To be released on January 21st 2013: a new album with Stephan Mathieu!!It's ready to order..... Read more!DAVID SYLVIAN & STEPHAN MATHIEU - WANDERMUDE Release date:January 21st, 2013Samadhi Sound: # SOUNDCDSS023
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The old Trophies postcards are back on sale! Over 10 years ago in 2002, during the Everything & Nothing tour, this site (then called trophies.org) sold 2 cardsets of 5 cards each, with exclusive photographs online. The sets were approved by David Sylvian and Opium (Arts). We just found a box with a few sets left. Here’s your chance to
To be released on January 21st: the new DVD by David Sylvian on Samadhi Sound (SSDVD01). Featuring ‘Amplified Gesture‘ by Phil Hopkins (73 minutes 44 seconds), ‘Coaxing or Pummelling?‘ (An introduction to certain improvisers) by Clive Bell and ‘A man of no significance‘ by David Sylvian (7 min 32 seconds).
The very last album by Hector Zazou will be released in december 2012: THE ARCH – where music meets the world Released on Elen Music by EVA QUARTET & HECTOR ZAZOU (produced by Dimiter Panev and Hector Zazou). The Arch is one of the most outstanding recordings and biggest projects in the history of World Music, featuring more than 50
Samadhisound releases Uncommon Deities, a reinvention of David Sylvian’s audiovisual installation, produced by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré and featuring performances by David Sylvian, Arve Henriksen and Sidsel Endresen on September 14th 2012 in two versions (CD and Deluxe).
A new track featuring David Sylvian, called Nothing Is Happening Everywhere is being released on the upcoming album Night Within by the London duo Land (Daniel Lea and Matthew Waters). The album is released on Important Records on gatefold CD and Ltd Edition 12″ Grey Vinyl.
This page contains a compilation of reviews as found online, in papers and magazines about the David Sylvian compilation A Victim Of Stars. Latest: – Dusted Reviews (June 5, 2012) – ioPages (dutch, April 2012) – Blog Critics (April 13, 2012) – The York Press (April 6, 2012) – Cutting Edge (March 6, 2012 DUTCH) – The Cornishman & West
Unfortunately, the Implausible Beauty tour has been cancelled. Read more for: – tour defenitely cancelled: new message from David – rescheduled dates… – Personal message from David (Facebook, 30 januari 2012) – Official news on David’s Facebook page (Facebook, 30 januari 2012)
Joan as Policewoman is working on a new duets project with David Sylvian. UPDATE April 20th, 2014: According to Joan the project is still in the works. See tweets below. Joan talks about this project on the Huey Show as broadcast on February 6th, 2011 on BBC 6 Music (13:00 – 16:00). In the end of december 2011, Joan tweeted
EMI, A Victim Of Stars, 1982-2012 with new song Where’s Your Gravity? The new David Sylvian collection album “A Victim of Stars, 1982-2012” will be released at the beginning of next year. On leap day February 29, the double-CD hits the stores.
Tour is postponed! David Sylvian will tour Europe in March 2012, his first series of performances since 2007. David Sylvian’s ‘Implausible Beauty 2012’ tour will start in Padova, Italy on the 1st March 2012. NEW: Hildur Guðnadóttir to tour with David NEW: David Sylvian will be playing in Paris on April 13th as part of the Banlieues Bleues Festival. David’s
There will be a beautiful festival programme published this week in Kristiansand. This programme publication will be available in large luxury format at the festival. Also, David’s concert is sold out so they willl expand the hall (by removing orchestra pit) to be able to put out 30-40 single tickets for Plight & Premonition!
David Sylvian has created, for the first time, a calendar which is available exclusively via samadhisound. The 2012 calendar features David’s personal selection of his photographic work and was designed by David in collaboration with Chris Bigg. Spiral bound and measuring 24cm x 42.6 cm, the calendar is printed on rich, quality paper and released as a limited edition item.
David will perform live on Saturday September 3rd at the Punkt Festival in a Special Edition Cartography concert, where the whole album will be performed by Arve Henriksen (trumpet, voice), David Sylvian (lyrics/spoken word), Eivind Aarset (guitars), Anna Maria Friman (vocal), Ingar Zach (percussion) and Jan Bang / Erik Honoré (live sampling, electronics).
Number of articles published in various papers and magazines about Punkt Festivalen 2011 in Kristiansand Norway.
This page contains a compilation of reviews as found online, in papers and magazines about David Sylvian album Died In The Wool. Latest: – YES! weekly (Januari 2012) – All About Jazz (October 2011) – Dusted Reviews (July 2011) – OndaRock (Italian, june 2011) – Twente uit de kunst (dutch, june 2011) – The Wire (june 2011)
David will be creating an audiovisual installation entitled “Uncommon Deities”, and will curate an evening of concerts, including the debut live performance of his 1988 release “Plight and Premonition”. In addition to David, this concert will feature John Tilbury, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Eivind Aarset and Philip Jeck. For more info, go to the Program, Artists and Punkt Kunst sections.
Ryuichi Sakamoto will be a guest at the Concert for Japan concert on Saturday, April 9, 11 AM — 11 PM Ryuichi will be joined by: Mayo Yamaguchi (noh actor) – Live Guest David Sylvian (recorded poetry) Christian Fennesz (sounds) Yoshihide Otomo (sounds) Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) – Live Guest
Died in the Wool — variations on David Sylvian’s 2009 release Manafon with the addition of 6 new pieces, including collaborations with acclaimed composer Dai Fujikura, producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré and a stellar roster of contemporary musicians and improvisers. Released as a Double CD digipak in a hardboard slipcase. Disc 2 featuring audio from the installation When We Return
Here’s the ad that was published in The Wire magazine July 2011
Commercial by Aramani with Raphael Nadal and music by David Sylvian.
Mick Karn, best known as the bassist for influential synth pop outfit Japan died on January 4 at the age of 52. The following is the statement from his website: It’s with profound sadness that we have to inform you that Mick finally lost his battle with cancer and passed away peacefully at 4.30pm today, 4th January 2011 at home
New ads for Sleepwalkers by Samadhisound.
This page contains a compilation of reviews as found online, in papers and magazines about David Sylvian album Sleepwalkers. Latest: – Dusted magazine (December 2010) – Mousique (October 2010, dutch) – Mojo (December 2010) – Prog Archives (November 2010) – Irish Times review (November 2010) – Pitchfork review (November 2010)
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