Darshan (The Road to Graceland)

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Darshan (The Road to Graceland)
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Studio album by
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp
Released6 December 1993
Recorded17 July–1 December 1993
Genre Alternative rock, art rock
Length44:08
Label Virgin
Producer David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp chronology
The First Day
(1993)		Darshan (The Road to Graceland)
(1993)		 Damage: Live
(1994)

Darshan (The Road to Graceland) is the second of three collaborative productions of David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. It is a remix album; the first two tracks are remixes of the original song "Darshan" from their first album The First Day . The original version, written by David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and David Bottrill, is reissued here as final track. The first track is a remix by the Grid, and the second track—called "Darshana"—is a “reconstruction” by The Future Sound of London. It was released on 6 December 1993 as EP and CD Single on Virgin Records (SYLCD1 and VJCP 20013 in Japan). [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Darshan (Translucent Remix by The Grid)" (Sylvian, Fripp, Gunn, Bottrill) - Remixed by The Grid – 16:07
  2. "Darshana" (Sylvian, Fripp, Gunn, Bottrill, Cobain, Dougans) - Reconstructed by The Future Sound of London – 10:11
  3. "Darshan (The Road to Graceland)" (Sylvian, Fripp, Gunn, Bottrill) – 17:50

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Power, Martin (10 April 2012). David Sylvian: The Last Romantic. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-820-1.
  2. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2 April 1994.
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