Samadhi Sound (or samadhisound) is an

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founded by singer and musician

David Sylvian David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, 23 February 1958) is an English musician, singer and songwriter who came to prominence in the late 1970s as frontman and principal songwriter of the band Japan. The band's androgynous look and increasingly ...

after his departure from

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in the late nineties. The label mainly serves as a platform for Sylvian to release his own work – the

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

'' Blemish'' was the first to appear on Samadhi Sound in 2003 – and that of artists usually associated to him, like his brother

Steve Jansen ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...

and

Harold Budd Harold Montgomory Budd (May 24, 1936December 8, 2020) was an American composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert, he became a respected composer in the minimalist and avant-garde scene of Southern California in the l ...

. ''

Nine Horses Nine Horses was a musical collaboration between singer/instrumentalist David Sylvian, his brother and frequent collaborator drummer Steve Jansen, and electronic composer/remixer Burnt Friedman. They released the album ''Snow Borne Sorrow'' in O ...

'', a collaboration between Sylvian, Jansen, and

Burnt Friedman Bernd Friedmann (also Burnt Friedman) (born 1965 in Coburg, Germany) is a German musician and producer who works under a variety of project names in the fields of electronic music, dub and jazz. Friedmann was raised in Kassel, where he studied ...

, released their 2005 album ''

Snow Borne Sorrow ''Snow Borne Sorrow'' is an album by Nine Horses, released in October 2005. Nine Horses is a collaboration between David Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Burnt Friedman. Other contributors include Norwegian trumpeter and Supersilent member Arve Henr ...

'' on Samadhi Sound.

Artists

* Derek Bailey *

Jan Bang Jan Bang (born 21 August 1968) is a Norwegian musician and record producer who has worked with Morten Harket, Sidsel Endresen, David Sylvian, Nils Petter Molvær, Arild Andersen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Arve Henriksen, and Erik Honoré. (in Norwegian) ...

* Thomas Feiner *

Toshimaru Nakamura Toshimaru Nakamura is a Japanese musician, active in free improvisation and Japanese Onkyokei, onkyo. He began his career playing rock and roll guitar, but gradually explored other types of music, even abandoning guitar, and started working on ...

Akira Rabelais Vincent Akira Rabelais Carté is an American composer, poet, software programmer and experimental multimedia artist. He is most known for his 2004 record on Samadhi Sound, '' Spellewauerynsherde'', as well as his experimental audio processing ...

David Toop David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, curator, and Emeritus Professor. From 2013 to 2021 he was professor of audio culture and improvisation at the London College of Communication. He was a regular contributor to British ...

Releases

* SS001: David Sylvian - '' Blemish'' * SS002: David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto - ''

World Citizen Global citizenship is the idea that one's identity transcends geography or political borders and that responsibilities or rights are derived from membership in a broader class: "humanity". This does not mean that such a person denounces or waives ...

'' * SS003: Akira Rabelais - '' Spellewauerynsherde'' * SS004: Harold Budd - '' Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath'' * SS005: David Sylvian - '' The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)'' * SS006: Nine Horses - ''

'' * SS007: Nine Horses - ''Wonderful World'' * SS008: Derek Bailey - ''To Play - The Blemish Sessions'' * SS009: David Toop - ''Sound Body'' * SS010: Nine Horses - ''

Money for All ''Money for All'' is an EP released 2007 by the band Nine Horses, featuring David Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Burnt Friedman. The EP includes three new songs: "Money for All," "Get the Hell Out," and "Birds Sing for Their Lives." The others a ...

'' * SS011: David Sylvian - ''

When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima ''When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima'' is a limited edition CD by English musician David Sylvian that was commissioned as an installation piece by the Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation on the island of Naoshima, Japan, as part of the "N ...

'' * SS012: Steve Jansen - ''

Slope In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the ''direction'' and the ''steepness'' of the line. Slope is often denoted by the letter ''m''; there is no clear answer to the question why the letter ''m'' is use ...

'' * SS013: Thomas Feiner & Anywhen - ''

The Opiates - Revised ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' * SS014: ''The World Is Everything'' Tour Book Sampler CD * SS015: Sweet Billy Pilgrim - ''

Twice Born Men ''Twice Born Men'' is an album by English experimental rock band Sweet Billy Pilgrim. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize, and the Sunday Times named it one of their top 100 albums of 2009. Track listing # "Here It Begins" (2:36) # "Tr ...

'' * SS016: David Sylvian - ''

Manafon Manafon is a small rural community located in the hills of Montgomeryshire, the Northern part of the Welsh county of Powys. The Parish focuses on the valley of the River Rhiew that runs west to east into the River Severn". The community of Manafo ...

'' * SS017: Toshimaru Nakamura - ''Egrets'' * SS018: Jan Bang - ''...And Poppies from Kandahar'' * SS019: Akira Rabelais - ''Caduceus'' * SS020: David Sylvian - ''Sleepwalkers (remix compilation CD)'' * SS021: David Sylvian - ''

Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations ''Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations'' is a remix album by English singer and musician David Sylvian, released in May 2011 by Sylvian's independent label Samadhi Sound. The album features six songs from Sylvian's 2009 album ''Manafon'', w ...

'' * SS022: Jan Bang & Erik Honore - ''Uncommon Deities'' * SS023: Stephan Mathieu & David Sylvian - ''Wandermüde'' * SS024: David Sylvian - ''there's a light that enters houses with no other house in sight'' * SOUND-DL001: Harold Budd - ''Perhaps'' * SOUND-DL002: Steve Jansen - ''Swimming in Qualia (Ascent)'' * SOUND-DL003: Steve Jansen - ''Slope Remixes'' * SOUND-DL004: Steve Jansen - ''The Occurrence of Slope'' * SOUND10-001: David Sylvian - ''Do You Know Me Now? (10" Ltd Vinyl)'' * SSDVD01: David Sylvian - ''Amplified Gesture (DVD Documentary)'' * SOUND-OP001: David Sylvian - ''Hypergraphia - The Writings of David Sylvian 1980 - 2014 (Book of lyrics, poems & interviews)''

External links

Official website of samadhi sound
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Artists

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