A rather lovely cassette only release, and numbered. Of course it become a CD release later on, but the original tape is wonderful.
Tag: David Sylvian
One of my favourite artists.
For the love of tapes
There are still a few tapes out there that I’d like to own, and this was one of them. Of course the benefit of buying tapes is that hardly anyone else wants them. The downside is that more people throw them away than sell them.
Still, this is a tape I’ve been after for ages.
Japan – ‘A Foreign Place’ – The Biography
I only heard about this kickstarter today and I think it’s one I’m going to back. So I thought I’d post it here in case it’s of interest.
Beautiful vinyl
Japan
Cantonese Boy
I’m pretty sure that I had this when it first came out, but I’ve just got it again as I’m collecting vinyl once more. It was a beautiful release back then, and still looks and sounds great today.
Revisiting Nine Horses
I had a 40 minute drive to do (each way) today and realised that my iPod was completely out of charge, so I had no choice but to take a couple of CDs with me for the journey. One of these was Nine Horses ‘Snow Bourne Sorrow’, which, in hindsight, as it’s been a snowy day, perhaps wasn’t such a good idea.
Anyway, I listened to Snow Bourne Sorrow on the way home, and I was so pleased that I did. It has amazing songs, but most of all I was impressed with the quality and poignancy of the lyrical content. I’d forgotten these songs, and they deserve a listen quite regularly. So I think a Nine Horses re-listen is on the way for me very soon.
Stephan Mathieu/David Sylvian “Wandermüde”
Although I do find that the number of iterations of Mr Sylvian’s work can seem to grow and grow, I have to say that this one is quite good. Very textural and restful. I’ve really enjoyed it.
Amplified Gesture
As a long time fan of David Sylvian I’m intrigued to find out what this film’s like. I did see a film of his about the release of Manafon. I saw that at the ICA in London. It was quite exciting really. As far as I’m aware there was no such event for this film. A shame really.
David Sylvian, A Victim of Stars, and thoughts about curation
I was listening to this compilation on Friday and I really enjoyed it for the most part. Which I found strange. I didn’t find it strange that I liked the individual songs, I knew those and knew that I liked them, but the order that they were in created a different feel to listening to them, and that made me think.
It made me remember the mixtape, that is, when it was an actual tape and not a digital representation of a tape. Curating (if that’s the right word for it) tracks together in a specific order can quite easily change their meaning or at least adapt it for a different purpose.
I found listening to Sylvian’s tracks in the order in this compilation gave them a different meaning in a way for me. Not a totally different meaning you understand, but something subtle. It also made me remember mixtape’s where they were in a different order and what tracks followed which was strange too.
I’m not entirely sure where this leads, but I think it’s interesting in itself, that’s all.
March on the Sylvian calendar
Nice picture. Nice calendar
David Sylvian: Victim of Stars
I got it, I was always going to. I’m interested to hear what kind of collection it is and the one track I don’t have, so I’ll probably be giving it a listen today / tomorrow.
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