Post #150065 by vintagegirl on Wed, Mar 30, 2005 12:13 AM

Speaking of Eno and Sylvian, I've always been surprised they never collaborated together. In addition to the Sylvian albums tikibars suggested, there's also still some gems on Dead Bees on a Cake (many of the songs on this one are inspired by his own guru, "the hugging saint" Amma.) And even the one album released by the reunited members of Japan, Rain Tree Crow, contains one of my all time favorites: Blackwater. I got to see him perform that one last time I saw him at the Wiltern in LA a few years ago. Here's a photo I shot at that show:


Also saw Michael Brook at the 93(?) show for the tour he did with Robert Fripp. (Got some pics of that somewhere too.)

If anyone is interested in checking out other musicians "related" to Sylvian, may I suggest a Yahoo Group called YMO Rare:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymorare/

More recently, do check out his vocals with Blonde Redhead called "Messenger". It's being played on indie stations like KCRW here in LA.

As for Eno, I remember my first intro to his stuff (had already heard the name for years) when I was a teenager and used to listen to this obscure ambient music program at 5 or 6 in the morning once a week. One week they used the whole hour to play just one piece and it turned out to be "Thursday Afternoon" by Eno. I still have the recorded program on tape cassette and it's still great.