Extracted from the recently-published biography, On The Periphery: David Sylvian: The Solo Years and introduced by author Chris Young, we come in on the former Japan lead-vocalist in the early-2000's having just relocated and set up his SamadhiSound studio, the seemingly-idyllic situation shattered by personal crises that would play themselves out on his ground-breaking and critically acclaimed Blemish
Heralding the start of the UK's 2017 festival season - and what a promising start it was too with the sun shining for most of the day - Thomas Hobbs, Patrick Clarke, Aurora Mitchell, Tara Joshi, Anna Wood and Christian Eede report back on what this year's edition of the festival had to offer. (Photographs by Valerio Berdini unless stated)