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Robert's substack has a fantastic feature this week on his work with David on The First Day.

https://robertfripp.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web

This also links to a YouTube video where Robert talks about his work with David, and indeed even being approached to produce Japan.

He ...

Hi. Just wanted to explain what’s going on with the site. Both the board and the server it was running on had been on very outdated versions, and it was not really possible to update. The older versions meant a susceptibility to constant spam that was creating huge error log files that caused the ...

Fantastic recent interview with Richard, discussing his new album etc.

https://www.innerviews.org/inner/richard-barbieri-2

The man himself...

Exciting news for those of us in the UK. Via Richard's FB page...

The man himself will be hosting 3 exclusive playback events

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM: https://tix.to/Richard_Barbieri_Hauntings

9th April
Screening Room 1, Soho Hotel, 4 Richmond Mews, London, W1D 3DH
Timings: 7-9pm
Dolby Atmos ...

David has made a demo track - called Last Bullet - from 2011 available for a pay your own price amount on Bandcamp. Great to see some of the missing pieces emerging from that time. Not sure whether this would have been for the work with Joan as Police Woman or meant as a solo piece, but is a more ...

Hello again - once again had problems with the site. Hopefully now cleared. Unfortunately it is always subject to spamming which generates huge error files. Am looking into more permanent fixes.

Died In The Wool and The Good Son vs The Only Daughter are the latest to get vinyl releases. Link here: https://www.davidsylvian.com/news/2411_tgsditw.html

Not cheap of course, but really pleased to see these out as vinyl. Both were really interesting cousins of the originals, and I've always ...

Emily Dickinson
I measure every Grief I meet

I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing, eyes –
I wonder if It weighs like Mine –
Or has an Easier size.

I wonder if They bore it long –
Or did it just begin –
I could not tell the Date of Mine –
It feels so old a pain –

I wonder if ...

Thanks for flagging. Another spoken word piece from David. Hildur's cello playing here reminds me of Sakamoto's soundtrack for The Revenant.

Sad to see that Frank Auerbach, he of Oil on Canvas's cover, has passed away. His work was quite clearly important for David in terms of his love of the visual arts.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... 93-painter

Thanks for this. A really interesting long-form interview.

Apologies! There are some weird things that happen to do with for caches, and I’d forgotten how to clear them!

Really interesting to hear these works in progress. Wonder if any of these will be added to the re-release that appears to be coming this year?

So sad to hear of Ryuichi's passing. There was always this incredible magic between him and David - soul brothers in music. Have read some great tributes online. I thought the one linked-to below by Simon Reynolds is particularly good. I really liked a lot of his work with Alva Noto too, and Life ...