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New Two-Disc Compilation Of David Sylvian's Solo Work To Get February 2012 Release
Tuesday, 20 December 2011 Written by Jon Stickler
New Two-Disc Compilation Of David Sylvian's Solo Work To Get February 2012 Release

EMI records are to release a career-spanning 2-disc compilation of David Sylvian’s highly acclaimed solo work, featuring an exclusive new track ‘Where’s Your Gravity?’. The new compilation is set for release on 27th February 2012.

'A Victim Of Stars,1982 – 2011' brings together material from the last 30 years of David Sylvian’s solo career, along with his more recent work released on his own label samadhisound, as well as a brand new recording exclusive to this compilation.
 
On his solo records of the '80s, Sylvian's explorations in music took him through 1984s 'Brilliant Trees'; 1985s 'Gone To Earth' and 1987s 'Secrets Of The Beehive'. His collaborators included leaders of progressive music, from jazzmen such as Mark Isham, John Taylor and Kenny Wheeler to the rock and fusion guitarists Robert Fripp, Bill Nelson, and David Torn.
 
Regular collaborations with composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra star Ryuichi Sakamoto yielded Sylvian's first international hit, "Forbidden Colours.”, along with “Bamboo Houses” and “ Bamboo Music”.
 
In the early '90s, Sylvian embarked on a series of acclaimed tours with Robert Fripp, leading to their 1993 studio release The First Day. And 1991 saw the release of Rain Tree Crow, a Japan reunion under a different name. But Sylvian grew less prolific as the decade wore on, taking four years to finish 1999s Dead Bees On A Cake. Dead Bees included the hit single "I Surrender," where Sylvian crafts an eye-openingly beautiful vessel around his spiritual journey.
 
His determination to confront his vulnerabilities led to arguably his most powerful album to date, 2003’s Blemish.  More recently, he has also released Snow Borne Sorrow and Money for All, an LP and EP from the band Nine Horses. Nine Horses is a trio that includes his brother and regular collaborator Steve Jansen and electronica artist Burnt Friedman, as well as contributions from singer Stina Nordenstam, trumpeter Arve Henriksen, and Ryuichi Sakamoto on piano.
 
In 2009, the project that began in Blemish continued with Manafon, an album that assembled the world’s leading free improvisers, including Evan Parker, Keith Rowe, Fennesz, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, and John Tilbury, among several others. And completing the source material for the compilation is his most recent release ‘Died In The Wool’, made up of variations on Manafon and including collaborations with acclaimed composer Dai Fujikura, producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré and a stellar roster of contemporary musicians and improvisers.
 
'A Victim Of Stars,1982 – 2011' track-listing is as follows:
 
CD1:
Ghosts (Remix)
Bamboo Houses
Bamboo Music
Forbidden Colours
Red Guitar
The Ink In The Well
Pulling Punches
Taking The Veil
Silver Moon
Let The Happiness In
Orpheus
Waterfront
Pop Song
Blackwater
Every Colour You Are
Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)
 
CD2:
Jean The Birdman
Alphabet Angel
I Surrender
Darkest Dreaming
A Fire In The Forest
The Only Daughter
Late Night Shopping
Wonderful World
The Banality Of Evil
Darkest Birds
Snow White in Appalachia
Small Metal Gods
I Should Not Dare
Manafon
Where’s Your Gravity? (New track)
 
David Sylvian 'Implausible Beauty' 2012 UK Tour Dates are as follows:

March 2012

Mar 23rd - Bridgewater Hall
Mar 24th - London Royal Albert Hall
Mar 26th - Birmingham Symphony Hall
Mar 27th - Nottingham Royal Concert Centre
Mar 28th - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

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