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Cool, thanks for that! I wondered when our John would make it into The Wire. Perhaps they should send a reviewer along on 5th June?

Thatnks to Member D for passing this info along. News blurb on the vinyl of Manafon;

The Manafon Vinyl Edition will be released on the 26th July. It will only be available as a pre-order from samadhisound.com initially, and then from specialist retailers from 26th July.

This two-disc deluxe vinyl version of Manafon is produced to the highest standards in a heavy, rigid card gatefold sleeve with design by Chris Bigg and featuring artwork by Ruud Van Empel and Atsushi Fukui. This release is limited to a one time pressing of 1200 units, and will be priced at $40.00 (US)

Both vinyl discs are manufactured in the UK using 180gm heavyweight vinyl, the album was mastered at Metropolis Mastering, London. Each disc comes in a printed card slip-case, and the entire package was manufactured by the same team that produced the Deluxe Manafon edition.

Spread over four sides, the album comes with a bonus track, a remix of "Random Acts of Senseless Violence" by acclaimed contemporary classical composer Dai Fujikura, which was previously unavailable outside of Japan.

A Certain Slant of Light

In what appears to be a quiet plea to donate to the Mick Karn fund, Sylvian has released a free download recording of an Emily Dickenson poem;

http://www.davidsylvian.com/news/a_certain_slant_of_light.html

As a response to the david sylvian installation, this piece was mastered and authored by Steve D'Agostino.

http://singlecyclereorder.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html

Little Girls With 99 Lives

The four songs written and recorded by David Sylvian and Ingrid Chavez in the mid to late 90's, which were previously only available on the B-sides of various singles released by Virgin Records, are collected here for the first time. Available in a new digipak designed by Sylvian and, in keeping with some of the intimate themes addressed in the material, the artwork features images of Ingrid as a young girl. Each copy is signed and numbered by both Sylvian and Chavez and the pressing is strictly limited to 1000. There will be no reprinting of the edition once it has sold out.

http://www.davidsylvian.com/news/little_girls_with_99_lives_by_ingrid_chavez.html

Our Dave’s been busy;

“…Dai and myself are currently putting the finishing touches on a radically reinterpreted version of Manafon that features original orchestration by Dai and a number of fresh compositions which extend the themes of the original album … to be released early 2011.”

He’s built a microsite too;

http://www.davidsylvian.com/sleepwalkers/

MORE Manafon! Blimey!

Cryptically at the end he says “I miss your company”…he can’t be considering touring again…can he?

mmm . .nice personal message from the man and all . .can't be bad, even though it's obviously to "promote" Sleepwalkers more than anything.

More importantly however i am pleased to learn you can get a Sleepwalkers basketball cap ..
http://www.samadhisound.com/shop/index.php?cPath=12

Wow...a very rare lapse in taste Samadhi! They are AWFUL!

OMG! Those hats are appalling — but I am almost tempted to order one just for the sheer ludicrousness of it (and I do not wear baseball caps under any circumstances). Maybe David is trying to appeal to the more rustic element of his neighboring New Englanders. What's next — Samadhisound tractor-seat cushions?

Hahahahahaha! Hiya Lele! Hope you're well!

I want a Samadhi Sound checked shirt to go with my Samadhi Sound baseball cap - if it had one of those name badges above the pocket that said 'DAVE' that'd be cool too