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Plight and Premonition

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Released
  
1 March 1988

Release date
  
1 March 1988

Length
  
34:51

Label
  
Venture Records

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Recorded
  
1986–1987, Can Studio, Cologne

Plight & Premonition (1988)
  
Flux + Mutability (1989)

Plight & Premonition (1988)
  
Flux + Mutability (1989)

Artists
  
David Sylvian, Holger Czukay

Songs
  
Plight (The Spiralling of Winter Ghosts), Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)

Genres
  
Ambient music, Avant-garde, Avant-garde music

Producers
  
David Sylvian, Holger Czukay

Similar
  
David Sylvian albums, Ambient music albums

Plight & Premonition is the first of two collaborations between David Sylvian and Can's bassist Holger Czukay, Flux and Mutability being their second. It was released in March 1988. The music is ambient, makes use of 'found sounds'. It consists of two instrumental tracks, both of which are over 15 minutes long. The album peaked at no.71 in the UK albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Plight (The Spiralling of Winter Ghosts)" – 18:30
  2. "Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)" – 16:21

Personnel

  • David Sylvian – electric guitar, keyboards, piano, vibraphone, harmonium
  • Holger Czukay – organ, piano, shortwave radio, treatments
  • Jaki Liebezeit – infra sound
  • Karl Lippegaus – radio tuning

    • Album produced by David Sylvian and Holger Czukay.

  • Yuka Fujii – design, photography (assisted by Icon, London)
  • Mekon – artwork

    • References

    Plight & Premonition Wikipedia
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