SamadhiSound news
13.08.12: Uncommon Deities
Samadhisound will be releasing Uncommon Deities on the 24th September 2012. Last year's Punkt Festival played host to Uncommon Deities, an unusual confluence of talents and media. Walking into the gallery’s large space, visitors were greeted by a series of paintings by Atsushi Fukui that culminated in the striking, hermaphroditic figure in “The Botanist.” An audio installation by David Sylvian filled the space, and the opening night celebration brought poets and musicians into the mix: the acclaimed Norwegian poets Paal-Helge Haugen and Nils Christian Moe Repstad read alongside Evan Parker and Arve Henriksen, and their works were read in English by Sylvian, whose recorded voice was accompanied by John Tilbury, Philip Jeck, and Sidsel Endresen.
The CD release of Uncommon Deities isn’t a document of the installation, but a reinvention: the poems and Sylvian’s readings are placed in new settings by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré.
The cofounders of the Punkt festival and close collaborators on the original installation, Bang and Honoré draw on new performances by the deeply sympathetic trumpeter Arve Henriksen and the startling, elemental singer Sidsel Endresen. These improvisations join live material captured at last year’s Punkt events, in a production that’s spacious and atmospheric, somber and escapist, light-hearted and steeped in history—a recording as rich as the ancestry of the work that inspired it.
There will be two editions made available for pre-order from today. These will ship as soon as stock arrives into the warehouse (likely to be before the 24th Sep).
Standard Edition ($15.99)
Presented in a 6 panel digipak (with a matte laminate finish) featuring artwork by Hannah Bertram, art direction by David Sylvian, designed by Chris Bigg, the standard edition CD comes with a credit sheet folded and inserted into the digipak itself. This is limited to a pressing of 3000 units.
Purchase in the Samadhisound Shop.
Limited Edition Deluxe Version ($40.00)
Limited to a print run of 1000 units, this deluxe version of Uncommon Deities is A5 in size (150mm x 210mm), and comes with a rigid hardback cover, with matte laminate finish. This is inserted into a half size 150mm x 105mm O-Card belly band, which is made of grey back board with blind embossed typography.
The book itself is 44 pages in length, 4 colour with special 5th colour gold print, and contains the album's poetry in both English and the original Norwegian with the CD housed in a pocketed sleeve.
The package features artwork by Hannah Bertram, art direction by David Sylvian, and was designed by Chris Bigg.
Purchase in the Samadhisound Shop.
Please click here to be taken to the Uncommon Deities microsite.
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Please click here to see a film by Marc Atkins and Chris Bigg for the track "The God of Single Cell Organisms".
17.04.12: Limited Edition Poster
Available as of today, a limited edition poster of the iconic image of David Sylvian, taken by Yuka Fujii on Mont Blanc in 1984, as featured on the cover of the recently released 'a victim of stars' compilation. this is the first occasion on which samadhisound have produced a poster of any kind and, in this instance, with the cooperation of the somewhat reticent photographer whose permission for use of her work in this capacity is rarely granted.
Measuring 24" x 36", and printed on 216 gsm quality paper, the poster, designed by Chris Bigg and strictly limited to just 500 units, will be packaged in a sturdy triangular poster tube for immediate dispatch.
This item is priced at $30.00 (plus postage and packing). Please click here to be taken to the shop.
27.02.12: 'Glowing Enigmas' exhibition, Tokyo Japan.
The Impossible Project will be exhibiting a unique series of polaroids by david sylvian. The show, entitled 'Glowing Enigmas', will open on April 20th 2012 and remain on display for one month. The exhibit contains 141 new photographs and was commissioned by the Tokyo based 'Impossible Project'.
for more information: www.the-impossible-project
21.02.12: David Sylvian - "A Victim of Stars 1982-2012"
A Victim Of Stars 1982-2012 brings together the last 30 years of David Sylvian's solo career, encompassing material released with Virgin Records, along with more recent work released on his own label Samadhisound, including a new recording 'Where's Your Gravity?' which is exclusive to this compilation..
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Disc One
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)
Disc Two
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?
16.02.12: A Message from David
Please visit davidsylvian.com for a personal update from David.
13.01.12: Exclusive Pre-Order Link for David Sylvian's Paris Concert on 13th April 2012
You can now purchase tickets to see David perform as part of the Banlieues Bleus Festival in Paris on 13th April, using the exclusive pre-order ticket link here
For more information about the Festival you can visit here
02.12.11: Implausible Beauty tour - a message from David Sylvian
Information on the musicians involved in the Implausible Beauty series of performances alongside a personal message from David can now be read on the tour's microsite: tour.davidsylvian.com
21.10.11: New German Tour Date Added
We have added another German show to the forthcoming Implausible Beauty 2012 tour.
This will be on the 19th March 2012, in a brand new venue in Frankfurt called The Gibson.
Tickets can be bought from the link below and are on sale now.
Buy tickets here
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