Snow Borne Sorrow, the celebrated album by David Sylvian’s 9 Horses group (with Steve Jansen and Bernd Friedman), will probably be launched on black vinyl for the primary time on June 13.
Initially launched on Sylvian’s Samadhisound label in October 2005, it was beforehand solely obtainable digitally and on CD till File Retailer Day 2024, when a restricted version white vinyl model was issued and immediately grew to become a collector’s merchandise.
Snow Borne Sorrow was Sylvian’s challenge with Steve Jansen and German musician/producer Bernd Friedmann, aka Burnt Friedman. It additionally options contributions from the late Ryiuchi Skamoto, Swedish singer Stina Nordenstam, saxophonists Theo Travis and Hayden Chisholm, and trumpeter Arve Henriksen.
The two-LP set options the 9 tracks from the unique album plus one monitor from the follow-up EP Cash For All (“Birds Sing For Their Lives”), the uncommon B-side of the “Wonderful World” single “When Monday Comes Around,” and a beforehand unreleased till 2024 Burnt Friedman remix of “Atom and Cell.”
The 2025 version of Snow Borne Sorrow has been designed by Sylvian collaborator Chris Bigg (23 Envelope/4AD) and is housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed interior luggage.
This isn’t the primary album Sylvian has seen reissued lately. In 2024, his retrospective album All the pieces & Nothing additionally arrived on vinyl for the primary time. The 29-track triple LP is a career-spanning compilation containing beforehand launched, unreleased, re-recorded, non-album, and alternate variations of tracks from Sylvian’s years with Virgin Information.
Recognized for each his solo work and because the frontman of Japan, All the pieces & Nothing covers the completely different instructions Sylvian’s work took him throughout his time with the label. The album options key songs from David’s solo recordings, collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, Mick Karn, and Alesini & Andreoni, in addition to tracks by Japan and Rain Tree Crow.
Order the black vinyl version of 9 Horses’ Snow Borne Sorrow.
