David Sylvian 1999 Approaching Silence {CDVE 943}

David Sylvian ‎– Approaching Silence
Label: Venture ‎– CDVE 943, Venture ‎– 7243 8 48177 25, Venture ‎– 7243 8 48177 2 5
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 27 Sep 1999
Genre: Electronic
Style: Minimal, Ambient

1. The Beekeeper's Apprentice Bells [Noan Bells], Gong [Bowed Gong], Bells [Finger Bells] – Frank Perry Composed By, Written-By – Sylvian, Perry Engineer [Engineered By] – David Sylvian, Noel Harris (2)Guitar [Guitars], Synthesizer [Synthesisers], Electronics [Shortwave], Sampler [Samples] – David Sylvian 32:52
2. Epiphany Composed By, Written-By – David Sylvian Engineer [Engineered By] – David Sylvian, Noel Harris Synthesizer [Synthesisers], Sampler [Samples] – David Sylvian 2:24
3. Approaching Silence Composed By, Written-By – David Sylvian Effects [Frippertronics], Voice – Robert Fripp Engineer [Engineered By] – Dave Kent Synthesizer [Synthesisers], Sampler [Samples] – David Sylvian 38:17

Art Direction – David Sylvian, Yuka Fujii
Design – Chris Bigg (2), Martin Andersen (3), Vaughan Oliver
Management – Opium (Arts) Ltd., Richard Chadwick (2)
Photography By [Front Cover, Photograph 7] – Shinya Fujiwara
Photography By [Photograph 9] – Anton Corbijn
Photography By [Photographs 4, 6 & 8] – David Sylvian
Photography By [Photographs] – Ari Marcopoulos
Producer [Produced By] – David Sylvian

Notes:
This album contains three compositions created exclusively for two independent gallery installations. Tracks 1 and 2 originally accompanied the 'Ember Glance' installation, a multi-media work made in collaboration with the artists Russell Mills and Ian Walton, and exhibited at the Temporary Museum, Tokyo Bay, September 1990. Track 3 accompanied the multi-media work 'Redemption' installed at the P3 Gallery, Tokyo August 1994.
Tracks 1 & 2 recorded at Memphis Studios, engineered at Autonomy, London September 1990. Track 3 recorded at Atma Sound, Minneapolis 1994. Mixed at Synergy Studios, Napa 1999.