David Sylvian‘s ‘The Good Son Vs The Only Daughter – The Blemish Remixes’ and ‘Dyed in the Wool – Manafon Variations’ will be released on vinyl for the first time in January 2025. Initially released on Sylvian’s samadhisound label in 2005 and 2011, respectively, but were previously only available on digitally and on CD.
‘The Good Son Vs The Only Daughter’ is the nine-track companion to David’s 2003 solo album, Blemish. The record features remixes by Burnt Friedman, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Ryoji Ikeda, Readymade FC, Yoshihiro Hanno, Tatsuhiko Asano, Akira Rabelais, Jan Bang, and Erik Honoré.
‘Dyed in the Wool’ features six songs from Sylvian’s 2009 album, ‘Manafon’, which have been reworked by modern classical composer Dai Fujikura. The album reinvents the ‘Manafon’ songs and adds new material, including “I Should Not Dare” and “A Certain Slant of Light”, poems by Emily Dickinson set to music by Sylvian and Fennesz, sung by Sylvian, both of which feature Bang & Honoré, plus two new powerful compositions by Sylvian and Fujikura.
The album also features an 18-minute stereo mix of ‘When We Return You Won’t Recognise Us’ from the 2008–09 Biennial of Canaries. Sylvian, along with Fujikura, John Butcher, Arve Henriksen, Günter Müller, Toshimaru Nakamura, and Eddie Prevost, created a semi-improvised piece for the commissioned sound installation. The piece, inspired by a genetics research article on the original inhabitants of the islands, was recorded at Air studios London and Sylvian’s own samadhisound studios in NH USA.
THE GOOD SON VS THE ONLY DAUGHTER (THE BLEMISH REMIXES)
SIDE A
1. The Only Daughter (Remixed by Ryoji Ikeda)
2. Blemish (Remixed by Burnt Friedman)
3. The Heart Knows Better (Remixed by Sweet Billy Pilgrim)
4. A Fire In The Forest (Remixed by Readymade FC)
5. The Good Son (Remixed by Yoshihiro Hanno)
SIDE B
1. Late Night Shopping (Remixed by Burnt Freidman)
2. How Little We Need To Be Happy (Remixed by Tatsuhiko Asano)
3. The Only Daughter (Remixed by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré)
4. Blemish (Remixed by Akira Rabelais)
DIED IN THE WOOL (MANAFON VARIATIONS)
LP1 SIDE A
1. Small Metal Gods
2. Died In The Wool
3. I Should Not Dare (for N.O.)
4. Random Acts of Senseless Violence
LP1 SIDE B
1. A Certain Slant of Light (for M.K.)
2. Anomaly At Taw Head
3. Snow White In Appalachia
4. Emily Dickinson
LP2 SIDE C
1. The Greatest Living Englishman (coda)
2. Anomaly At Taw Head (a haunting)
3. Manafon
4. The Last Days of December
LP2 SIDE D
1. When We Return You Won’t Recognise Us
