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David Sylvian

David Sylvian

Born: 1958-02-23 • Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

David Sylvian, born David Alan Batt, is an English singer-songwriter, musician and film director who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan.

On his solo records of the '80s, Sylvian's explorations in music took him from the pop-funk, stylish jazz and windswept exotica of 1984's Brilliant Trees; the ambient landscapes and epic ballads of 1985's Gone to Earth; and the romantic orchestrations of 1987's Secrets of the Beehive.

Filmography
Sleeping Dragon poster
Sleeping Dragon
2024
Brilliant Trees Sessions poster
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory poster
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018 • Narrator on "Life, Life" (voice)
A Gentle Glow poster
A Gentle Glow
2017 • (Voice)
async - first light poster
async - first light
2017
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Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope
2008
Japan - The Very Best Of poster
Japan - The Very Best Of
2006
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn poster
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005 • Self (segment "Red Guitar")
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Time Spent
1997 • Himself
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan poster
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan
1995
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Steel Cathedrals
1985 • Self
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Preparations For A Journey
1984
Japan: Oil On Canvas poster
Japan: Oil On Canvas
1982