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 Sylvian in 1982 | |
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| Birth name | David Alan Batt |
| Born | 23 February 1958 |
| Origin | Beckenham, England |
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| Years active | 1974–present |
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| Website | davidsylvian |
.jpg) David Sylvian's signature (1978) | |
David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt; 23 February 1958)[6] is an English musician, singer and songwriter who came to prominence in the late 1970s as frontman and principal songwriter of the band Japan.[7] The band's androgynous look and increasingly electronic sound made them an important influence on the UK's early-1980s New Romantic scene.[4]
Following their break-up, Sylvian embarked on a solo career with his debut album Brilliant Trees (1984). 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, Jon Hassell, Bill Nelson and Fennesz.[8]
While his recordings of the 1980s and 1990s were a mixture of pop, jazz fusion, and avant-garde experimentalism mixed with ambient, his more recent compositions have drawn increasingly on musical minimalism and free improvisation.
- ^ Harvell, Jess. "Review: Sleepwalkers – David Sylvian". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Hegarty, Paul; Halliwell, Martin (2011), Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock Since the 1960s, New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-8264-2332-0
- ^ "The Cure's Robert Smith, David Sylvian, and other New-Wave icons in bizarre Japanese Manga". Post-punk.com. 29 January 2018.
- ^ a b Tago Mago > Review, AllMusic, retrieved 16 June 2010
- ^ Mason, Stewart. "Japan – "Taking Islands in Africa"". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (first ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2434. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "David Sylvian – Discography". AllMusic. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "David Sylvian – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 January 2015.