Plight & Premonition is the first of two collaborations between David Sylvian and Holger Czukay. Album produced by David Sylvian and Holger Czukay.

Artwork – Mekon (2). Composed By – David Sylvian, Holger Czukay. Effects – Jaki Liebezeit. Electronics – Karl Lippergaüs. Lacquer Cut By – JA. Mixed By – David Sylvian (tracks: B), Holger Czukay. Piano, Other, Orchestrated By – Holger Czukay. Producer – Holger Czukay. Technician – Holger Czukay (tracks: A). Notes.

When David Sylvian set about making his first solo album, 1984’s Brilliant Trees, he enlisted a handful of former collaborators, including Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder Ryuichi Sakamoto as well as his Japan bandmates Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri. The most crucial contributions, though, came from an artist with whom he had never worked before: Holger Czukay. Surprisingly, Sylvian’s interest in the German artist’s work derived not from the latter’s tenure in the pioneering krautrock band Can but from his solo albums, particularly his 1979 release Movies. Where Czukay left his most lasting mark was as an improviser. Those qualities, and the two men’s friendship, kept their paths intersecting through the 1980s.

Tracks: 01. Plight (The Spiralling of Winter Ghosts) (18:30) 02. 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.

Plight & Premonition is the first of two collaborations between David Sylvian and Can's bassist Holger Czukay, Flux + 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 tracks were subsequently remixed by Sylvian in 2002, but these remained unissued until 2018, when they were released by Grönland Records in a double album set combined with the recordings for Flux + Mutability. Jaki Liebezeit – infra sound. Karl Lippegaus – radio tuning. Yuka Fujii – design, photography (assisted by Icon, London). David Sylvian the official charts.

Plight & Premonition is the first of two collaborations between David Sylvian and Holger Czukay. It consists of two instrumental tracks, both of which are over 15 minutes long. Yuka Fujii - design, photography (assisted by Icon, London) Mekon - artwork.

In retrospect the album plays better as an unbroken composition, with the tentative "Plight" (mostly assembled by Czukay in his home studio laboratory) blossoming into the even more lovely "Premonition", the latter actually recorded live without overdubs. Heard together, the two halves complete a single piece of music sounding as natural and sustaining (and as easy to ignore) as the pulse of blood moving through your heart at this exact moment.

African Flute, Percussion, Sounds. Assistant, Mixing, Technical Advisor.

David Sylvian + Holger Czukay ‎– Plight & Premonition Label: Venture ‎– 2-90904 Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: Mar 1988 Genre: Electronic Style: Abstract, Drone, Ambient. 1. Plight (The Spiralling Of Winter Ghosts) Mixed By – Holger Czukay Technician – Holger Czukay 18:30 2. Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel) Mixed By – David Sylvian, Holger Czukay 16:21. Recorded At – Can Studio Mastered At – Nimbus