Snow Borne Sorrow

Snow Borne Sorrow is an album by Nine Horses, released in October 2005. Nine Horses is a collaboration between David Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Burnt Friedman. Other contributors include Norwegian trumpeter and Supersilent member Arve Henriksen, Swedish vocalist Stina Nordenstam, and Ryuichi Sakamoto on piano.

Snow Borne Sorrow
Studio album by
Released17 October 2005
Recorded2001–2005
USA and Cologne – Miloco 3,
Eden Studios, London
Shpere Studios, London
1k Recording Studio, Philadelphia
UTS Sound Stuido, University of Technology, Sydney
First Floor Rec., Copenhagen
GenreAlternative rock, jazz-rock
Length58:49
LabelSamadhi Sound
ProducerDavid Sylvian
David Sylvian chronology
The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)
(2005)
Snow Borne Sorrow
(2005)
Money for All
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media7.7/10[1]

Track listing

Writer's credits also indicate the track's arrangers and producers (except for track 7, omid Motzer). All lyrics are written by David Sylvian.

  1. "Wonderful World" (Sylvian, Jansen) – 6:02
  2. "Darkest Birds" (Sylvian, Jansen) – 5:03
  3. "The Banality of Evil" (Friedman, Sylvian) – 7:59
  4. "Atom and Cell" (Sylvian, Jansen) – 7:06
  5. "A History of Holes" (Friedman, Sylvian) – 8:02
  6. "Snow Borne Sorrow" (Jansen, Sylvian) – 6:23
  7. "The Day the Earth Stole Heaven" (Friedman, Motzer, Sylvian) – 3:19
  8. "Serotonin" (Friedman, Sylvian) – 5:54
  9. "The Librarian" (Friedman, Sylvian) – 9:01

Personnel

  • David Sylvian – vocals, keyboards (tracks 1-5, 7), guitar (1-3, 8)
  • Steve Jansen – drums (exc. 3, 6, 8), percussion (3-5, 7-9), sample programming (1, 2, 4, 6, 8), keyboards (1, 4, 6, 7)
  • Burnt Friedman – drum programming and keyboards (3), toy piano (5, 9), Korg MS-20 (7, 9), vocoder (7), loops and pan (9)
  • Keith Lowe – double bass (1), bass (2, 5, 7, 9)
  • Stina Nordenstam – vocals (1)
  • Arve Henriksen – trumpet (2, 4, 6)
  • Hayden Chisholm – clarinet (3, 7-9), sax (5, 7)
  • Theo Travis – sax (3 second solo, 5), flute (5)
  • Thomas Hass – sax (3 first solo, 7)
  • Morten Grønvad – vibraphone (3, 5, 7, 9)
  • Carsten Skøv – vibraphone (3)
  • Riff Pike III – electric guitar (3)
  • Neal Sutherland – bass (3)
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano (4, 6), piano treatment (6)
  • Tim Motzer – electric guitar (5, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (7)
  • Tim Elsenburg – electric guitar (5)
  • Joseph Suchy – electric guitar (7)
  • Daniel Schroeter – bass (8)
  • Eska G. Mtungwazi, Marcina Arnold – backing vocals (3)
  • Andrea Grant, Derek Green – backing vocals (4)
  • Beverlei Brown, Tommy Blaize – backing vocals (4, 7, 8)
Production
  • David Sylvian, Steve Jansen - recording and mixing (at Samadhisound)
  • Burnt Friedman - recording, mixing (7), editing (3, 5)
  • David Sylvian – executive production, art direction
  • Wes Mills – cover artwork
  • Chris Bigg – design


  • "Thanks to": Jan Bang, Richard Chadwick, Matthew Davidson (Motu), David de Almieda Sampaio, David Franzke, Robert Fripp, Yuka Fujii, Oke Göttlich, Axel Hartmann (Neuron), Jaki Liebezeit, Keith Lowe, Jerome Marcus (Sabian), MDM, David Millman, Wes Mills, Adrian Molloy, Byron at Moose Mastering, Patric Oliver (Popercussion), Judith Ruzicka, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Marcus Schmickler, Simon Stock (Musictrack), Joseph Suchy, Skúli Sverrisson, Yukihiro 'Happy' Yoshida (Tama), Cycling 74, Earthworks Audio (Alex Khenkin).

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