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David Sylvian (23 Feb 1958 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom

Releases (58)

Official

Album

  1. Brilliant Trees 07 Jul 1984
  2. Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities 14 Dec 1985
  3. Gone to Earth Sep 1986
  4. Secrets of the Beehive 1987
  5. Dead Bees on a Cake 29 Mar 1999
  6. Everything And Nothing Tour 01 2001
  7. Blemish 22 May 2003
  8. When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima 06 Aug 2007
  9. Manafon 14 Sep 2009
  10. Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations 18 May 2011
  11. Brilliant Trees / Secrets Of The Beehive 07 Jun 2011
  12. There's a Light That Enters Houses With No Other House in Sight 24 Nov 2014
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Album - Compilation

  1. Weatherbox 1989
  2. Brilliant Trees / Words With the Shaman 28 Jun 1999
  3. Approaching Silence 05 Oct 1999
  4. Everything and Nothing 17 Oct 2000
  5. Camphor 14 May 2002
  6. Sleepwalkers 27 Sep 2010
  7. A Victim of Stars 1982–2012 27 Feb 2012
  8. 'Do You Know Me Now?’ – The Samadhisound Box Set 24 Aug 2023
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Album - Live

  1. Orpheus 11 May 2017
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Album - Remix

  1. The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter 03 Feb 2005
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Single

  1. Red Guitar Jun 1984
  2. The Ink in the Well Aug 1984
  3. Pulling Punches 1984
  4. A Little Girls Dreams Of Taking The Veil 09 Aug 1986
  5. Silver Moon 1986
  6. Let the Happiness In Sep 1987
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Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. God's Monkey 1993
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Bootleg

Album

  1. Arrow to Shiva 1999
  2. Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1988 2003
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Album - Compilation

  1. Visions of Sylvian 1987
  2. Promise 2011
  3. Years Of Memories Vol. IV
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Album - Live

  1. 1988-05-30: In Praise of Shamans: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK 30 May 1988
  2. In Praise of Shamans 01 Dec 1988
  3. Live in Theatre 1988 1988
  4. 1992-03-06: The First Day: Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan 1992
  5. 1995-11-07: Slowfire: Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada 07 Nov 1995
  6. 2001-10-11: Everything and Nothing: Muziek Centrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands 2001
  7. 2001-10-23: Everything and Nothing: Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan 2001
  8. 2002-05-05: Everything and Nothing: Town Hall, New York, USA 05 May 2002
  9. 2003-10-13: Fire in the Forest: Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium 2003
  10. 2004-04-27: Fire in the Forest: Sankei Hall, Osaka, Japan 27 Apr 2004
  11. 2007-10-06: The World Is Everything: Schiller Theater, Berlin, Germany 06 Oct 2007
  12. 2007-10-29: The World Is Everything: Geijutsu Hall, Osaka, Japan 2007
  13. 2007-09-21: The World Is Everything: La Cigale, Paris, France 2007
  14. Slow Fire: A Personal Retrospective
  15. Exposed in Chicago
  16. 2004-04-24: Showa Joshi Hitomi Kinen Kohdoh, Tokyo, Japan
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Relationships (8)

Collaborator On

  1. N.M.L. NO MORE LANDMINE

Member Of

  1. Rain Tree Crow
  2. The Kilowatt Hour
  3. Japan
  4. Nine Horses

Married

  1. Ingrid Chavez (Feb 1992 - 2005)

Siblings

  1. Stephen Batt
  2. Steve Jansen

Recordings by (276)

