Approaching Silence

Approaching Silence
Approaching Silence
Compilation album by David Sylvian
Released	5 October 1999
Recorded	Tracks 1, 2: September 1990, Memphis Studios, engineered at Autonomy, London – Metropolis Studios, London – Track 3: 1994, Atma Sound, Minneapolis, mixed at Synergy Studios, Napa, 1999
Genre	Ambient
Length	73:45
Label	Virgin
Producer	David Sylvian
David Sylvian chronology

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

Approaching Silence is a compilation album of ambient music by David Sylvian (along with Frank Perry and Robert Fripp) collecting the tracks from the 1991 limited release Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory installation soundtrack CD as well as the soundtrack cassette from the installation "Redemption" (with Robert Fripp). The exhibition ran from August 30, 1994 to September 18, at the P3 Gallery in Tokyo.

It was released on 5 October 1999 on Virgin Records (CDVE 943).

Track listing[]

"The Beekeeper's Apprentice" (Perry, Sylvian) – 32:56
"Epiphany" (Sylvian) – 2:32
"Approaching Silence" (Sylvian) – 38:17

Personnel[]

Robert Fripp – effects (3)
David Sylvian – art director, engineer (1, 2), instruments, sound, lights (exhibition), installation concept and creation
Frank Perry – Noan bells, bowed Gong, Finger bells

Technical

Yuka Fujii – art director
Shinya Fujiwara – photography (front cover)
Anton Corbijn – photography (back cover)
Ari Marcopoulos – photography
Vaughan Oliver – art design
Chriss Bigg – design
Martin Andersen – design
Dave Kent – engineer (3)
Noel Harris – engineer (1, 2)

References[]

^ Approaching Silence at AllMusic
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.

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[1] Approaching Silence at AllMusic

[2] Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.

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