Since you are interested in The Empyrean (japanese edition), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
David Sylvian
Manafon (Digipak Edition) [ Simadhisound / CD - released 15/Sep/2009 ] On 'Manafon', David Sylvian pursues "a completely modern kind of chamber music. Intimate, dynamic, emotive, democratic, economical." |
High Places
High Places [ Mistletone Records / CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] This New York duo's signature sound is bass-heavy with crisp beats, lilting vocal melodies & syncopated rhythmic lines; performed on folk percussion instruments, including the manipulation of household objects. |
Little Joy
Little Joy [ Rough Trade Records / CD - released 19/Jan/2009 ] This CD is a tastefully executed cocktail of calypso-garage-folk that's reminiscent of both trashy lounge bars & tropical coast lines. 'Little Joy' features Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes and Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos. |
N.A.S.A. (North America South America)
The Spirit of Apollo [ Epitaph Records / CD - released 16/Feb/2009 ] Squeak E. Clean & DJ Zegon have created here some of the most unusual musical pairings ever recorded - including appearances from Kanye West; Santogold; Lykke Li; David Byrne; Chuck D; RZA; John Frusciante; Santogold; M.I.A., and many more. |
Protest the Hero
Scurrilous [ Vagrant Records / CD - released 11/Apr/2011 ] 'Scurrilous' is the group's third full-length album and boasts ten tracks of soaring guitar riffs, bone-chilling operatic vocals and some of the most personal lyrics Protest the Hero has written. |
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Old Money [ Stones Throw / CD - released 9/Mar/2009 ] Loosely based on the concept of exploitative industrialists and, well, their "old money", this album presents a 10-track collection of concise rock compositions, which range from progressive to psychedelic to downright funky. |