  1. Forbidden Colours 5:54 (Jun 1984)
  2. Red Guitar 4:22 (Jun 1984) single mix
  3. Pulling Punches 5:02 (07 Jul 1984)
  4. The Ink in the Well 4:30 (07 Jul 1984)
  5. Nostalgia 5:41 (07 Jul 1984)
  6. Weathered Wall 5:44 (07 Jul 1984)
  7. Backwaters 4:52 (07 Jul 1984)
  8. Brilliant Trees 8:39 (07 Jul 1984)
  9. Weathered Wall (Instrumental) ?:?? (Aug 1984)
  10. Backwaters (remix) 4:46 (1984)
  11. Words with the Shaman, Part 1: Ancient Evening 5:15 (14 Dec 1985)
  12. Words With the Shaman, Part 3: Awakening (Songs From the Treetops) 5:18 (14 Dec 1985)
  13. Words With the Shaman, Part 2: Incantation 3:29 (14 Dec 1985)
  14. Preparations for a Journey 3:40 (14 Dec 1985)
  15. Steel Cathedrals 18:57 (14 Dec 1985)
  16. Taking The Veil (Remix) 6:36 (09 Aug 1986)
  17. Taking The Veil (Album Version) 4:39 (09 Aug 1986)
  18. Answered Prayers 3:07 (09 Aug 1986)
  19. A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky 3:16 (09 Aug 1986)
  20. The Healing Place 5:34 (Sep 1986)
  21. Where the Railroad Meets the Sea 2:53 (Sep 1986)
  22. The Wooden Cross 5:04 (Sep 1986)
  23. Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples 2:22 (Sep 1986)
  24. Camp Fire Coyote Country 3:51 (Sep 1986)
  25. Home 4:33 (Sep 1986)
  26. Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees 3:02 (Sep 1986)
  27. Upon This Earth 6:22 (Sep 1986)
  28. The Beekeeper's Apprentice 32:55 (Sep 1986)
  29. Taking the Veil 4:40 (Sep 1986)
  30. Laughter and Forgetting 3:18 (Sep 1986)
  31. Gone to Earth 3:06 (Sep 1986)
  32. Wave 9:11 (Sep 1986)
  33. River Man 4:54 (Sep 1986)
  34. Silver Moon 6:19 (Sep 1986)
  35. Laughter & Forgetting 2:40 (Sep 1986)
  36. Before the Bullfight 9:45 (Sep 1986)
  37. Buoy (remix) 5:52 (Sep 1987)
  38. Let the Happiness In 5:37 (Sep 1987)
  39. Blue of Noon 5:39 (Sep 1987)
  40. Forbidden Colours (Version) 6:03 (1987)
  41. Waterfront 3:23 (1987)
  42. September 1:18 (1987)
  43. The Boy With the Gun 5:18 (1987)
  44. Maria 2:50 (1987)
  45. Orpheus 4:51 (1987)
  46. The Devil’s Own 3:12 (1987)
  47. When Poets Dreamed of Angels 4:47 (1987)
  48. Mother and Child 3:15 (1987)
  49. Ancient Evening 8:00 (30 May 1988)
  50. Incantation 5:25 (30 May 1988)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Mother and Child 3:15 David Sylvian (1987)

Performer

  1. Some Small Hope 4:10 Virginia Astley (1986) guest

Instruments

  1. Ghosts 4:32 Japan (28 Nov 1981) tape, keyboard
  2. Bamboo Music 4:40 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982) keyboard
  3. Bamboo Houses 5:24 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982) keyboard
  4. Preparations for a Journey 3:40 David Sylvian (14 Dec 1985)
  5. Words With the Shaman, Part 3: Awakening (Songs From the Treetops) 5:18 David Sylvian (14 Dec 1985) tape, keyboard, guitar
  6. Steel Cathedrals 18:57 David Sylvian (14 Dec 1985) percussion, tape, keyboard
  7. Words With the Shaman, Part 2: Incantation 3:29 David Sylvian (14 Dec 1985) tape, keyboard, guitar
  8. Words With the Shaman, Part 1: Ancient Evening 5:15 David Sylvian (14 Dec 1985) tape, keyboard, guitar
  9. Wave 9:11 David Sylvian (Sep 1986) keyboard
  10. River Man 4:54 David Sylvian (Sep 1986) keyboard, guitar
  11. Gone to Earth 3:06 David Sylvian (Sep 1986) guitar
  12. Taking the Veil 4:40 David Sylvian (Sep 1986) keyboard, guitar
  13. Silver Moon 6:19 David Sylvian (Sep 1986) keyboard, guitar
  14. Land 4:20 Mick Karn (09 Mar 1987) additional, keyboard
  15. Let the Happiness In 5:37 David Sylvian (Sep 1987) organ, synthesizer
  16. Perfect Days 3:41 土屋昌巳 (21 Oct 1987) guitar, piano
  17. The Boy With the Gun 5:18 David Sylvian (1987) organ, synthesizer, acoustic guitar
  18. September 1:18 David Sylvian (1987) piano
  19. When Poets Dreamed of Angels 4:47 David Sylvian (1987) acoustic guitar
  20. Orpheus 4:51 David Sylvian (1987) synthesizer, acoustic guitar
  21. The Devil’s Own 3:12 David Sylvian (1987) synthesizer, piano
  22. Maria 2:50 David Sylvian (1987) synthesizer
  23. The Stigma of Childhood (Kin) 8:30 David Sylvian (Oct 1989)

