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
Riverside
1982
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
2018
async - first light
2017
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
Preparations For A Journey
1984
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan
1995
A Gentle Glow
2017
The Collector
2002
Japan: Oil On Canvas
1982
Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope
2008
Steel Cathedrals
1985