坂本龍一 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Silk (2LP Edition) Artist_Birds Of Passage After a 13-year hiatus Swans

After a 13-year hiatus Swans prove they've still got it Michael Gira's decision to revive Swans after a 13-year hiatus pays dividends with this striking

Opening the album

though the divers’ sorrowful music – sung and clapped in a polyrhythmic style known as fijiri – lives on

but it is sadness of a rarified form: the pensive

坂本龍一 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Silk (2LP Edition) Artist_Birds Of Passage After a 13-year hiatus SwansThis period drama from director Franois Girard follows a silkworm merchant turned smuggler across the landscapes of Europe, Egypt, Russia, and Japan, unfolding like a travelogue set to a sweeping orchestral score by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Depicting the journey from the snow covered Siberian steppe to Japan, the track First Trip to Japan begins with a melancholic string melody that expands to a majestic soundscape led by horns and cymbals, ultimately