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Singer/songwriter David Sylvian's career spans a long and enigmatic scene of experimental rock and emotional restylings. Not one to fully absorb the conventional ways of a certain circuit, Sylvian is a realist musician. He is ambitious in molding his own catharses within layers of woodwinds, horns, and homegrown synth beats, and 1999's Dead Bees on a Cake was only a small cue to Sylvian's forthcoming work. The new millennium brought the release of the double-disc Everything and Nothing, a reflection of Sylvian's previously unreleased older material. Sonically gorgeous with vocals comparable to Bryan Ferry, Everything and Nothing is a vastly expressive record of 29 tracks lost in the vaults of remixes, time, and creative changes; it is certainly a moving package of lush elevations and underrated wordplay. The two-disc set hums with eclectic instrumental constructions and tinges of Middle Eastern material, especially on tracks such as "Ride." "Pop Song" is more attractive with its abstract guitar riffs and whimsical synth loops, and "Some Kind of Fool," a long-lost Japan song intended to be on 1980's Gentleman Take Polaroids, is electronically driven. It's naturally abrasive in lyrical poetry, and Sylvian's atmospheric nature to float over the initial song composition is classic. "Jean the Birdman" echoes the sultriness of Peter Murphy, but Sylvian is shiftless at the same time with his funkadelic mood. The textural differences among the cuts make Everything and Nothing particularly inviting, reflecting the wholehearted desire that continues to make David Sylvian a fresh contributor. He is surprising, professional, and unattached to what's common. Everything and Nothing is undoubtedly a firm recognition of Sylvian's musical wizardry.
© MacKenzie Wilson /TiVo
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Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Samples, StringArranger - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Producer, Guitar, Samples, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer, Keyboard - John Giblin, BassGuitar - Bill Frisell, Guitar - Ingrid Chavez, Vocalist - Jacquie Turner, Engineer - Andreas Allen, DrumProgrammer - Sebastian Morton, DrumProgrammer - Matt Curry, Engineer - Scott Crane, Engineer
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Patrick Dillett, Engineer - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer, Piano, Synthesizer, Samples, MainArtist, ProgrammingEngineer - Dave Kent, Remixer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Remixer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Bill Frisell, Guitar - ARTO LINDSAY, Composer - Lolly Grodner, Engineer - John Cage, Vocalist - Ingrid Chavez, Vocalist
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - PAT MCCARTHY, Engineer - Bill Nelson, Guitar - Steve Nye, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocalist - Mick Karn, Composer, BassGuitar - Al Stone, MixingEngineer - Richard Barbieri, Composer, Synthesizer - Rain Tree Crow, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer
℗ 1991 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Bill Frisell, ComposerLyricist, DobroGuitar - Jacquie Turner, Engineer - Matt Curry, Engineer - Scott Crane, Engineer
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Palmer, AcousticGuitar - Danny Thompson, DoubleBass - Steve Jansen, Percussion, DrumKit - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Piano, Synthesizer, StringArranger - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Steve Nye, Producer, Engineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Producer, Remixer, Synthesizer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Mark Isham, Trumpet - DAVID TORN, ElectricGuitar
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, DrumProgrammer - Dave Kent, Engineer, Remixer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Remixer, Synthesizer, Samples, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, DrumProgrammer - Giampiero Bigazzi, Producer - Pietro Mantovani, Engineer - Pier Luigi Andreoni, MainArtist, Keyboard - Damiano Puliti, Cello - Nicola Alesini, Composer, Engineer, MainArtist, SopranoSaxophone, Keyboard, DrumProgrammer
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, Marimba - Dave Kent, Engineer, Remixer - Steve Nye, Producer, Engineer - David Sylvian, Remixer, Synthesizer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Richard Barbieri, Synthesizer - Japan, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Stuart Bruce, Engineer - Steve Jansen, DrumKit - Steve Nye, Producer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingEngineer, DrumProgrammer - John Taylor , Piano
℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Palmer, Guitar - Steve Jansen, Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - PAT MCCARTHY, Engineer - Steve Nye, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Guitar, Piano, Vocalist, Other - Mick Karn, Composer, Saxophone, BassGuitar - Al Stone, MixingEngineer - Richard Barbieri, Composer, Synthesizer - Rain Tree Crow, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer
