Sylvian and Czukay - Plight and Premonition

This album was released in 1988. I'd been a big fan of Japan and when they split up I followed David Sylvian's work with real interest. When this album appeared it was unexpected but for me it opened up the area of ambient music which was developing from the work of Eno and others.

This album was originally on vinyl - Plight on one side and Premonition on the other. It is low-key, hypnotic and mesmeriszing and I found it a good focus for meditative introspection.

There was talk of how this was created using long tape loops and the casual repetition of elements gives these pieces a gentle familiarity.  It also includes moments of radio drifting by into ethereal space like a message from the beyond.