David Sylvian - Steel Cathedrals Part 1

Part 1 of a short film (1985) by David Sylvian and Yasayuki Yamaguchi, shot in two days in and around Tokyo, Japan. Soundtrack also by Sylvian and features the voice of Jean Cocteau.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• david
• sylvian
• Yasayuki
• Yamaguchi
• ambient
• industrial
• cocteau
• japan

[ripvanjonesy]

This is the track to my life; a bold claim but it caught me when I was just living a new life London and this caught all my private hopes and fears and loneliness. It made me feel strong and remote, like I was somewhere other than I really was, when I 'd rather have been somewhere else instead..

[Zloanne]

Ha ha I used to go to sleep to this music when I lived in London when I lived there in 1985-86...Wicked!!!

[themooninsilvertrees]

Very mesmerizing and beautiful, both audio and video. The fact that this was shot in 1985 Tokyo and the somewhat degraded quality of the image caused by the analogue nature of the storage medium definitely adds to its haunting and ethereal qualities for me personally. This is one of the rare pieces of art I encounter which manages to capture and convey a very specific type of nostalgia (which is not shared by many) and evokes indescribable sentiments of heartbrokenness in me. Do you feel it too?

[barrieshea]

Like morphogenic resonance to music. Amazing.

[alandschmidt]

fjlsadfjksdlafj

[marianmichalski]

pure art

[ogenopen]

nice 1

[chrisnoaro1]

@TheVoidArea Not all music videos of that time were "all about bright colours and quick edits" at all. Other people were doing stuff like this too, some, like Sylvian, closely connected with pop.

[enzomacintosh]

fantastic david....grazie...gracias....t­hanks...

[Garrison2]

I am not worthy!!