David Sylvian
Known for ActingBorn 1958-02-23Beckenham, 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.
Known for
async - first light
2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018 · as Narrator on "Life, Life" (voice)
A Gentle Glow
2017 · as (Voice)
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005 · as Self (segment "Red Guitar")
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
Japan - The Very Best Of
2006
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan
1995
Japan: Oil On Canvas
1982
Preparations For A Journey
1984
Steel Cathedrals
1985 · as Self
Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope
2008
Sleeping Dragon
2024
Time Spent
1997 · as Himself