David Sylvian & Mick Karn ----- When Love Walks In
A decade since Mick's passing on this day (January 4, 2011).
Mick was one of those players with a unique style and is best known as the bassist and also played woodwind instruments, mainly clarinet and saxophone for Japan. Mick moved to the UK from Cyprus in the early 1960s and met the three other founding members of Japan at school in London. Inside and outside Japan, Mick developed a distinctive and original bass sound instantly recognizable as his own. Mick was mainly a self-taught musician and many feel he changed the perception of how the bass is played and heard forever.
After Japan, Mick worked in many areas of music, experimenting in jazz, ambient and prog, and continued to create his own indefinable music as a solo artist and in collaboration with other great musicians, including Gary Numan, Midge Ure, Kate Bush ex-members of Japan. For a taste of Mick’s work solo, look for his first solo album, "Titles" and the Dali’s Car collaboration, 'The Waking Hour'.
There’s something in the air
It’s never felt like this before
A turning of the tide
A slamming of both the doors
I find myself a quiet place that no one’s ever seen
A blazing sun will shine upon the road ahead of me
When love walks in
I see it in their eyes
The flames to burn the final straw
The heathen struck the match and lit the fire
A wish fulfilled and nothing more
Why take me now there’s nothing more
Just hold me close and say good-bye
There’ll be tomorrow’s given time
Just close your eyes and leave this behind
Then love walks in
Like waves of golden sand
heavenly floating seas
The power in their hands, bring mountains to their knees