℗ 1991 Virgin Records Limited
Tommy Barbarella, Keyboard - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer, Keyboard - John Giblin, BassGuitar - Ged Lynch, DrumKit - Jacquie Turner, Engineer - Matt Curry, Engineer - Scott Crane, Engineer
℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Fripp, Composer, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar - David Bottrill, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingEngineer, Keyboard - Sylvian, Composer, Producer - Trina Shoemaker, RecordingSecondEngineer - John Yates, RecordingSecondEngineer - Dan McLoughlin, RecordingSecondEngineer - Dave Bottrill, Composer, Producer - Mark Glass, RecordingSecondEngineer - Gunn, Composer
℗ 1993 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, Percussion - Steve Williams, RecordingSecondEngineer - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Organ, Synthesizer, HornArranger - Steve Nye, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Organ, Synthesizer, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingSecondEngineer, AssistantProducer - Richard Moakes, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Isham, Flugelhorn, Trumpet - Ronald Prent, RecordingSecondEngineer - John Timperley, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve Parker, RecordingSecondEngineer - D Cummings, Percussion - B Gascoigne, StringArranger - Jean-Jacques Lemoine, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 1987 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, Percussion - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Keyboard, StringArranger, RecordingArranger - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Marc Ribot, Guitar - David Sylvian, Producer, Guitar, Samples, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer, Keyboard, StringArranger, DrumProgrammer - Lawrence Feldman, Flute - Kenny Wheeler, Flugelhorn - Jacquie Turner, Engineer - Matt Curry, Engineer - Scott Crane, Engineer
℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Dave Kent, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Mark Sanders, Percussion - Seigen Ono, Engineer - Keith Tippett, Composer, Piano
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
DISC 2
Robert Fripp, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist - David Bottrill, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Trina Shoemaker, RecordingSecondEngineer - John Yates, RecordingSecondEngineer - Dan McLoughlin, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Glass, RecordingSecondEngineer - Trey Gunn, Composer
℗ 1993 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, DrumKit, DrumProgrammer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer, Keyboard, GuitarLoops - Steve Tibbetts, AcousticGuitar, ElectricGuitar - Jacquie Turner, Engineer - Matt Curry, Engineer - Scott Crane, Engineer
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Danny Thompson, DoubleBass - Steve Williams, RecordingSecondEngineer - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Organ, Synthesizer, StringArranger - Steve Nye, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Organ, Synthesizer, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingSecondEngineer, AssistantProducer, AcousticGuitar - Richard Moakes, RecordingSecondEngineer - Ronald Prent, RecordingSecondEngineer - John Timperley, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve Parker, RecordingSecondEngineer - D Cummings, Percussion - D Torn, ElectricGuitar - Jean-Jacques Lemoine, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 1987 Virgin Records Limited
Mel Collins, SopranoSaxophone - Robert Fripp, Guitar, Samples - Steve Jansen, Percussion, Samples - Steve Nye, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingSecondEngineer, Keyboard - Noel Haris, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve Nye For Klangfarben Productions, Producer - Ian Maidman, Harmonica - Nick Blundell, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 1986 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Bill Frisell, Composer, Guitar - Jacquie Turner, Engineer - Matt Curry, Engineer - Scott Crane, Engineer
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - EDDIE WILLIAMS, ComposerLyricist - Ryuichi Sakamoto, HornArranger - JOHNNY MOORE, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Marc Ribot, Guitar - Charles Brown, ComposerLyricist - David Sylvian, Producer, Samples, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer, AcousticGuitar, Keyboard - Jacquie Turner, Engineer - Matt Curry, Engineer - Scott Crane, Engineer
℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Danny Thompson, DoubleBass - Steve Jansen, DrumKit - Steve Williams, RecordingSecondEngineer - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Synthesizer - Steve Nye, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Synthesizer, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingSecondEngineer, AssistantProducer, AcousticGuitar - Richard Moakes, RecordingSecondEngineer - P Palmer, Guitar - Ronald Prent, RecordingSecondEngineer - John Timperley, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve Parker, RecordingSecondEngineer - B Gascoigne, RecordingArranger - Jean-Jacques Lemoine, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 1987 Virgin Records Limited
