The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter
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The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) is a remix album
by David Sylvian
featuring his previous album Blemish
. Despite the title, actually not all the pieces have been remixed; some songs have been re-recorded with new musicians.
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
by 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...
featuring his previous album Blemish
Blemish (album)
Blemish is the sixth solo album by David Sylvian. It is experimental in its use of electronics and sound. It features Derek Bailey, an avant-garde guitarist, and Fennesz, a guitarist and electronic music musician...
. Despite the title, actually not all the pieces have been remixed; some songs have been re-recorded with new musicians.
Track listing
All tracks composed by David Sylvian unless otherwise noted- "The Only Daughter" (remixed by Ryoji IkedaRyoji IkedaRyoji Ikeda is a Japanese sound artist who lives and works in Paris. Ikeda's music is concerned primarily with sound in a variety of "raw" states, such as sine tones and noise, often using frequencies at the edges of the range of human hearing...
) - 5:49 - "Blemish" (remixed by Burnt Friedman) (Sylvian, Hayden Chisholm) - 4:50
- "The Heart Knows Better" (remixed by Sweet Billy PilgrimSweet Billy PilgrimSweet Billy Pilgrim are an English Experimental Rock/ Folk band, composed of bassist/banjo player Anthony Bishop, guitarist and singer Jana Carpenter, guitarist and songwriter Tim Elsenburg, and drummer/percussionist Alistair Hamer.-Biography:...
) - 5:29 - "A Fire in the Forest" (remixed by Readymade FC) - 5:05
- "The Good Son" (remixed by Yoshihiro Hanno) - 4:33
- "Late Night Shopping" (remixed by Burnt Friedman) (Sylvian, Hayden Chisholm) - 2:51
- "How Little We Need to be Happy" (remixed by Tatsuhiko Asano) - 4:35
- "The Only Daughter" (remixed by Jan Bang and Erik Honore) - 5:28
- "Blemish" (remixed by Akira RabelaisAkira RabelaisAkira Rabelais, Los Angeles-based composer and author.Akira is the author of ‘Argeïphontes Lyre’, a software filtering application based on recombination and morphologies. He has collaborated with various musicians, including Björk, David Sylvian, Harold Budd, Nobukazu Takemura, Stephan Mathieu and...
) - 10:10
Personnel
- David Sylvian - composer, vocals, art director
- Ryoji IkedaRyoji IkedaRyoji Ikeda is a Japanese sound artist who lives and works in Paris. Ikeda's music is concerned primarily with sound in a variety of "raw" states, such as sine tones and noise, often using frequencies at the edges of the range of human hearing...
- piano (1) - Jean-Paul Zanutel - cello (1)
- Fabienne Dussenwart - flute (1)
- Pascal Moreau - French horn (1)
- Dominica Eyckmans - viola (1)
- Wilbert Aerts - violin (1)
- Hayden ChisholmHayden ChisholmHayden Chisholm is an New Zealand composer, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist....
- clarinet (2, 6) - Alphonse Elsenburg - clarinet (3)
- Nils Petter MolværNils Petter MolværNils Petter Molvær also known as NPM is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer. Molvær is considered a pioneer in fusing jazz and electronic music, showcased on his best-selling album Khmer, released by the German record label ECM in October 1997 in Europe and early 1998 in North...
- trumpet (8)
Additional personnel
- Chris Bigg - design
- Atsushi Fukui - cover artwork
- Yuka Fujii - artist Liaison