David Sylvian
Alchemy: An Index Of Possibilities

David Sylvian, the fearless master of oriental symbolism, imaginative and sensitive.

Silence guides and shapes him, and what he learns from silence he returns to our hearing in the form of emotional purity. All his Albums are spiritual works, stimulating the heart, mind, and spirit to engage with each other, always striving to unite all that causes discrepancies and to smooth out all that causes friction.

"Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities" - "Alchemia: Un Indice di Possibilità" is tangible proof of this.

WORDS WITH THE SHAMAN - "Part I° Ancient Evening" - "Part II° Incantation" - "Part III° Awakening (Songs from Treetops)" - "PREPARATIONS FOR A JOURNEY" - "THE STIGMA OF CHILDHOOD (Kin)" - "BRIEF CONVERSATION ENDING IN FIVORCE" - "STEEL CATHEDRALS"

A preparatory and reflective journey, a perspective of being completely isolated from the subconscious.

The first track "The Word with the Shaman" is divided into three sub-tracks.

Part I° Evening descends the evening while walking in a remote place where the heat is suffocating and the vision becomes increasingly blurred, the thirst increases and the strength wanes, you feel there is no hope to survive, distant voices pervade the mind, the percussion accelerates the heartbeat.

Part II° The Incantation, you feel a hand resting on your head, it is an infinite sensation, capable of transmitting electric shocks and suddenly you raise your head and see the hand wanting to welcome yours, to hold it close and make it its own.

Part III° Awakening (Songs from Treetops) the sky that veils and a breeze pervades your body in sweet dances and in the awakening of the senses, and you realize there is a possibility to continue living in the heavenly Eden.

Preparation for a Journey into the past that will last a few seconds but will retrace your entire life, as in the oblivion of a deep coma, underground voices, floating oboe, call bells, and the whistle announcing departure... you are now ready for the ultimate journey.

The Stigma of Childhood (Kinship), the incarnation of a past life, being aware that everything is a continuous and innovative cycle, having been, still being, and being so forever.

A brief conclusion of conversation in divorce between the body and the soul to find only the approach with the spirit.

Steel Cathedrals, fortresses that can contain your living heart, nothing can rust them, not even rivers filled with tears, now you are safe, the smile has returned to your face, now you can sleep forever, word of the Shaman

Intuition accompanies David Sylvian in the experimentation of the tormented soul, a total catalepsy.