Manafon is a small rural community located in the hills of Montgomeryshire, the Northern part of the Welsh county of Powys. The Parish focuses on the valley of the River Rhiew that runs west to east into the River Severn". [1] The community of Manafon consists of "two main villages within about a mile of one another, Manafon and New Mills.

Manafon is the seventh full-length studio album by David Sylvian, released on 14 September 2009 by the Samadhisound label. It is an avant-garde work combining elements of free improvisation, experimental rock and chamber music. It reached rank No. 6 …

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Recorded in London, Vienna and Tokyo, the 8 songs and 1 instrumental on Manafon bring together “the world’s leading improvisors, and innovators, artists who explore free improvisation, space-specific performance and live electronics” including Evan Parker, Keith Rowe, Christian Fennesz, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, John Tilbury and members ...

2019年6月7日 · Manafon. Manafon? What could it mean? Scurrying to a search engine it was soon discovered that David Sylvian’s new album was named after a small rural community located in the hills of Montgomeryshire, the northern part of the Welsh county of Powys. But that just raised more questions! Why?!

2009年9月29日 · Like that quiet, achingly personal record, Manafon reaffirms Sylvian's aughts-forged connections with the modern avant-garde, be it jazz, electro-acoustic improvisation, post-glitch electronica,...

2009年9月14日 · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2009 CD release of "Manafon" on Discogs.

2009年9月14日 · Manafon, an Album by David Sylvian. Released 14 September 2009 on Samadhi Sound (catalog no. sound cd ss016; CD). Genres: EAI, Reductionism, Singer-Songwriter. Rated #562 in the best albums of 2009.

Manafon is very much the companion piece to Blemish, but it departs even further than its predecessor did from standard pop structures. It takes a number of listens before the pieces on Manafon start to work as songs, before Sylvian’s words operate as hooks (of an ascetic sort) rather than coming off as a tuneless Sprechgesang.