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December 02, 2005
Burnt Friedman / David Sylvian
The Librarian | mp3
As 2005 finally draws to a close and we all get that unavoidable urge to classify and rank, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is, hands down, the best song I've heard all year. I'm not going to try and describe it for you, just listen... It sounds like winter.
The result of a collaboration between producer / electronic artist Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit, featuring David Sylvian on vocals, this song originally appeared on the 3-song mini-LP Out In The Sticks released earlier this year on nonplace.
Continuing their collaboration under the name Nine Horses, Sylvian and Friedman have released a new album entitled Snow Borne Sorrow on samadhisound featuring another version of "The Librarian."
Thanks to the ever-on-point moebius rex for pointing this one out earlier in the summer.
Posted by matt at December 2, 2005 03:13 PM
Comments
Interesting choice, it's my joint 3rd most listened to track of the last year (according to last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/v11v11v). Do you have any idea what the track is actually about?
Posted by: 11V at December 3, 2005 12:57 AM
I'd like to think that it's somehow inspired by the Jorge Luis Borges story "The Library of Babel," but that's probably just my own random interpretation... guess we'll have to ask Mr. Sylvian.
Posted by: matt at December 9, 2005 03:15 AM