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I just finished Mick's book - loved it!

Regarding songwriting credits I'm reminded of a quote from Robert Fripp:

"How can you tell if a group of musicians is really a band? When they share the money equally."

I guess Mick, Steve, Rich and Rob were under the false impression that Japan was a band ...

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Free Album Download - FEM Records Artist Sampler 2009

This new sampler album features eight tracks of music and includes images of artwork, photography and sculpture created by our artists. The styles range from IDM to ambient ...

A new release that you may enjoy:



klyxn - Konf/ac release date is October 26th. Hailing from Frankfurt, Germany klyxn blends dark, industrial noise with very melodic and ambient textures

A new record label focusing exclusively on female electronic musicians:

www.femrecords.com | www.myspace.com/femrecords



The site has a social networking section, forum and store.

I just finished listening to Manafon on headphones and I have to agree with other posters on the forum that this is the ultimate way to experience Manafon.

The details, the subtleties, the delicacy... also, I disagree that there is no melody here - it's all over the place!

My feeling is that ...

Haldeman Gracie wrote:Favourite album: Gone To Earth (instrumental) - Sylvian's finest moment and my favourite in all music

Agreed! I've been listening to it for 22 years and never grow tired of it. He really tapped into something on that one...

Welcome!

Thankfully this attitude is not widespread on all Sylvian/Japan forums and I urge people who are upset by this to find a more open minded community.

I take offense to this statement, with only two posts I assume that you are new (although you may have been lurking for some time). In my opinion ...

I think there is jealousy at work here.

No jealousy at work at all - I'm here mostly for news and updates and I rarely get involved in any of the other sorts of discussions. As I said, my comment was not meant to be mean-spirited... simply an observation based on seeing this same thing happen ...

I'm not posting this to be mean-spirited, it's simply an observation based on having seen many posts on many forums where someone threatens or declares that they are going to leave:

If someone posts about leaving they never do, they are usually looking for attention or some sort of validation ...

Manafon turned up here yesterday and I've listened to it a couple of times. I listen very casually to new releases, mostly because I'm busy sitting in front of computers all the time. My procedure is to put something on and let it play while I'm working, which means that my attention drifts away ...

Available now at CD Baby as both a physical release and digital download.

The third SecondaryCell album "Interconnected" will be released tomorrow, June 12th.

This album is a bit of a departure from the styles on my first two releases. Previously I made a conscious decision to avoid heading into minimal techno/trance territory, and I also had not experimented much with ...

Well, the voting is over and I didn't win... however I wanted to offer a very big thanks to all who voted for me - particularly Proggrl and Vapor Trail!

For those interested in SecondaryCell, I have a new release coming out within the next couple of weeks. The title is Interconnected and it is my ...

Today is the final day to cast your vote in the competition. If you haven't voted yet please visit the link below:

http://www.kscopemusic.com/stevenwilson ... ition.html