Beautiful vinyl
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- Japan
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- 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.
Sylvian Tour cancelled
I tweeted this yesterday, but it is still really on my mind. What a massive shame. Of course, I hope he does get better soon, and I hope that the dates get re-scheduled, but that can be a logistical nightmare.
Still, there’s a new retrospective of his work coming out in Feb, so I’ll have to just wait for that and the one or two tracks on there that I don’t have already.
Implausible Beauty (a calendar)
Something I got for Christmas. David Sylvian’s ‘Implausible Beauty’ calendar. It’s rather lovely. I think I should look at it a bit more.
A new Sylvian retrospective in Feb
A new Sylvian album. Well, a compilation. A retrospective actually. I looked at the track listing. I’ve got them all except one. So the question is, do I buy it just for the sake of a single song? The answer? Probably.
Died in the Wool
I bought this when it came out. Admittedly it isn’t as difficult a listen as his last work, but it still is quite a touch set of songs. That’s not to say that it isn’t interesting in many ways, but again, not for the faint hearted.
