“It's the farthest place i've ever been, it's a new frontier for me” Play / Pause
“A gardener’s folly stands as proud as you please” Play / Pause
“I've put away my childish things, abandoned my silence too” Play / Pause
“And the love that he engendered would never be enough” Play / Pause
“It was a flaming book of matches” Play / Pause
“As soon as the sun rose the keys were in the ignition” Play / Pause
“With a box full of postcards and no place to send them” Play / Pause
“…” Play / Pause
“There's a man down in the valley who doesn't speak in his own tongue” Play / Pause
Standard Audio CD.
Presented in a 6 panel digipak featuring artwork by Ruud Van Empel, art direction by David Sylvian, designed by Chris Bigg. The standard edition CD comes with a Credit Sheet folded and inserted into the digipak itself.
Available from the Samadhisound store.
Deluxe Edition (sold out):
CD and DVD containing:
i) the new feature length documentary “Amplified Gesture”. Executive Producer - David Sylvian.
ii) 5.1 surround sound (Dolby & DTS), and PCM stereo versions of ‘Manafon’.
Two (18.7cm X 24.1cm) Hard Back books inserted into a rigid slip case. An accompanying (18.5cm x 23.5cm) black on white high quality print of a portrait of David Sylvian by Atsushi Fukui, each individually signed by the artist and David Sylvian (only the first 2000 copies carry signed editions of the print).
This two-disc box set comes in two separate hard back, cloth-bound volumes which are themselves inserted into a cloth-bound rigid slip case. Each of the three cloth-bound items feature gold embossed lettering.
Volume One: a 40 page full colour printed, perfect bound book to accompany ‘Manafon’, featuring the complete lyrics from ‘Manafon’, accompanied by artwork from the artists Atsushi Fukui and Ruud Van Empel. The CD is the standard version of Manafon.
Volume Two: a 24 page full colour printed, perfect bound book to accompany the documentary “Amplified Gesture”. With a foreword by Clive Bell, this book contains photos and biographies of all of the contributors to the documentary.
The DVD is an NTSC Region 0 disc that contains: “Amplified Gesture” - a documentary (duration 55 mins approx). A trailer for the documentary may be viewed here.
The Deluxe edition of Manafon is now sold out.
Manafon Audio:
5.1 dts surround sound mixed by David Sylvian
5.1 dolby surround sound mixed by David Sylvian
PCM Stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
Mastered by Tony Cousins @ Metropolis.
