David Sylvian
Acting
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
2024Sleeping Dragon
2021Brilliant Trees Sessions
2018Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
Narrator on "Life, Life" (voice)
2017async - first light
2017A Gentle Glow
(Voice)
2006Japan - The Very Best Of
2005The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Self (segment "Red Guitar")
1995David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan
1982Japan: Oil On Canvas