Nigel Walker, Engineer - Steve Jansen, DrumKit - Dave Kent, Engineer, Remixer - David Sylvian, Remixer, Synthesizer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, Saxophone, BassVocalist, HornArranger - Richard Barbieri, Piano, Synthesizer - John Punter, Producer - Japan, Producer, MainArtist - Simon House, Violin - Rob Dean, Guitar - Ingrid Chavez, Vocalist - Anne O'Dell, StringArranger, HornArranger
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, Composer, Percussion - PAT MCCARTHY, Engineer - Steve Nye, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocalist, Other - Mick Karn, Composer, BassVocalist - Al Stone, MixingEngineer - Richard Barbieri, Composer, Synthesizer - Rain Tree Crow, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer
℗ 1991 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, Programmer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Dave Kent, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Marc Ribot, AcousticGuitar - David Sylvian, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer, BassGuitar, Keyboard, DrumProgrammer - Jacquie Turner, Engineer - Scooter Warner, DrumKit - Matt Curry, Engineer - Scott Crane, Engineer
℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Nye, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, MixingSecondEngineer, SoundEffects - John Taylor , Piano - Noel Haris, RecordingSecondEngineer - Kenny Wheeler, Flugelhorn - Steve Nye For Klangfarben Productions, Producer - Nick Blundell, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 1986 Virgin Records Limited
Nigel Walker, Remixer - Steve Jansen, Producer, Percussion, Vocalist, DrumKit - David Sylvian, Lyricist, Remixer, Vocalist - Mick Karn, Composer, Producer, Vocalist, Other, MainArtist, AltoSaxophone, BassGuitar, TenorSaxophone, Keyboard - Femi Jiya, Engineer
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, Percussion, DrumKit - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Piano, Synthesizer - Dave Kent, Engineer, Remixer - Steve Nye, Producer, Engineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Piano, Remixer, Synthesizer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Richard Barbieri, Synthesizer - Jon Hassell, Composer, Trumpet - Holger Czukay, Other
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Steve Jansen, DrumProgrammer - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, Marimba, Vocalist, MainArtist - Steve Nye, Producer, Engineer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Remixer, Synthesizer, Samples, Vocalist, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Dave Kent, Engineer, Remixer - David Sylvian, Composer, Lyricist, Remixer, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist - Giampiero Bigazzi, Producer - Pietro Mantovani, Engineer - Pier Luigi Andreoni, Percussion, MainArtist, Keyboard - Nicola Alesini, Composer, Engineer, Other, MainArtist, SopranoSaxophone, Keyboard, DrumProgrammer - Arturo Stalteri, Bouzouki
℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Singer/songwriter David Sylvian's career spans a long and enigmatic scene of experimental rock and emotional restylings. Not one to fully absorb the conventional ways of a certain circuit, Sylvian is a realist musician. He is ambitious in molding his own catharses within layers of woodwinds, horns, and homegrown synth beats, and 1999's Dead Bees on a Cake was only a small cue to Sylvian's forthcoming work. The new millennium brought the release of the double-disc Everything and Nothing, a reflection of Sylvian's previously unreleased older material. Sonically gorgeous with vocals comparable to Bryan Ferry, Everything and Nothing is a vastly expressive record of 29 tracks lost in the vaults of remixes, time, and creative changes; it is certainly a moving package of lush elevations and underrated wordplay. The two-disc set hums with eclectic instrumental constructions and tinges of Middle Eastern material, especially on tracks such as "Ride." "Pop Song" is more attractive with its abstract guitar riffs and whimsical synth loops, and "Some Kind of Fool," a long-lost Japan song intended to be on 1980's Gentleman Take Polaroids, is electronically driven. It's naturally abrasive in lyrical poetry, and Sylvian's atmospheric nature to float over the initial song composition is classic. "Jean the Birdman" echoes the sultriness of Peter Murphy, but Sylvian is shiftless at the same time with his funkadelic mood. The textural differences among the cuts make Everything and Nothing particularly inviting, reflecting the wholehearted desire that continues to make David Sylvian a fresh contributor. He is surprising, professional, and unattached to what's common. Everything and Nothing is undoubtedly a firm recognition of Sylvian's musical wizardry.
© MacKenzie Wilson /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 02:19:06
- Main artists: David Sylvian
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2000 Virgin Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2000 Virgin Records Limited
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