Singer: David Sylvian
Title: Approaching Silence
Label: Virgin ‎– 72438-48177-2-5, Shakti Records ‎– 72438-48177-2-5
Type: CD, Album, Promo
Country: US
Date of released: 1999
Category: Electronic
Style: Ambient
Size MP3 zip: 1313 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1808 mb
Rating: 3.5✭
Format: MP3 MP2 FLAC VOC ASF APE MP3 DXD FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	The Beekeeper's Apprentice Bells [Noan Bells], Gong [Bowed Gong], Bells [Finger Bells] – Frank PerryComposed By, Written-By – Sylvian*, Perry*Engineer [Engineered By] – David Sylvian, Noel Harris Guitar [Guitars], Synthesizer [Synthesisers], Electronics [Shortwave], Sampler [Samples] – David Sylvian	32:52
2	Epiphany Composed By, Written-By – Sylvian*Engineer [Engineered By] – David Sylvian, Noel Harris Synthesizer [Synthesisers], Sampler [Samples] – David Sylvian	2:24
3	Approaching Silence Composed By, Written-By – Sylvian*Effects [Frippertronics], Voice – Robert FrippEngineer [Engineered By] – Dave KentSynthesizer [Synthesisers], Sampler [Samples] – David Sylvian	38:17

Companies, etc.

• Licensed Through – Shakti
• Manufactured By – Shakti
• Distributed By – Shakti
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Published By – Opium (Arts) Ltd.
• Recorded At – Metropolis Studios
• Recorded At – Atma Sound
• Mastered At – EMI
• Mixed At – Synergy Studios
• Glass Mastered At – EMI MFG.
• Designed At – v23

Credits

• Art Direction – David Sylvian, Yuka Fujii
• Design – Chris Bigg , Martin Andersen , Vaughan Oliver
• Management – Richard Chadwick
• Photography By [Front Cover Photograph 7] – Shinya Fujiwara
• Photography By [Photograph 9] – Anton Corbijn
• Photography By [Photographs 4, 6 & 8] – David Sylvian
• Photography By [Photographs] – Ari Marcopoulos
• Producer [Produced By] – David Sylvian

Notes

USA Promo Edition CD Album branded 'Licensed for Promotional Use. Not A Sale'.

℗ © 1999 Virgin Records Ltd. Issued under exclusive license to Shakti.

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded at Metropolis Studios, engineered at Autonomy, London September 1990.

Track 3 recorded at Atma Sound, Minneapolis 1994. Mixed at Synergy Studios, Napa 1999.

This album contains three compositions created exclusively for two independent gallery installations. Tracks 1 and 2 originally accompanied the 'Ember Glance' installation, a multi-media work made in collaboration with the artists Russell Mills and Ian Walton, and exhibited at the Temporary Museum, Tokyo Bay, September 1990. Track 3 accompanied the multi-media work 'Redemption' installed at the P3 Gallery, Tokyo August 1994.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L043
• Mould SID Code: iƒpi 166B
• Matrix / Runout: MASTERED BY EMI MFG. 724384817725 1-1-1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDVE 943, 7243 8 48177 25, 7243 8 48177 2 5	David Sylvian	Approaching Silence ‎(CD, Album)	Venture, Venture, Venture	CDVE 943, 7243 8 48177 25, 7243 8 48177 2 5	UK & Europe	1999
7243 8 48177 25, 7243 8 48177 2 5, CDVE 943	David Sylvian	Approaching Silence ‎(CD, Album, RP)	Venture, Venture, Venture	7243 8 48177 25, 7243 8 48177 2 5, CDVE 943	UK & Europe	Unknown
LJ 991104, LG-991104	David Sylvian	Approaching Silence ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	ArsNova, ArsNova	LJ 991104, LG-991104	Russia	1999
7243 8 48177 25, 7243 8 48177 2 5, CDVE 943	David Sylvian	Approaching Silence ‎(CD, Album)	Venture, Venture, Venture	7243 8 48177 25, 7243 8 48177 2 5, CDVE 943	UK & Europe	Unknown
CDVE 943	David Sylvian	Approaching Silence ‎(CDr, Album, Promo)	Venture, Virgin	CDVE 943	UK	1999