Artists: Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit
Title: Out In The Sticks (feat. David Sylvian)
Cat.no.: non17
Format: MLP
Complete Tracklisting:
A1. Out In The Sticks (11:00)
B1. The Librarian (8:40)
B2. 182/9 (3:45)
"Out In The Sticks" and "182/9" are exclusive versions of Secret Rhythms 2 (non19) album tracks, featuring guitarist Tim Motzer (Philadelphia,US), Hayden Chisholm, saxophone, Daniel Schroeter, bass and Morten Gronvad (Copenhagen,DK), vibraphone.
Reviews:
It's a song also, a song beautiful and rare and weirdly important, the result of a collaboration between three very talented musicians. Accompanying Friedman is his longtime collaborator, the legendary Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit. And--pulling the track together and setting it quietly ablaze with St. Elmo's fire--we've got the words and voice of David Sylvian, whose poetic talents never cease to amaze me. (Sylvian / Friedman fans should be forewarned that this track is a bit of a teaser: Sylvian, Friedman, and Sylvian's brother Steve Jansen are releasing a full album on Sylvian's label SamadhiSound later this year that will contain a slightly different version of "The Librarian.")
The song seems to speak to these weird, through-the-looking-glass days we're living now, where alarming news is coupled with fervent admonitions to go on as if all is well, and we all seem to be drifting through a vast amniotic sea of misinformation and opinion-masquerading-as-fact. As Sylvian says: It's one outrageous lie after another. Turn the lights out, change the channel, before we lose hope. And, when all else seems to be on the verge of failure, get yourself to The Library." (review by Moebius Rex)