Samadhi Sound (or samadhisound) is an independent record label founded by singer and musician David Sylvian[1] after his departure from Virgin Records in the late nineties.[2]
The label mainly serves as a platform for Sylvian to release his own work – the album Blemish was the first to appear on Samadhi Sound in 2003 – and that of artists usually associated to him, like his brother Steve Jansen and Harold Budd. Nine Horses, a collaboration between Sylvian, Jansen, and Burnt Friedman, released their 2005 album Snow Borne Sorrow on Samadhi Sound.
Artists
[edit]- Derek Bailey[3]
- Jan Bang
- Harold Budd[4]
- Thomas Feiner
- Steve Jansen[5]
- Toshimaru Nakamura
- Nine Horses
- Akira Rabelais
- David Sylvian[6]
- David Toop
Releases
[edit]- SS001: David Sylvian – Blemish
- SS002: David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto – World Citizen
- SS003: Akira Rabelais – Spellewauerynsherde
- SS004: Harold Budd – Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath
- SS005: David Sylvian – The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)
- SS006: Nine Horses – Snow Borne Sorrow
- SS007: Nine Horses – Wonderful World
- SS008: Derek Bailey – To Play – The Blemish Sessions
- SS009: David Toop – Sound Body
- SS010: Nine Horses – Money for All
- SS011: David Sylvian – When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima
- SS012: Steve Jansen – Slope
- SS013: Thomas Feiner & Anywhen – The Opiates – Revised
- SS014: The World Is Everything Tour Book Sampler CD
- SS015: Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men
- SS016: David Sylvian – Manafon
- SS017: Toshimaru Nakamura – Egrets
- SS018: Jan Bang – ...And Poppies from Kandahar
- SS019: Akira Rabelais – Caduceus
- SS020: David Sylvian – Sleepwalkers (remix compilation CD)
- SS021: David Sylvian – Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations
- SS022: Jan Bang & Erik Honore – Uncommon Deities
- SS023: Stephan Mathieu & David Sylvian – Wandermüde
- SS024: David Sylvian – there's a light that enters houses with no other house in sight
- SOUND-DL001: Harold Budd – Perhaps
- SOUND-DL002: Steve Jansen – Swimming in Qualia (Ascent)
- SOUND-DL003: Steve Jansen – Slope Remixes
- SOUND-DL004: Steve Jansen – The Occurrence of Slope
- SOUND10-001: David Sylvian – Do You Know Me Now? (10" Ltd Vinyl)
- SSDVD01: David Sylvian – Amplified Gesture (DVD Documentary)
- SOUND-OP001: David Sylvian – Hypergraphia – The Writings of David Sylvian 1980 – 2014 (Book of lyrics, poems & interviews)
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cowley, Jason (9 April 2005). "Turning Japanese". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ Roberts, Chris (10 August 2023). "David Sylvian 'Samadhisound 2003-2014: Do You Know Me Now?' (Universal/Samadhisound)". Electronic Sound. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ Georgievski, Nenad (2 November 2006). "Derek Bailey: To Play: The Blemish Sessions". All About Jazz. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (10 December 2020). "Harold Budd's Music Was Heaven On Earth". NPR. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ Walters, John L. (7 December 2007). "Steve Jansen, Slope". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ Chinen, Nate (25 September 2009). "David Sylvian". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 November 2025.