Vocals

  1. Ghosts 4:32 Japan (28 Nov 1981)
  2. Bamboo Houses 5:24 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982)
  3. Bamboo Music 4:40 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982)
  4. Forbidden Colours 4:42 坂本龍一 and David Sylvian (May 1983) guest, lead vocals
  5. Taking the Veil 4:40 David Sylvian (Sep 1986)
  6. Laughter and Forgetting 3:18 David Sylvian (Sep 1986)
  7. Silver Moon 6:19 David Sylvian (Sep 1986)
  8. Gone to Earth 3:06 David Sylvian (Sep 1986)
  9. River Man 4:54 David Sylvian (Sep 1986)
  10. Wave 9:11 David Sylvian (Sep 1986)
  11. When Love Walks In 6:13 Mick Karn (09 Mar 1987) guest
  12. Mother and Child 3:15 David Sylvian (1987)

Remixed

  1. Bamboo Houses 5:24 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982)
  2. Backwaters (remix) 4:46 David Sylvian (1984)
  3. Buoy (remix) 5:52 David Sylvian (Sep 1987)

Produced

  1. The Width of a Room 3:14 Japan (Oct 1980)
  2. Bamboo Houses 5:24 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982)
  3. Bamboo Music 4:40 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982)
  4. Mother and Child 3:15 David Sylvian (1987)
  5. The Stigma of Childhood (Kin) 8:30 David Sylvian (Oct 1989)
  6. Pop Song 4:35 David Sylvian (Oct 1989) co

Programming

  1. Bamboo Houses 5:24 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982) keyboard
  2. Bamboo Music 4:40 Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian (30 Jul 1982) keyboard

Mixed

  1. River Man 4:54 David Sylvian (Sep 1986)
  2. Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel) 16:21 David Sylvian & Holger Czukay (21 Mar 1988)

Credited as (46)

