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Islands (40th Anniversary Series)
by John Kelman
With iconic progressive rock progenitor King Crimson's first batch of 40th Anniversary Series reissues, sole remaining co-founder, guitarist Robert Fripp--and, perhaps more importantly, Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson--embarked on a program that will, over the next couple years, bring Crimson's catalog into the 21st century, with double-disc reissues featuring (for the most part) brand new mixes in ...
Punkt Festival 2010
by John Kelman
The trials and tribulations of international travel--flight delays, missing or damaged baggage, and increasing limitations on said baggage--can be enough to frustrate even the most patient and seasoned world traveler. But despite an almost incredible confluence of problems flying to Kristiansand, Norway, for Punkt 2010, once there all such problems were forgotten. Punkt is simply too ...
Jan Bang: Head, Shoulders, Hips, Knees and Toes
by John Kelman
When it comes to organically integrating modern technology into music, few countries are innovating to the degree of Norway, and at the epicenter of that country's forward-thinking approach to melding improvisation with jazz and Norwegian traditionalism--not to mention contemporary classicism, pop, ambient and more; truly any and all musical markers--is producer/remixer/sampler Jan Bang, who has just ...
Rune Grammofon: Mutation and Reevaluation
by David McLean
Since its inception in 1998, Rune Grammofon has been at the forefront of ground breaking new music, heralding a new unprecedented interest in Scandinavian music. Whereas ECM's focus on the region has largely been based around the folk/traditional music explorations of its most prolific artists, including Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen, Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen, and ...
David Sylvian: Spalancare il cuore
by AAJ Italy Staff
Articolo di Nenad Georgievski Ci sono artisti che non vogliono assolutamente rischiare e lasciare la via vecchia per la nuova, ma David Sylvian non è uno di questi. Nel corso della sua folgorante carriera, Sylvian ha sempre cercato di trascinare i suoi ascoltatori fuori dai percorsi battuti. L'autoconsapevolezza e l'introspezione permeano ogni aspetto del suo lavoro. ...
David Sylvian: Manafon
by Nenad Georgievski
David Sylvian Manafon Samadhi Sound 2009 Singer David Sylvian has had such an unpredictable and diverse recording career that it is interesting to see what will come next. Over the years he has covered a lot of ground, from pop music to gentle, ambient soundscapes, prog rock and ...
Singer/Songwriter David Sylvian Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Many artists deliberately avoid taking risks, making changes instead opting for the safe, but David Sylvian is not one of them. Across his illustrious career, Sylvian has always sought to take listeners out of their comfort zone. Self-consciousness and introspection permeate every corner of his works. His mostriveting songs have explored various topics, including spirituality and ...
David Sylvian: To Blow the Heart Wide Open
by Nenad Georgievski
Many artists deliberately avoid taking risks, making changes instead opting for the safe, but David Sylvian is not one of them. Across his illustrious career, Sylvian has always sought to take listeners out of their comfort zone. Self-consciousness and introspection permeate every corner of his works. His most riveting songs have explored various topics, including spirituality ...
David Sylvian: Manafon
Label: SamadhiSound
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD: Small Metal Gods; The Rabbit Skinner; Random
Acts of Senseless Violence; The Greatest Living
Englishman; 125 Spheres; Snow White in Appalachia;
Emily Dickinson; The Department of Dead Letters;
Manafon. DVD: Manafon in PCM Stereo,
and DTS and Dolby 5.1 Surround; Amplified
Gesture, directed by Phil Howard: running time
54 minutes.


