David Sylvian S/D

wright's voice is less repellent than sylvian's with this sort of music, but i wish there was an alternate, vocal-less version of this.

Ahh... that's an old shot at this point, right? 2009 or so?
Have only seen a couple pics since... the one promoting 'abandon hope' in '13 and a shot with Joan as Policewoman on her fb page from '11.

Not that I keep track of these things. haha

wright's voice is less repellent than sylvian's with this sort of music, but i wish there was an alternate, vocal-less version of this.

At any rate, been listening to this a ton the last several days. It's very, very good. I wouldn't say it bears much resemblance to Plight insofar as Sylvian is no longer moored to drones ... this is a much more granular work. Which is one reason the Vaughn Williams-inspired conclusion is really an amazing way to wrap this up.

yeah, I mostly listen to music while showering (!?)

Sure, you can consider this a poetry piece, where the spoken words are of primary interest. but it also contains gorgeous music that could be satisfying/engaging without the spoken voice parts. I understand that they're meant to compliment each other. While Wright's poetry is interesting here, it takes me out of the enveloping musical environment.

His style/flow has enough detachedness and sort of ease about it, and the frequency of the spoken passages is such that it's easy to get lost in the parts without voice. Listening to it a lot today, it does have an engaging, story-like quality.. however fragmented it is. The music possesses an ineffable beauty throughout the hour-long duration.

kinda odd that John Tilbury's name is not "featured" on the album cover... his playing is the most prominent feature of the recording.

Wright passed away two weeks ago.

I was listening to this record again this morning, went to the Wiki page to read more about his work and...

Seems there's a new Sylvian coming in September on Confront Recordings!

Looks like Sylvo is doing some recording. Good news.

http://www.angharaddavies.com/

7 - 13 .12.15 Skogen
Recording with David Sylvian
Angharad Davies + Anna Lindal, violin
Leo Svensson Sander, cello; Magnus Granberg, piano;
Rhodri Davies, harpa; John Eriksson, vibrafon;
Henrik Olsson, percussion + glass; Erik Carlsson, percussion
Petter Wastberg, elektronik och objekt
Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board

Not dead, then.

Unmentioned above, but also search the two guest appearances on Mick Karn's Dreams Of Reason Produce Monsters, "Bouy" (also on the Everything and Nothing compilation) and "When Love Walks In" (which, AFAIK, appears nowhere else). If Rain Tree Crow doesn't quite hit the spot, these two recordings (with Steve Jansen on drums) are arguably the last Japan recordings.

http://goldenpages.jpehs.co.uk/2016/06/27/symposium-on-the-edge-improvisers-on-music-and-methods/

Who's going to Norway?
"David Sylvian has curated an ensemble for On the Edge: Keith Rowe, David Toop, Rhodri Davies, Rie Nakajima and Phil Durrant."

wish this guy would do another album and tour

My best-of list, with caveats.

Nothing from Blemish and beyond?

I knew he was going to withdraw from vocal work but he hasn't done anything since "There's A Light That Enters Houses With No Other House In Sight" (which was disappointing considering the great stuff he'd done with Fennesz before).

he did a single since then where he was just fucking around and making noise in an old schoolhouse. not recommended even for the most open of minds

I really wish he'd put out something new that he sang on. I love Blemish. I've grown to like Manafon as well.

but I can't quibble with Alfred's list there, those are all fantastic songs. I'd probably swap Darkest Dreaming for I Surrender though and added A Fire in the Forest.

just checked his site and he's got something new coming out that lists his contributions as "voice, vocal treatments, electronics", which leaves some hope but we all know it's going to be more like "there's a light" than "blemish": http://www.confrontrecordings.com/core-series

Super good new album w Wastell and Davies.

https://youtu.be/WyGjBJ6TpLQ

The storytelling nature of the material probably makes this more enjoyable to ppl than 'Playing the Schoolhouse'. Maybe even entertaining?

At this point, everybody realizes 'Manafon' is a classic, right?

Eh, I'm not convinced by "There's No Love". It's missing something for me that was found on "Uncommon Deities". Maybe it was the short form of each track that was the difference, or maybe I just want him to sing again!

The last time I listened to "Manafon" I liked it much more than previously, but I still prefer the reworked versions on "Died In The Wool".

" I still prefer the reworked versions on "Died In The Wool"."

me too

Sylvian drops a new country song on soundcloud out of the blue: https://soundcloud.com/user-516495290/beautiful-country-rough-mix

(this is one of the songs from a project with Joan as Policewoman that seems to have stalled or died or something)

Thanks for posting that, I'll take his scraps!

Them's pretty good scraps! Builds up a nice head of steam by the end too.

Wonder if this means more is on the way?

I hope so!

Gone, seemingly.

Good thing I downloaded it.

Argh, just getting to this now. Is anyone willing/able to share?

apparently there's another one that's still up? is this an unreleased track? https://soundcloud.com/user-516495290/modern-interior

That's from a compilation.

Whoever needs a copy email me geraldmcbb at h0tmail d0t c0m

it's still there, at least for me.

From the comments it looks like he took it down and then re-upped it.

That beautiful country remix is flowing nicely. I especially appreciate that his voice seems less affected than i remembered it.

Since I already posted my e-mail address, if anyone wants a giant ZIP of David's rarities (64 tracks), drop me a note.

E-mail sent! <3

another newish one he put up there that had slipped me by: https://soundcloud.com/user-516495290/jacqueline-demo

Both soundcloud tracks remind me how much I've missed his ambient pop work. Hopefully his willingness to post older tracks is based on some new creative drive.

We'll see, he said a few years back he was done with vocal work. Of course he wouldn't be the first artist to change their mind.

anyone know explicitly what his illness was? i saw something about his back at some point, but I thought maybe it was actually his lungs or something; perhaps he's lost his voice.

So 21 people downloaded the odds and sods comp I made. Any thoughts, favorite bits, etc? For me, I'm surprised and pleased how good 5 hours off (mostly) collaborations flows, David's voice really makes the songs his own.

It's taken me awhile but I'm finally appreciating David's later collaborations, which are also captured on Sleepwalkers, as much as his earlier ones. (If anything, it's the Dead Bees era that I now find the least interesting.) And yeah, his voice def brings a cohesiveness to this collection.

I haven't done an A/B comparison, but I think many of the tracks on "Sleepwalkers" are remixed to some extent.

yes they are

Oh hey Gerald I dropped a line re this collection -- did you get it?

It was in my junk folder. ;-) Replied.

Thanks!

In a fb post about his Weinstein tweets (that he's since deleted), DS said he considers himself "retired".