Just a bump to say that...
a) I still haven't listened to Tin Drum just yet
b) I think that this man is still one of the most overlooked talents in British music regardless of that
c) I've since got hold of a whole bunch more of his albums
d) I've been listening to the said ambient side parts of his discography
And these two are the best I've heard;
^ Plight & Premonition with ex-Canman Holger Czukay and...
^ ...something he did all by himself, namely Approaching Silence.
Both of them are pretty immense to tell you the truth. Plight & Premonition there has a lot in common the minimalist, spacey atmospherics of Brain Eno's Ambient series, and probably not such a safe bet if you're not into that kinda thing. That's not to say that Approaching Silence is bubblegum pop by comparison, but the changing musical passages are lot more noticeable, and there's the odd spoken-word vocal from Sylvian in there too - a lot more proggy, certainly to these ears anyway.
I'll find an excuse to review one them someday, you can be sure of that
