Words with the Shaman
"Words with the Shaman" | ||||
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Single by David Sylvian | ||||
from the album Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities | ||||
Released | 2 December 1985 (1985-12-02)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1985, London | |||
Genre | Ambient | |||
Length | 14:06 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | David Sylvian, Jon Hassell, Steve Jansen | |||
Producer(s) | David Sylvian, Nigel Walker | |||
David Sylvian singles chronology | ||||
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Words with the Shaman is a three-part instrumental suite by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian. It was recorded in London in 1985 and released as an EP the same year on Virgin Records. It peaked at #72 in the UK single charts.[2]
As Sylvian described in a liner note, Words with the Shaman was "conceived as musical footnotes of themes started earlier on the album Brilliant Trees and [...] developed as a collaborative group effort."
Words with the Shaman was subsequently re-released with two additional instrumental tracks on Sylvian's compilation album, first only released on cassette Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities. In 1989, the suite appeared on the second of four CDs in the Weatherbox set. The 1991 US-reissue of Sylvian's Brilliant Trees album also contained Words with the Shaman.
Track listing
- "Pt. 1 Ancient Evening" (Sylvian/Hassell) 5:14
- "Pt. 2 Incantation" (Sylvian/Hassell) 3:31
- "Pt. 3 Awakening (Songs from the Tree Tops)" (Sylvian/Hassell/Jansen) 5:19
Personnel
- David Sylvian – keyboards, guitar, tapes
- Steve Jansen – drums, percussion, additional keyboards
- Jon Hassell – trumpet
- Holger Czukay – radio
- Percy Jones – fretless bass
References
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- Brilliant Trees
- Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
- Gone to Earth
- Secrets of the Beehive
- Dead Bees on a Cake
- Blemish
- When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima
- Manafon
- There's a Light That Enters Houses with No Other House in Sight
- Weatherbox
- Approaching Silence
- Everything and Nothing
- Camphor
- Sleepwalkers
- A Victim of Stars 1982–2012
- "Red Guitar"
- "The Ink in the Well"
- "Pulling Punches"
- "Words with the Shaman"
- "Taking the Veil"
- "Silver Moon"
- "Let the Happiness In"
- "Orpheus"
- "Pop Song"
- "I Surrender"
Studio albums | |
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Live albums | |
Compilation albums |
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- "Bamboo Houses"
- "Forbidden Colours"
- "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)"
- World Citizen
- Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory
- The First Day
- "Jean the Birdman"
- Darshan
- Damage: Live