Can you love an album you’ve never heard? I suppose it’s possible if your favourite artist puts out a new album, you loved the last one and they have a history of not disappointing you. But what if you’ve never heard of them? I’m not sure how I stumbled across Exit North, probably through that […]
Ten years on from their breakthrough album Tin Drum, members of Japan reconvened for this lovely one off reunion. Bravely not cashing in on the Japan name despite the success of the single Ghosts, reaching No.5 on the UK chart in 1981, it seems that David Sylvian had moved on. In the ten years since Japan […]
This release isn’t generally considered to be a David Sylvian album in the purest sense (he doesn’t sing) – the confusion is actually three fold; firstly, when it was released in 1985 it was cassette only, secondly it has been re released with tracks added and tracks removed and last but not least – it […]
Steel Cathedrals is a short film with soundtrack by David Sylvian and Ryuchi Sakamoto. Shot over two days and directed by Sylvian and Yasayuki Yamaguchi, it consists of stark, shimmering images of chimneys and water – the city and nature. Unfortunately it is only available in two parts on You Tube but if the visuals are […]