Island floating in the Seto Inland Sea. There's even an interpretation of Monet's garden, incorporating many of the plants he cherished, close to the entrance of the museum. This release will only be made available in a limited edition format (a DVD digipak beautifully designed by our own Chris Bigg with cover art by Sachiyo Tsurumi) for a limited time after which it will be deleted from the catalog. As the Foundation have decided to make the audio a part of the permanent collection on the island it will be there that the work will remain accessible once the Samadhisound edition is ended. The recording was performed by an ensemble of musicians: Clive Bell, Christian Fennesz, Arve Henriksen, Akira Rabelais, and David Sylvian."

Artist:	SYLVIAN, DAVID
Title:	Gone To Earth
Label:	VIRGIN (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	VIR 91309CD

2003 digital remastered edition, in deluxe foldout digipak; originally recorded 1985-6. "Featuring King Crimson's Robert Fripp, Bill Nelson, and Mel Collins (flute and saxophone sessionist for Bryan Ferry, King Crimson, and Dire Straits). Gone To Earth was Sylvian's ambitious double album project moving between atmospherically textured songs and ambient instrumentals, which has now been expanded to a double disc set including 7 additional tracks."

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