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Just been released yesterday but I played around isolating vocals and instrumentation, and remixed the song to Sylvian's advantage...or more likely so we can hear a bit more of Sylvian on the track. I then took one of Sylvian's most recent portrait and added a recent pic of Adjani. "To say it, to write it There’s one word missing To draw it, to paint it There’s one word missing To colour it, to...

Recently released version of Mad World from the sessions produced by Mike Howlett. From those sessions, so far, we have Pale Shelter which was released as a single in 1982 and flopped until it was re-recorded for the album The Hurting produced by Chris Hughes and released as a single again in 1983 becoming a TopTen hit in the UK. There is also an extended version made for the 12" single. Next f...

Vocals have been suppressed to focus on the instruments and Jon Hassell's trumpet performance. Even without Sylvian's vocals, this hymn-like piece remains absolutely stunning. Music composed by David. Sylvian and Jon Hassell. Musicians: David Sylvian, Jon Hassell, Holger Czukay, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Steve Jansen. Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian. Recorded at Hansa Ton studios, Berlin, Ge...

When David Sylvian looked back on his entire musical output for the compilation Everything and Nothing, he decided to re-record his vocals for a few tracks as well as remix and remaster them. Although Brilliant Trees was not technically part of that compilation, the version with newly recorded vocals was included on the EP released with the limited edition of the album as disc 3. The vocals sou...

GUISANE is a series of digital paintings conceived on a welcome holiday in the French Alps during the summer of 2021, away from a London stifled by the uncertainties brought about by the global pandemic. A time for reflection but also a return to a more simple life for me, staying in a village nestled in the hollow of a larch forest overshadowed by rugged peaks. So peaceful was the place, and s...

Voices of the Winter Hearth was an art exhibition of paintings, photography, mixed media and poetry which took place in the candlelit belfry of St John on Bethnal Green in East London from 5th November to 3rd December 2015. A showcase of works by a collective of London artists. The exhibition was curated by Joanna Vale. As well as exhibiting some of my work, I also created the identity of the s...

No Self-Control from Peter Gabriel III Shot during what could have been the 20th or the 30th anniversary of the release of So and the tour that followed in 1986/87 but in true Gabriel fashion didn't quite meet the date and took place on its 27th anniversary as the Back to Front tour, with exactly the same band save for the 2 female backing vocalists. I filmed it (admittedly not very well, but i...

On The Way has always been a favourite of mine. It sticks out a little bit on the McCartney II album as it's one of the tracks where synthesisers have not (or hardly) been used and it's a bit more rootsy, bluesy. Only the voice, like on every song has been filtered and sped up. Great guitar work and such a laid back feel, perfect for the current confinement summer weather ;) (Click on settings ...

Snow groomer night ride around La Toussuire and La Bottiere.

DAVID SYLVIAN - Shadowland (1999) Originally a collaboration with Russell Mills, the song appeared on his album 'Undark 3396' (Em:t) released in 1996 (3 years before the release of Dead Bees on a Cake) under the title of How Safe is Deep. Shadowland might be the original version which Russell Mills eventually worked on and was later remixed to be included on the cd single Godman. Vocals, Synthe...

Most fans know that Paul McCartney used to have an Old English Sheepdog called Martha, mostly thanks to the fact that the dog is in lots of well known photos, and she has her own song, "Martha My Dear" on the Beatles' "White album". Less well known is Paul's other dog from the same time, a Yorkshire terrier called Eddie. After releasing "Martha My Dear", Paul may have felt sorry for Eddie, who ...

A slightly shortened version of Brilliant Trees, which is how I like it. Illustrated with a selection of photos from 83 and 84 and a couple of my own photo montages.

Photographs of David Sylvian taken in Nepal and the French Alps circa 1983/1984, and the poem Nagarkot put to music using excerpts from different songs. Main photography by Yuka Fujii.

DAVID SYLVIAN - Pulling Punches (1984)

DAVID CROSBY (& FRIENDS) - Almost Cut My Hair, London 16 Sept 2018

DAVID CROSBY (& FRIENDS) - Sky Trails, Live in London, 16 Sept 2018

Paul Simon - The Sound of Silence (Farewell Tour, Hyde Park, London, July 2018)

Graham Nash - Try to Find Me (studio version - 2000)

Peter Gabriel - Artificial Intelligence (2016)

David Sylvian - Promise (instrumental version)

DAVID SYLVIAN - When the Poets Dreamed of Angels (1987)

Paul McCartney - Martha My Dear (piano only 1969)

David Sylvian and Jon Hassell - Weathered Wall (instrumental version, 1984)

David Sylvian - Preparations for a Journey (1984)

David Sylvian Perspectives Exhibition Interview June 1984

David Sylvian - Blue of Noon (1984)

Renaud C.Haslan - The Red Forest

David Sylvian - Nostalgia (1984)