FLUX AND MUTABILITY (D. Sylvian & Holger Czukay) - 1989

Negli ultimi mesi, o meglio, da un paio d’anni a questa parte, ascolto spesso musica ‘meditativa’, di tipo ‘ambient’. E questo ‘Flux and mutability’ del brillante duo David Sylvian-Holger Czukay (di cui avevo già postato un album ugualmente ipnotico, ‘Plight and premonition’, lo scorso 18 aprile) è il non plus ultra quanto a meditazione e ‘ambiente’. Ed è, a mio parere, migliore di ‘Plight and premonition’.

David Sylvian ha intrapreso, dopo essere stato la figura portante dei Japan, un’originalissima carriera solista, esplorando generi diversi quali l’elettronica, il rock progressivo, la musica d’avanguardia, la ‘ambient’ music e, talvolta, il jazz. Holger Czukay, co-fondatore dei Can, gruppo di rock teutonico attivo a cavallo fra gli anni Sessanta ed i Settanta, ha seguito grosso modo lo stesso percorso artistico di Sylvian.

La collaborazione fra i due artisti ha dato vita a due album: ‘Plight and premonition’ (1988) e ‘Flux and mutability’ (1989).

Voto personale (insufficiente / sufficiente / buono / distinto / ottimo / eccellente): Ottimo.

I have often listened to meditative, ‘ambient’ music over the past few months (or, I should say, over the past two years). In this regard, ‘Flux and mutability’, released by duo David Sylvian-Holger Czukay (whose ‘Plight and premonition’ – an equally ‘soporific’ album – I posted on April 18^th, 2011) is a real masterpiece of such a kind (and, in my opinion, a better album that ‘Plight and premonition’).

After having been the leader of pop group Japan, David Sylvian started a very original solo career, exploring such different genres as electronic pop, progressive rock, avant-garde music, ‘ambient’ music and, though to a lesser extent, jazz. Holger Czukay, co-founder of Can, the kraut-rock band active in the 1960s-1970s, has followed the same artistic path as Sylvian’s.

The collaboration between these two musicians gave rise to two albums: ‘Plight and premonition’ (1988) and ‘Flux and mutability’ (1989).

My personal mark (poor / pass / good / fairly good / very good / excellent): Very good.

TRACK LIST:

1. Flux

2. Mutability

FLUX AND MUTABILITY (David Sylvian & Holger Czukay) – 33.9 MB

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