Metamatic Forums Socialising The Green Room David Sylvian

A more in-depth interview with Sylvian will be in the September issue of The Wire magazine.

The Wire are also running a competition to attend the premier of Amplified Gesture at the ICA;

http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/2896/

There’s also a trailer of the film and the video Small Metal Gods

Manafon is now available to order at samadhisound.

Can't believe that if you want the deluxe edition you have to fork out $89 which is about £53. I'll probably buy it but it means putting back orders for other new alums & I don't think I'll buy the new deluxe edition of the new Porcupine Tree album which comes in at £60. Why do artists do this rather than release the extra dvds separately?

It's the new business model. Downloads for the kiddies, CDs for the casual fan and Deluxe Whatnots for the hardcore.

I am slightly ashamed to say that I have ordered the PTree deluxe edition and will also order the Sylvian one.

Manafon and re-vamped davidsylvian.com sites now well and truly up and running.

Small Metal Gods is brilliant... (sound + vision)

Bloody Hell! Altogether it came to $106.35/£64.46!!!

Well...it was either that or pay double for it on EBay at Christmas
:rolleyes:

It's bread and water in my house only now...I'm reintroducing rationing!

Beautiful Van Empel painting, and cover design, but financially it would have to be the digipak for me, and still a bit unsure though from what I've heard if this album will really grow on me.

Of course ‘the voice’ is the music here, and I do really like a few of the tracks previewed on davidsylvian.net: Snow White In Appalachia, Emily Dickinson, and the title track Manafon, but think I will have to listen to the album more completely in a store on its release.

Holy Moly. $85?
I found this out AFTER I watched Small Metal Gods. I was not moved at all by the music or video, so you can imagine the tone of the language when I found out the price.
I persevered and was listening to the MP3 samples, but...
Minimalist? Sometimes it works, and works well. But I have always preferred more balance, and more...something....!!
Similarly for Blemish, but at least you get what is in the packet "An emotionally raw, minimal work" - unfair of me to paraphrase, I know!

Ah.... no chance of a "Japan" reunion tour I guess?

I'll buy regular 'Manafon' CD and save the money for 'Der Katalog' by mighty Kraftwerk.

Yeah my calculations were wrong. I only added in the surcharge & didn't include the $17.35 shipping. Now as Gary says it's over £64 , I'm hesitating to buy it.

"A remix version of Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Dai Fujikura can be found on the Japanese version of Manafon, to be released on September 23rd 2009 on P-Vine Records Japan (PVCP-8616)"

Price will be ¥2,730 (= £17.55) - and that's not including postage and packing!

A serious Sylvian fan could end up forking out approx £100 before the album's been released!