Plight and Premonition

Infobox Album |
Name = Plight and Premonition
Type = Album
Artist = David Sylvian and Holger Czukay


Released = March 1988
Recorded =
Genre = Avantgarde
Length = 34:50
Label = Venture
Producer = David Sylvian and Holger Czukay
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9ftxq85ldae]
Last album = "Secrets of the Beehive"
(1987)
This album = "Plight and Premonition"
(1988)
Next album = "Flux and Mutability"
(1989)

"Plight and Premonition" is the first of two collaborations between David Sylvian and Holger Czukay, "Flux and Mutability" being their second. It was released in March 1988. The music is ambient, makes use of 'found sounds' and consists of 2 instrumental tracks, both of which are over 15 minutes long.

Track listing

#"Plight (The Spiralling of Winter Ghosts)" - 18:30
#"Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)" - 16:21

Personnel and production

* David Sylvian - electric guitar, keyboards, piano, vibraphone, harmonium, record producer
* Holger Czukay - organ, piano, shortwave radio, treatments, producer
* Jaki Liebezeit - infra sound
* Karl Lippergaus - radio tuning

[http://www.czukay.de/history/discography/index.html Holger Czukay's discography]