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Approaching Silence

~ David Sylvian
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  • Audio CD (27 Sep 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Venture
  • ASIN: B00000K2LT
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,513 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. The Beekeeper's Apprentice32:39£0.69
Listen  2. Epiphany 2:12£0.69
Listen  3. Approaching Silence38:17£0.69


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Originally conceived as music for multi-media installations, as an audio-only experience Sylvian's album provides us with a soporific dose of ambient sounds. The title track is made up of cyclical motifs of bells and sustained chords reverberating like ripples on a pond, punctuated by a rich gong-like guitar chord. This is suffused with hushed animal calls,fragments of fuzzy talk-radio programmes and the garbled falsetto of contributor Robert Fripp.
"Epiphany" takes sampled material of passing trains and hushed church bells and aplaintive human wailing phrase to make an all-too-brief interlude. Continuing in much the same atmospheric vein "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" is a summer doze in a wooded glade. Imagine chandeliers tinkling in the warm breeze and half-hear the faint sound of a distant civilisation. The hypnotic dozeis peppered by shards of muted feedback buzzing in and out like an inquisitive bee, associating the music with its title. Bearing in mind this music was intended to accompany art installations it does work as an ambient album. It has less variety of sounds than, for example, the KLF's CHILL OUT butthis disc serves to transport the patient listener to a calm and tranquil place.

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8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Furniture music, 26 Oct 1999
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Separating the music from the visuals renders this CD meaningless. Furniture music is about the best description I can come up with. This is Sylvian at his meandering nadir. Even Flux & Mutability had some interesting passages. I am a huge fan of Sylvian's output but this is a rather lacklustre addition to my collection.
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6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars not his best work to date,but what can compare to d.b.o.a.c., 1 Jan 2000
a smooth non commercial piece of music featuring the instalation music from ember glance & a couple of new tracks this 3 track album is for serious sylvian fans & ambient fans only-this is as far removed from the "pop"like red guitar & even more from the japan glory days of life in tokyo than you could ever imagine!!!!! only 3 tracks -its the quality that counts here & even if david isnt on top form here-his second best is much better than most artists best efforts. also enjoy the great album artwork as ever-very good.im sure most die hard sylvian fans will have this album already ,but if any of you dont, buy it today !!!!(remember david has a wife & kids to support now !!!!!!!!!)
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