David Sylvian

Biography

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.

Known For

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory

async - first light

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

A Gentle Glow

Brilliant Trees Sessions

Sleeping Dragon

David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan

Japan: Oil On Canvas

All Movies (13)

• Sleeping Dragon2024
• Brilliant Trees Sessions2021
• Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory2018 · as Narrator on "Life, Life" (voice)
• A Gentle Glow2017 · as (Voice)
• async - first light2017
• Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope2008
• Japan - The Very Best Of2006
• The Work of Director Anton Corbijn2005 · as Self (segment "Red Guitar")
• Time Spent1997 · as Himself
• David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan1995
• Steel Cathedrals1985 · as Self
• Preparations For A Journey1984
• Japan: Oil On Canvas1982

All TV Shows (1)

• Riverside1982 · as Self