DAVID SYLVIAN:
ALCHEMY - AN INDEX OF POSSIBILITIES
VIRGIN RECORDS, SYL-1(CD)
(P)(C)1985 VIRGIN RECORDS LTD., UK
RECORDED: 1984, 1985
RELEASED: 1985, UK
RE-ISSUED: TOSHIBA-EMI LIMITED, VJCP-23210(CD)
RELEASED: JULY 28, 1993, JAPAN
| DAVID SYLVIAN |
| AMBIENT MUSIC 1985 |
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DAVID SYLVIAN:
ALCHEMY - AN INDEX OF POSSIBILITIES VIRGIN RECORDS, SYL-1(CD) (P)(C)1985 VIRGIN RECORDS LTD., UK RECORDED: 1984, 1985 RELEASED: 1985, UK RE-ISSUED: TOSHIBA-EMI LIMITED, VJCP-23210(CD) RELEASED: JULY 28, 1993, JAPAN
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| CREDITS (productions) : |
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Produced by David Sylvian and Nigel Walker Engineered by Nigel Walker; Recorded in London, 1985 |
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Produced by David Sylvian Engineered by Seigen Ono; Recorded in Tokyo, 1984 |
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Produced by David Sylvian Engineered by Seigen Ono, Nigel Walker and Steve Nye Mixed by David Sylvian, Nigel Walker and Steve Nye Recorded Tokyo and London, 1984 and 1985 |
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Recording Co-ordinator: Richard Chadwick Cover Artwork: Amanda Faulkner Photography: Yuka Fujii Concept: Sylvian Design: Ken Ansell at The Clinic |
| CREDITS (musicians) : |
| David Sylvian | : |
keyboards, guitar, tapes, digital percussion |
| Steve Jansen | : |
drums, percussion, additional keybpards |
| Jon Hassell | : | trumpet |
| Kenny Wheeler | : | flugelhorn |
| Holger Czukay | : | radio, dictaphone |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | : | piano, strings |
| Robert Fripp | : | guitar, frippertronics |
| Masami Tsuchiya | : | guitar |
| Percy Jones | : | fretless bass |
| TRACKS (total time 36:43) : |
| 1. |
Words With The Shaman (14:00) Part 1: Ancient Evening [Sylvian, Hassell] Part 2: Incantation [Sylvian, Hassell] Part 3: Awakening (song from "The Tree Tops") [Sylvian, Hassell, Jansen] David Sylvian, keyboards, guitar, tapes; Steve Jansen, drums, percussion, additional keybpards; Jon Hassell, trumpet; Holger Czukay, radio; Percy Jones, fretless bass
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Preparations For A Journey (3:39) [Sylvian]
| David Sylvian, keyboards, guitar, tapes; Steve Jansen, drums, percussion, additional keybpards; Jon Hassell, trumpet; Holger Czukay, radio; Percy Jones, fretless bass
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Steel Cathedrals (18:59) [Sylvian, Sakamoto] | Soundtrack from "The Short Films" by D.Sylvian and Y.Yamaguchi David Sylvian, keyboards, tapes, digital percussion; Steve Jansen, percussion; Ryuichi Sakamoto, piano, strings; Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn; Robert Fripp, guitar, frippertronics; Holger Czukay, dictaphone; Masami Tsuchiya, guitar 'abstruct' |
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