David Sylvian writes the following about the new release by Jane in Ether:
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Andrea Chimenti’s album ‘L’Albero Pazzo’ is now available on vinyl for the first time. Included is the track ‘Ti Ho Aspettato (I Have Waited For You)’, a duet with David Sylvian. Originally released in 1996, the album has been remastered and is presented with new artwork designed by Andrea Chimenti. It is available from the artist’s website. Note! I get
David Sylvian contributes to new cd by pianist Melaine Dalibert.
Theo Travis has recorded a version of Brilliant Trees on which he plays the duduk, with lead vocals by David Longdon from Big Big Train.
Mark Wastell has announced that David Sylvian has provided the cover photograph for the debut release of Confront Recordings’s new CD EP length series.
David has a new instagram account which includes many of the photographs he has taken, some previously unseen.
David Sylvian has provided the cover photography for a new cd by Shira Legmann on Yuko Zama’s contemporary classical label, Elsewhere. Shira plays work by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi.
from Yuko Zama of elsewhere: Happy to reveal the final cover design of Melaine Dalibert – Infinite Ascent (elsewhere 012) to be released in late October as one of the three upcoming elsewhere piano series CDs.
This is a note (warning) on the news article, as published on August 1st 2020, regarding the release of the 2CD set “Japan – Live From The Budokan, Tokyo FM 1982“. It seems that the release is illegal! On twitter, there was a correspondence between Philip Groom (@GroomPhilip) and Steve Jansen (@istevejansen). Steve mentions in his tweets that the record
A new live cd has been released of Japan’s performance at the Budokan, Tokyo as part of their final tour in 1982. For this show on 8 December 1982, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi from YMO and Akiko Yano joined Japan on stage for encores. The show contains the only live performance of Sylvian’s first single with Ryuichi Sakamoto, ‘Bamboo
The original sound track for Yuka Fujii’s film Like Planets composed by Mark Wastell and featuring David Sylvian is now available for download on Confront Recordings bandcamp.
David Sylvian has provided cover photography for a release by Keith Rowe and Mark Wastell on Confront Recordings for Record Store Day 2020, to be released as part of RSD ‘Drop 1’ on August 29th (was April 18th but re-scheduled due to the Coronavirus crisis). Limited to 300 copies worldwide.
A London exhibition of Yuka Fujii’s photographs based on her book ‘Like Planets’ is being held at POCKO gallery, 51A King Henry’s Walk, London N1 4NH from 3 October to 1 November 2019. The event launches with a Private View event on 3 October.
A number of unreleased mixes of David Sylvian tracks are being unveiled as part of the programme at Punkt 2019.
Yuka Fuji’s film ‘Like Planets’ is set to premiere at the Punkt Festival in Norway in September and at Cafe OTO in London in October – see details here. Mark Wastell has provided the soundtrack music and confirms the following detail, including David Sylvian’s contribution:
Dai Fujikura is artistic director of the Born Creative Festival being held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre on 28 September 2019. As part of the programme there will be a David Sylvian Room where recordings of instrumental work from David’s catalogue will be played. Featured will be a previously unreleased work made for the festival by David Sylvian titled ‘Manafon:
The 2019 remix and remaster of ‘There is No Love’ by Rhodri Davies, David Sylvian and Mark Wastell is now available for download. This was previously only available on the 2019 Record Store Day white vinyl release.
David Sylvian provides the artwork for pianist Melaine Dalibert’s forthcoming cd on the elsewhere label entitled ‘Cheminant’ (elsewhere 007), to be released on 1st July 2019. Design is by label owner Yuko Zama.
from the Punkt facebook page/website: PUNKT (5-7 September): This year’s Punkt Seminar, curated by David Toop, features the premiere of Yuka Fujii’s “Like Planets ”. LIKE PLANETS (cine-photo – approx..35min. /osmosis uk 2019) Photography and cine-photo by Yuka Fujii Music composed and performed by Mark Wastell “Like Planets ” is a short film of still images and text taken
Limited edition print of the photograph by Ingrid Chavez featured on the ‘Dead Bees on a Cake’ black vinyl re-release. Signed and numbered by David Sylvian and Ingrid Chavez. 7″ x 7″ image on 12″ x 12″ Arches platine paper. Palladium print, Ltd. Ed. of 50. Available from Ingrid Chavez bandcamp here
From Mark Wastell: The official list of Record Store Day 2019 releases has just been made public and I’m happy to announce that a white vinyl LP version of There Is No Love by Rhodri Davies / David Sylvian / Mark Wastell is one of them. Remixed, remastered and repackaged and also featuring a cover photograph from David.
After the release of four David Sylvian 1987 deluxe vinyl albums, spanning the period 1984, 1987, a deluxe vinyl reissue of 1991’s Rain Tree Crow album is released on 29 March 2019!
News by David Sylvian and Samadhi Sound on Facebook and Twitter: Currently in the design stage, Universal’s vinyl reissues of Sylvian’s albums of the 1980’s with new artwork and design by Yuka Fujii and Chris Bigg. The digital download of ‘dead bees….’ with accompanying PDF artwork should be with us Nov. 9th. Excellent news! Picture: Nagarkot by Yuka Fujii.
Like Planets, a photographic essay by Yuka Fujii. Hard cover, 260mm x 220mm Landscape. 170 pages. Available from 2nd November 2018. Designed by Chris Bigg in a limited edition of 1,500. The first 500 copies are signed and numbered by Yuka Fujii and David Sylvian. Randomly included in the remaining 1,000 copies are 15 signed unnumbered copies. Regular edition: £50, signed
