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.

1. Small Metal Gods
2. The Rabbit Skinner
3. Random Acts of Senseless Violence
4. The Greatest Living Englishman
5. 125 Spheres
6. Snow White in Appalachia
7. Emily Dickinson
8. The Department of Dead Letters
9. Manafon