David Sylvian
February 23, 1958 (66 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Sleeping Dragon as
- 2018 · Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory as Narrator on "Life, Life" (voice)
- 2017 · async - first light as
- 2008 · Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope as
- 2006 · Japan - The Very Best Of as
- 2005 · The Work of Director Anton Corbijn as Self (segment "Red Guitar")
- 1995 · David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan as
- 1985 · Steel Cathedrals as Self
- 1984 · Preparations For A Journey as
- 1982 · Japan: Oil On Canvas as