eKsTraneous info and opinion

[IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU]

To Greg Taylor:

The Sylvian CD of Gone To Earth is not scheduled to be
released in the UK until "the end of September". The 2-LP
set will be in L.A. stores this week, however.
Also, the CD will be a single disc, containing only
13 of the 2-LP set's total of 17 tracks. IED cannot
tell you which four tracks will be excised from the
CD, but he would be willing to wager they will all be
from the instrumental LP, rather than the vocal LP
(although Sylvian would probably prefer it the other
way around). IED plans to get both vinyl and CD, of course
(being a committed Japan and post-Japan fan), and would be
happy to pick up a copy of the CD for you when it
eventually appears, unless the incompleteness of it
leads you to reconsider.
Good news (in IED's opinion): Sylvian says that the
interest in minimalism and "purity" of expression
(by which IED assumes he is referring to the relatively
low-tech ambient instrumental stuff which he has
lately been producing in such volume) "reaches a
conclusion" with Gone To Earth. Very fine music, but
considering how little music was actually recorded
during the Tin Drum period, Sylvian has now dwelt long
enough in the brilliance of trees, don't you agree?