Jansen and Barbieri

[ll-xn!uwvax!astroatc!gtaylor (My Art belongs to Dada)]

I picked up a copy of the Japanese pressing of "Worlds In
a Small Room" about a year and a half ago, and remember thinking
that it reminded me greatly of Harold Budd, save from a cut called
"Move in Circles," which is the only thing on the recording with
vocals. They're mixed well enough out of the way to be unobtrusive
to the point of distraction-just enough to *suggest* David Sylvian's
voice. The whole song is a kind of cross between the tunes on Brilliant
Trees and the electronic textures of "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"-esp.
the percussion. A very pleasant album. Not exactly flirting with the 
patchwork daring of Mick Karn's "titles" or you-know-who's exquisite stuff
(how about that those shards of Fripp's guitar on "Gone to Earth's" title
cut laid against those words. Mmmm.), but hey.

G.