Flux + Mutability

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Flux + Mutability
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Studio album by
David Sylvian and Holger Czukay
Released1 September 1989
RecordedInner Space Studio, Cologne, December 1988
GenreAmbient
Length37:55
LabelVenture, Virgin[1][2]
ProducerDavid Sylvian, Holger Czukay
David Sylvian chronology
Plight and Premonition
(1988) 		Flux + Mutability
(1989) 		Weatherbox
(1989)
Holger Czukay chronology
Plight & Premonition
(1988) 		Flux + Mutability
(1989) 		Radio Wave Surfer
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide2/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 stars[5]

Flux + Mutability is the second collaboration between David Sylvian and Holger Czukay.[6] It was released in September 1989. The music consists of two instrumental tracks improvised by the participants.

The album was reissued by Gronland in 2018.[7]

Production[]

The album was recorded at Can's Inner Space Studio.[8]

Critical reception[]

Reviewing the reissue package, Pitchfork wrote that "Czukay’s side is the more active of the two. Driven by a small drum pattern played by Can percussionist Jaki Liebezeit, the piece is evocatively subtitled 'A Big, Bright, Colourful World'. Its light synth drones and radio noise are illuminated by the lens flares of Markus Stockhausen’s flugelhorn and then slightly darkened by some fragmented guitar figures added by another Can member, Michael Karoli."[9] The Rolling Stone Album Guide opined that Flux was the more interesting of the two Czukay/Sylvian collaborations, but wrote that "why anyone would bother making such a distinction is hard to say, given the generally vacuous nature of the music."[5] Fact wrote that "while Plight & Premonition felt like a study in unease, wracked with paranoia, Flux + Mutability admits the possibility, if not any certainty, of earthly bliss."[8]

Track listing[]

  1. "Flux (A Big, Bright, Colourful World)" (Sylvian, Czukay) – 16:56
  2. "Mutability (A New Beginning Is in the Offing)" (Sylvian, Czukay) – 20:59

Personnel[]

Additional personnel[]

  • René Tinner - technical advice and assistant
  • Yuka Fujii - art director, cover art, photography design
  • David Buckland - front cover photography

Published by Opium (Arts) Ltd./Spoon Music

References[]

  1. ^ Hegarty, Paul; Halliwell, Martin (June 23, 2011). "Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock since the 1960s". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. pp. 9–10.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Flux + Mutability at AllMusic
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1118.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 688–689.
  6. ^ "Holger Czukay | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ "Grönland reissue David Sylvian & Holger Czukay's 1980s collaborations - The Wire". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Essential... David Sylvian - Page 9 of 11". February 8, 2012.
  9. ^ "David Sylvian / Holger Czukay: Plight & Premonition / Flux & Mutability". Pitchfork.

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