Plight & Premonition is the first of two collaborations between David Sylvian

David Sylvian

David Sylvian is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan...

 and Holger Czukay

Holger Czukay

Holger Czukay is a German musician, probably best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described by critic Jason Ankeny as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde," Czukay is also notable for creating early important examples of ambient music, for exploring...

, Flux and Mutability

Flux and Mutability

Flux and Mutability is the second collaboration between David Sylvian and Holger Czukay. It was released in September 1989...

being their second. It was released in March 1988. The music is ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

, makes use of 'found sounds'. It consists of two instrumental tracks, both of which are over 15 minutes long.

The Japanese edition's booklet features an interesting long note by Sylvian himself about the project:

Track listing

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

Personnel

• David Sylvian – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , vibraphone
  Vibraphone
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  , harmonium
  Harmonium
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  , record producer
  Record producer
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• Holger Czukay – organ
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  , piano, shortwave radio, treatments, producer

Additional personnel

• Yuka Fujii - design, photography (assisted by Icon, London).
• Mekon - artwork
• Jaki Liebezeit
  Jaki Liebezeit
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  – infra sound
• Karl Lippergaus – radio tuning

External links

• Holger Czukay's discography