On September 14, 2009, “Samadhi Sound” label released “Manafon”, the seventh David Sylvian studio album. It was recorded 2004–2007, in Vienna, Tokyo and London, and was produced by David Sylvian.
Personnel:
- David Sylvian – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, electronics, engineer, mixing, art direction
- Burkhard Stangl – guitar
- Keith Rowe – guitar
- Christian Fennesz – guitar, laptop
- Otomo Yoshihide – acoustic guitar, turntables
- Tetuzi Akiyama – acoustic and electric guitar
- John Tilbury – piano
- Werner Dafeldecker – acoustic bass
- Evan Parker – saxophone
- Franz Hautzinger – trumpet
- Marcio Mattos – cello
- Michael Moser – cello
- Toshimaru Nakamura – no input mixer
- Joel Ryan – tape signal processing
- Sachiko M. – sine waves
- Christoph Amann, Toshihiko Kasai, Sebastian Lexer, Neil Tucker – additional engineering
- Yuka Fujii – art direction
- Chris Bigg – design
- Atsushi Fukui – David Sylvian portrait and related drawings
- Ruud van Empel – cover artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by David Sylvian.
- Small Metal Gods
- The Rabbit Skinner
- Random Acts of Senseless Violence
- The Greatest Living Englishman
- 125 Spheres
- Snow White in Appalachia
- Emily Dickinson
- The Department of Dead Letters
- Manafon
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