Plight & Premonition

Plight & Premonition
Studio album by David Sylvian and Holger Czukay
Released	1 March 1988
Recorded	1986–1987, Can Studio, Cologne
Genre	Avant-garde, ambient
Length	34:51
Label	Venture
Producer	David Sylvian, Holger Czukay
David Sylvian chronology
Secrets of the Beehive (1987) Plight & Premonition (1988) Flux + Mutability (1989)
Holger Czukay chronology
Rome Remains Rome (1987) Plight & Premonition (1988) Flux + Mutability (1989)

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Allmusic	[1]

Plight & Premonition is the first of two collaborations between David Sylvian and Can's bassist Holger Czukay, Flux and Mutability being their second. It was released in March 1988. The music is ambient, makes use of 'found sounds'. It consists of two instrumental tracks, both of which are over 15 minutes long. The album peaked at no.71 in the UK albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Plight (The Spiralling of Winter Ghosts)" – 18:30
2. "Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)" – 16:21

Personnel

• David Sylvian – electric guitar, keyboards, piano, vibraphone, harmonium
• Holger Czukay – organ, piano, shortwave radio, treatments
• Jaki Liebezeit – infra sound
• Karl Lippegaus – radio tuning

Album produced by David Sylvian and Holger Czukay.

• Yuka Fujii – design, photography (assisted by Icon, London)
• Mekon – artwork

References

1. Plight & Premonition at AllMusic
2. David Sylvian the official charts

External links

• Holger Czukay's discography