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David Sylvian

David Sylvian is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as frontman of the band Japan. The band's androgynous look and increasingly electronic sound made them an important influence on the UK's early-1980s New Romantic scene. Following their breakup, Sylvian embarked on a solo career with his debut album Brilliant Trees. His solo work has been described by AllMusic as "far-ranging and esoteric," and has included collaborations with artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, Holger Czukay, and Fennesz.

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	Top Songs	Album
1	World Citizen (Ryoji Ikeda Remix)	World Citizen	4:59
2	World Citizen (Long Version)	World Citizen	6:43
3	World Citizen - I Won't Be Disappointed (Long Version)	World Citizen	6:17
4	World Citizen (Short Version)	World Citizen	4:06
5	World Citizen - i won't be disappointed/looped piano	Babel - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Rhapsody Exclusive Bonus Track)	5:48
6	World Citizen - I Won't Be Disappointed (Short Version)	World Citizen	4:08
7	Camphor	Camphor	3:10
8	Taking The Veil	A Victim Of Stars 1982-2012	4:41
9	Where's Your Gravity?	Do You Know Me Now?	5:37
10	Pop Song	A Victim Of Stars 1982-2012	4:32

Albums

Manafon is a 2009 album by David Sylvian. It is an avant-garde work combining elements of free improvisation, experimental rock and chamber music. It reached rank No. 6 in The Wire's list of best 2009 albums.

Blemish is the sixth solo album by David Sylvian. Following Sylvian's acquittal from Virgin Records and free from a record contract, he built a home studio, Samadhi Sound Studio, and recorded Blemish in early 2003. The album was inspired by, and documents, the disintegration of Sylvian's relationship with his wife, Ingrid Chavez, marking a turning point in Sylvian's lyrics as they became more personal and open and less oblique. Wanting to find a new musical vocabulary for himself, he recorded the album in a relatively quick, six-week duration, improvising the eight songs on the album as he went. It features guest appearances from avant-garde guitarist Derek Bailey, and Austrian guitarist and electronic musician Fennesz.
The album is experimental in its use of electronics and sound and marks a stark departure in Sylvian's musical career, featuring lesser occurrences of melody and an increasingly avant-garde, ambient direction. Sylvian felt the album functioned as a cartharsis, and recording the album helped him worked through difficult emotions.

Dead Bees On A Cake (Deluxe Edition)

Secrets Of The Beehive (Remastered 2003)

Secrets of the Beehive is the fourth solo album by British singer-songwriter David Sylvian and was released in 1987. Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian, the album features Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Torn, Mark Isham and Steve Jansen among others. The album peaked at no.37 in the UK album chart.

Alchemy - An Index Of Possibilities

Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities is David Sylvian's second solo album, released in 1985 on cassette only and produced by Sylvian and Nigel Walker. It was reissued in its original form on CD in Japan in 1991.

Brilliant Trees (Remastered 2003)

Brilliant Trees is the first solo album by the British singer-songwriter David Sylvian, released in 1984. The album peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.

A Victim Of Stars 1982-2012

Everything & Nothing

Everything and Nothing is a compilation album by David Sylvian. Released in October 2000, the album contains previously unreleased, re-recorded, and lesser-known tracks from Sylvian's twenty years with Virgin Records. The record peaked at no.57 in the UK albums chart.
It was released in two versions. A standard 2CD jewel case and as a limited edition 3CD digipak.
In addition to old favourites from Sylvian's solo career and earlier with the group Japan, the album also includes previously unreleased material along with collaborations. The songs "Come Morning" and "Golden Way" were taken from the 1995 album Marco Polo by the World music duo Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni, on which Sylvian provided vocals for three of the songs.
Several tracks on the album were recorded during the making of Sylvian's 1999 album Dead Bees on a Cake but did not make the final cut on the album.
In terms of sales the album was not overly successful, but received a positive response from the music critics of the era.

Camphor is a David Sylvian compilation album released in 2002 as a companion to Everything and Nothing. The focus is on his instrumental work. The album, nonetheless, has two previously unreleased tracks: "The Song Which Gives the Key to Perfection" and "Camphor".
"Wave" has been cut to the last segment of the original song, so that the vocal parts have been deleted, and it has been orchestrated. In "Mother and Child", the vocal parts have been replaced by the trumpet. "Upon This Earth" is shorter and re-recorded.
It was released in two versions. A standard single disc jewel case and as a limited edition 2CD digipak.

Approaching Silence

Approaching Silence is a compilation album of ambient music by David Sylvian collecting the tracks from the 1991 limited release Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory installation soundtrack CD as well as the soundtrack cassette from the installation "Redemption", staged in August 1994 at the P3 Gallery in Tokyo.
It was released on 5 October 1999 on Virgin Records.

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