David Sylvian

David Sylvian ‘Manafon’

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:15:02 +0000

We’re preparing for the release of David’s new album ‘Manafon’. It’s a powerfully bold, uncompromising work featuring contributions from Evan Parker, John Tilbury, Keith Rowe, Christian Fennesz, Otomo Yoshihide, and many more. We’ll be sharing more information on the release shortly.

arve henriksen's 'cartography'

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:31:27 +0000

david collaborated with arve, jan bang and erik honoré on arve's debut release for ecm records, 'cartography' - an astoundingly beautiful recording.

"The World Is Everything" T-shirts

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:41:49 +0000

We are pleased to announce that we are making several T-shirts available which were previously only available on David's 2007 tour. We only have a limited number of these left and they won't be available again once they've sold out.

You can view them here.

Thomas Feiner & Anywhen, "The Opiates – Revised"

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:48 +0000

We're excited to announce the latest addition to the SamadhiSound catalogue; 'The Opiates - Revised' by Thomas Feiner & Anywhen (sound-cd ss013).

For the few that got to hear the original release of 'The Opiates' it was an absorbing, captivating experience featuring the deep, rich vocals of Thomas Feiner – but it was a project that'd once threatened to go unfinished. Whilst the album began as a group effort, the band Anywhen dissolved in the two years it took to complete – leaving Feiner to finish the project alone.

This revised, re-packaged and remastered edition of 'The Opiates' will be the first time many will have heard of the album or the artist Thomas Feiner (although a track was included on David Sylvian's 'The World Is Everything' tour book sampler cd). The release comes several years after Sylvian was introduced to the work, which he regards as something of a lost classic having only been released in a few territories. The addition of two new Feiner tracks have further strengthened what was already a remarkably beautiful recording.

Sylvian recalls, "The dark, brooding, romantic nature of the material and, in particular, the emotional gravity of Thomas' voice, came as something of a surprise to me as it was quite out of keeping with my listening habits of the time but I couldn't help but be drawn into its widescreen, colour-drained, soundscapes."

Presented as ever in a beautiful digipak designed by Chris Bigg, featuring exquisite images of Jean Cocteau and Marcel Khill taken by Cecil Beaton.

For more information and to hear a stream of the album please visit: www.thomasfeiner.com

You can pre-order the album from today at the SamadhiSound store.

Available immediately is the lead track from the album, 'The Siren Songs', as an mp3 or FLAC: www.samadhisoundshop.com

photographs vol 13

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:19:57 +0000

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ashes

bad weather

broken

catch

caution

client

collection

composition

control

dislocation

division

domestic

evil

fake

family stone

festive

framework

hygiene

incline

local

location

mother

murder

precision

protection

reproduction

rescue

resident

shelter

sustenance

tears

temptation

the gardener

the morning after

toy tokyo

untitled 1

untitled 2

untitled 3

unwelcome

waiting

welcome

wrong headed

Sold Out !

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:50:08 +0000

"The World Is Everything" tour book has now completely sold out.

"The World Is Everything" tour book

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:43:51 +0000

For those of you who weren't able to attend the recent David Sylvian tour we bring good news.

We have a very limited number of the beautifully produced "The World Is Everything" tour book currently being shipped to our warehouse and now available for pre-order in our online store.

The tour book is hard-backed with full colour quality printing and contains photographs taken by David, song lyrics, credits for the tour itself, and a sampler CD featuring a selection from the artists on Samadhisound. The sampler includes two tracks by David unavailable elsewhere entitled 'The World Is Everything' and 'Sleepwalkers'.

The tracklisting for the sampler is:

1. David Sylvian - The World Is Everything
2. Thomas Feiner And Anywhen - Siren Song
3. Harold Budd - Chrysalis Nu
4. Steve Jansen featuring Tim Elsenburg - Sleepyard
5. David Sylvian - Sleepwalkers
6. Nine Horses - Atom And Cell
7. Akira Rabelais - 1382 Wycliff Gen. Ii 7
8. Nine Horses - Get The Hell Out (Remix)
9. Masakatsu Takagi featuring David Sylvian - Exit / Delete
10. Harold Budd - Templar
11. David Toop - Heating And Cooling - Edit

As we've had many inquiries from people interested in purchasing a copy of the book since the tour ended we anticipate demand will be high and the edition is strictly limited and in short supply. The price will be $40.00 (plus postage and packing).

We won't have the book available for a few weeks yet but we'll be accepting pre-orders in our store from today. They will be shipped as soon as they arrive at our warehouse.

High quality FLAC downloads now available at samadhisoundshop.com

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:52:50 +0000

Starting with "Money For All", "Slope" and "Snow Borne Sorrow", we'll be making our downloads available in the superior FLAC format whilst continuing to offer them as mp3 files. To help you make an informed choice when making your purchase for more information on FLAC files click here.

photographs vol 12

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:10:22 +0000

antiquarian

appetite

awaiting royalty

bird

courtesy

dry

duct

duty free

emergency

exit

family

flirtation

framework

frayed-2

fresh water

full moon

going nowhere

guardians

guru

how-much-is-that? 2

invisible

izzy g

moskva

power source

preserved

receiving

relax

resignation

sol

steinway

sweet

the saints 1:3

the saints 2:3

the saints 3:3

tomorrow

unbroken

untitled 1

untitled 2

untitled 3

untitled 4

untitled 5

untitled 6

void

wait

photographs vol 11

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:33:29 +0000

after party

August

bewteen stations

big plastic

bike

careless

catering

caution

cell

chandelier

choice

conformity

containers

crescent

direction

E A

flight

flock

fly over

gilt

hatch

hazard

kitted

leather-3

livelihood

lost

nested

nobility

nowhere

plane

precautionary

prime

protection

restoration

security

service

south bank

supply

underground

untitled 1

untitled 2

untitled 3

untitled 5

untitled 6

The World is Everything tour brochure

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:47:18 +0000

The rather beautiful limited edition brochure which accompanies The World is Everything tour features a selection of photographs by David, many of which can be found elsewhere on davidsylvian.com, plus a sampler CD of material from the samadhisound label including a track from Steve Jansen's forthcoming 'Slope' and two exclusive tracks by David.

Available exclusively at venues during The World Is Everything tour. Three tracks from the sampler CD can currently be heard at www.myspace.com/samadhisound.

tour images˙

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:44:14 +0000

'When loud weather buffeted Naoshima' installed as part of the permanent collection

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:34:10 +0000

From the 11th of September David Sylvian's audio artwork 'When loud weather buffeted Naoshima', originally commissioned as part of the Standard 2 festival 06/07, will once again be available to the public on the island of Naoshima this time as part of the permanent collection of the Naoshima Fukutake art museum foundation. www.chichu.jp

David Sylvian on his musical and spiritual journey as a World Citizen

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:45:26 +0000

'When loud weather buffeted Naoshima' on pre-sale now

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:10:28 +0000

'When loud weather buffeted Naoshima' is a beautiful composition from David that was commissioned as an installation piece by the Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation on the island of Naoshima, Japan as part of the NAOSHIMA STANDARD 2 exhibition which ran from Oct 2006 to April 2007. More information can be found here.

Release date: 6th August.

Pre-orders are from now: click here to visit the SamadhiSound store.