On October 17, 2005, “Samadhi Sound” label released “Snow Borne Sorrow”, the debut Nine Horses album. It was recorded 2001 – 2005, at “Miloco 3”, “Eden Studios” and “Sphere Studios” in London, “1k Recording Studio” in Philadelphia, “UTS Sound Studio”, “University of Technology” in Sydney, “First Floor Rec.” in Copenhagen, and was produced by David Sylvian.

Personnel:

• David Sylvian – vocals, keyboards, guitar, mixing, art direction, executive producer
• Steve Jansen – drums, percussion, sample programming, keyboards, mixing
• Burnt Friedman – drum programming, keyboards, toy piano, Korg MS-20, vocoder, loops, pan, recording, mixing, editing
• Jim Motzer – acoustic and electric guitar
• Tim Elsenburg – electric guitar
• Joseph Suchy – electric guitar
• Riff Pike III – electric guitar
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano, piano treatment
• Keith Lowe – double bass, bass
• Neal Sutherland – bass
• Daniel Schroeter – bass
• Stina Nordenstam – vocals
• Arve Henriksen – trumpet
• Hayden Chisholm – clarinet, saxophone
• Theo Travis – saxophone, flute
• Thomas Hass – saxophone
• Morten Grønvad – vibraphone
• Carsten Skøv – vibraphone
• Eska G. Mtungwazi, Marcina Arnold – backing vocals
• Andrea Grant, Derek Green – backing vocals
• Beverlei Brown, Tommy Blaize – backing vocals
• Wes Mills – cover artwork
• Chris Bigg – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Sylvian, all music as noted.

1. Wonderful World – David Sylvian, Steve Jansen
2. Darkest Birds – David Sylvian, Steve Jansen
3. The Banality of Evil – Burnt Friedman, David Sylvian
4. Atom and Cell – David Sylvian, Steve Jansen
5. A History of Holes – Burnt Friedman, David Sylvian
6. Snow Borne Sorrow – Steve Jansen, David Sylvian
7. The Day the Earth Stole Heaven – Burnt Friedman, Jim Motzer, David Sylvian
8. Serotonin – Burnt Friedman, David Sylvian
9. The Librarian – Burnt Friedman, David Sylvian