Words with the Shaman


Words with the Shaman is a three-part instrumental suite by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian. It was recorded in London in 1985 and released as an EP the same year on Virgin Records. It peaked at #72 in the UK single charts.
As Sylvian described in a liner note, Words with the Shaman was "conceived as musical footnotes of themes started earlier on the album Brilliant Trees and developed as a collaborative group effort."
Words with the Shaman was subsequently re-released with two additional instrumental tracks on Sylvian's compilation album . In 1989, the suite appeared on the second of four CDs in the Weatherbox set. The 1991 US-reissue of Sylvian's Brilliant Trees album also contained Words with the Shaman.

Track listing

  1. "Pt. 1 Ancient Evening" 5:14
  2. "Pt. 2 Incantation" 3:31
  3. "Pt. 3 Awakening " 5:19

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