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Scott, your link wasn't working, so I've posted this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manafon-Deluxe-D...54909660&sr=1-1

jeebus! don't you just hate those people that do this, I just hope all the fans who really wanted this got it at a fair price.

and RadioBeach, MemberD, thanks for posting the interview links.

Manafon, for me its been very much on my mind over the last few days, and happy to report that I can now see 'some of the trees through the woods' and those trees that I see are very beautiful indeed!

On the whole I think this album will ultimately become a flawed beauty for me, The Kingdom of Manafon may feel uninspiring in a few areas, but some of its Hamlets are very gorgeous and I am eager to return and visit them.

WTF!? I love it but it's not worth THAT much! That's just stupid.

I watched Amplified Gesture last night - it's very worthy. I got the feeling I was listening to great men talking about great things that they, the great, do. But, blimey was it boring. I realise the Manafon sessions were recorded prior to the film, but I was hoping you’d see some of the improvisors performing together to give you an idea of the chemistry/electricity generated from such performances – alas, it’s just a lot of talking heads...talking about the chemistry/electricity generated from performances.

I was a tiny bit miffed that that beautiful film for Small Metal Gods wasn't on there – if I want to see it I have to watch it on some pokey little computer screen. Ah well – at least it’s got Manafon in 5.1 surround sound…and if I ever get a surround sound system I bet it’ll be great!

ooh, theres now another one up there, and at £2999.99 its slightly cheaper!


oops, typo alert, I meant to write £299.99, but who knows, 10 years from now with rates of inflation similar to the bonkers housing market of the last decade applied to rare music collections then that figure could just be correct

Got my copy of the box set last week, can,t say that i,m a great fan of the cd keep trying just can,t get into it.I have never been the greatest fan of sylvians solo work,but after this release i, think i will stop buying.

I gave it a try after hearing all the positive comments on it here, but I personally found it unlistenable.

I think the extent of my interest in Sylvian's music will remain Everything and Nothing.

I’ve only just noticed this so apologies if you’ve all spotted it before, but buried way down the blah and waffle on the official Manafon site is this;

“In 2009, Sylvian collaborated with composer Dai Fujikura and a small ensemble on the audio installation “When we return you won’t recognize us,” located on Gran Canaria of the Canary Islands. The work was inspired by a 2003 genetics research article focusing on the Canary Islands, which discovered that despite Spanish colonization and the slave trade, fully half to three-quarters of the population retains its aboriginal genetic lineage.

As Sylvian writes, “My interest lay in the connection between the physical or scientific reality of our biological make-up, the links to lineage (genetic genealogy), location and, to move beyond the realm of science into intuitive logic, the interior life of a community or people. An implied cultural heritage.”

I’ve had a look on the net but can’t find anymore info on this project

http://www.manafon.com/everything_and_nothing/

...any excuse for a free holiday in the sun.. :p

Heh!

More Sylvian news - David Sylvian's track Jacqueline, available with last month's issue of The Believer magazine, is now available at Samadhi as a free download;

http://www.samadhisound.com/

Really glad I forked out £8 for that now though there are other good tracks on the cd.

As well as interviewing Foxx the Quietus have also published an interview with Sylvian regarding Manafon;

David Sylvian Quietus Interview

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