Approaching Silence
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Released5 October 1999
RecordedTracks 1, 2: September 1990, Memphis Studios, engineered at Autonomy, London – Metropolis Studios, London – Track 3: 1994, Atma Sound, Minneapolis, mixed at Synergy Studios, Napa, 1999
Length73:45
| Approaching Silence | ||||
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| Released | 5 October 1999 | |||
| Recorded | Tracks 1, 2: September 1990, Memphis Studios, engineered at Autonomy, London – Metropolis Studios, London – Track 3: 1994, Atma Sound, Minneapolis, mixed at Synergy Studios, Napa, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Length | 73:45 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | David Sylvian | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Approaching Silence is a compilation album of ambient music by David Sylvian (along with Frank Perry and Robert Fripp)[3] collecting the tracks from the 1991 limited release Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory installation soundtrack CD as well as the soundtrack cassette from the installation "Redemption" (with Robert Fripp), whose exhibition ran from 30 August 1994 to 18 September, at the P3 Gallery in Tokyo.[4]
Approaching Silence was released on 5 October 1999 on Virgin Records (CDVE 943).
- "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" (Perry, Sylvian) – 32:56
- "Epiphany" (Sylvian) – 2:32
- "Approaching Silence" (Sylvian) – 38:17
