David Sylvian
Birthday
1958/02/23 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Also know as
David Alan Batt
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.
Acting
(1995) David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan
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(1984) Preparations For A Journey
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(2008) Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope
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(1985) Steel Cathedrals
as Self
(1982) Japan: Oil On Canvas
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(2018) Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
as Narrator on "Life, Life" (voice)
(2024) Sleeping Dragon
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(2005) The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
as Self (segment "Red Guitar")
(2017) async - first light
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(2006) Japan - The Very Best Of
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(2017) A Gentle Glow
as (Voice)