  1. David Sylvian
  2. David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
  3. David Sylvian & Russell Mills
  4. David Sylvian & Holger Czukay
  5. 坂本龍一 and David Sylvian
  6. Blonde Redhead feat. David Sylvian
  7. David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Amedeo Pace, Keigo Oyamada & Sketch Show
  8. Tweaker feat. David Sylvian
  9. Robert Fripp & David Sylvian
  10. 高木正勝 feat. David Sylvian
  11. Readymade FC feat. David Sylvian
  12. Fennesz with David Sylvian
  13. L A N D feat. David Sylvian
  14. Stephan Mathieu & David Sylvian
  15. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto
  16. Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian
  17. Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian feat. Ingrid Chavez
  18. Sylvian / Sakamoto
  19. Sylvian / Sakamoto feat. Ingrid Chavez
  20. Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. David Sylvian
  21. Joan as Police Woman feat. David Sylvian
  22. 坂本龍一 feat. David Sylvian & Ingrid Chavez
  23. 坂本龍一 feat. David Sylvian
  24. Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni feat. David Sylvian
  25. Mick Karn feat. David Sylvian
  26. Ryuichi Sakamoto / David Sylvian
  27. David Sylvian & 坂本龍一
  28. 坂本龍一 feat. デヴィッド・シルヴィアン
  29. David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto
  30. Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit featuring David Sylvian
  31. Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. David Sylvian & Ingrid Chavez
  32. Rhodri Davies / David Sylvian / Mark Wastell
  33. David Sylvian with Jon Hassell • Steve Jansen • Holger Czukay
  34. Sylvian Czukay
  35. 坂本龍一 & David Sylvian
  36. Ryuichi Sakamato & David Sylvian
  37. David Sylvian & Jon Hassell • Steve Jansen • Holger Czukay
  38. Readymade FC Featuring David Sylvian
  39. Riuichi Sakamoto/David Sylvian
  40. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sugimoto
  41. Ryuichi Sakamoto/David Sylvian
  42. Ready Made FC featuring David Sylvian
  43. Sakamoto・Sylvian
  44. Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian
  45. David Sylvain & Ryuichi Sakamoto
  46. Isabelle Adjani feat. David Sylvian

Works (220)

Wrote

  1. A Fire in the Forest (2004)
  2. Linoleum
  3. Buoy
  4. When Love Walks In
  5. Gone to Earth
  6. Life Without Buildings
  7. The Scent of Magnolia
  8. A Foreign Place
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Composed

  1. European Son
  2. Cries and Whispers
  3. Weathered Wall
  4. Firepower
  5. Brightness Falls
  6. 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman’s Song)
  7. Darshan (The Road to Graceland)
  8. September
  9. The Boy With the Gun
  10. Maria
  11. Orpheus
  12. The Devil's Own
  13. When Poets Dreamed of Angels
  14. Mother and Child
  15. Let the Happiness In
  16. Waterfront
  17. Canton
  18. Visions of China
  19. Sons of Pioneers
  20. Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)
  21. Blackwater
  22. Every Colour You Are
  23. God’s Monkey
  24. Pulling Punches
  25. The Ink in the Well
  26. Nostalgia
  27. Red Guitar
  28. Backwaters
  29. Brilliant Trees
  30. Fall in Love With Me
  31. Despair
  32. In Vogue
  33. Halloween
  34. Alien
  35. The Other Side of Life
  36. Upon This Earth
  37. Transmission
  38. Approaching Silence
  39. Mutability (A New Beginning Is in the Offing)
  40. Epiphany
  41. Bamboo Houses
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Lyrics

  1. European Son
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Links (43)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.davidsylvian.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/S/Sylvian,_David/
  2. https://www.whosampled.com/David-Sylvian/
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91-063750
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13900230m
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91063750
  6. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/david_sylvian
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/122450612
  8. https://www.livefans.jp/artists/86296
  9. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/david-sylvian/
  10. https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000086572/POPULAR/
  11. https://www.45cat.com/artist/david-sylvian

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-11504/david-sylvian/lyrics.html
  2. https://genius.com/artists/David-sylvian
  3. https://www.musixmatch.com/artist/David-Sylvian

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/David+Sylvian

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/118942

Bandsintown

  1. https://www.bandsintown.com/a/64170

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/10069

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000183139

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1477687/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/15652901

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519273

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/20969

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/1592
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oyWkw7sq99yqj12hVUHtw

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://mora.jp/artist/33426/all
  2. https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/interpreter/david-sylvian/47139
  3. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/13725968
  4. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/13725968

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/person/700260684

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/10921
  2. https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/interpreter/david-sylvian/47139
  3. https://music.amazon.com/artists/B001E6X6ZK
  4. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/13725968
  5. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/13725968

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.davidsylvian.net/

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DavidSylvianNov82.JPG

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/719db6b1-0d91-458c-8d18-875ec44105bf

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/DavidSylvianOfficial
  2. https://twitter.com/davidsylvian58
  3. https://www.threads.net/@davidsylvian258
  4. https://www.instagram.com/davidsylvian258/