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David Sylvian

DAVID SYLVIAN

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Also known asDavid Alan BattD SlyvianD SylvianD, SylvianD-SylvianD. SulvianD. SylvainD. SylvianD.S.D.SylvianDF. SylvianDSDSyDadid SylvianDavidDavid EnlvianDavid SilvianDavid SilvyanDavid SullivanDavid SyhianDavid SylivianDavid SylvainDavid Sylvian Of JapanDavid SylwianDavid SyvianSavid SylvianSilvianSylvainSylvianデヴィット・シルヴィアンデヴィッド・シルビアンデヴィッド・シルヴィアン

Member of

Rain Tree CrowRyuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian Japan David Sylvian & Robert Fripp Nine Horses N.M.L. No More Landmine

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Rain Tree Crow

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Mark Hollis

No-Man

Jon Hassell

Jon Hassell

Hector Zazou

Music videos by David Sylvian

Music videos

David Sylvian — David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees

David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees

David Sylvian — When Poets Dreamed Of Angels

Releases

Albums

Upon This Fleeting Dream

2022

Wandermüde

2012

Uncommon Deities

2012

The Good Son Vs The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)

2005

Everything & Nothing USA Tour 2002

2002

Marco Polo

1995

EPs

Vermilion Hours

2025

Playing The Schoolhouse

2015

Out In The Sticks

2005

Heartbeat EP

Heartbeat EP

Singles

Dead Bees On a Cake

Dead Bees On a Cake

1999

Approaching Silence

1999

TOTP - New Romantics

TOTP - New Romantics

Other

The First Day

The First Day

Secrets of the Beehive

Secrets of the Beehive

Brilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman

Brilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman

When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima

When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima

Cinemage

Cinemage

MONSTER (Original Soundtrack)

MONSTER (Original Soundtrack)

Babel - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

Babel - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

Brilliant Trees

Brilliant Trees

A Victim of Stars 1982–2012

A Victim of Stars 1982–2012

Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

Everything and Nothing

Everything and Nothing

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Damage

Damage

Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music

Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music

Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Sleepwalkers (2022 Version)

Sleepwalkers (2022 Version)

COIEDA

COIEDA

Sleepwalkers (2010 Version)

Sleepwalkers (2010 Version)

Blemish

Blemish

Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

Tracks by David Sylvian

50+ tracks in our catalogue

125 SpheresManafon

182/9Out In The Sticks

20Th Century Dreaming

20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)The First Day

A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless SkyGone to Earth

A Certain Slant of Light

A Fire In The Forest

125 SpheresManafon
20Th Century Dreaming
20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)The First Day
A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless SkyGone to Earth
A Certain Slant of Light
A Fire In The ForestBlemish
A Little Girls Dreams Of Taking The Veil
Albuquerque (Dobro #6)Everything and Nothing
All of My Mother's NamesDead Bees on a Cake
Alphabet AngelDead Bees on a Cake

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Forbidden Colours

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for the love of life

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Orpheus

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When Poets Dreamed Of Angels

David Sylvian — I Surrender

I Surrender

David Sylvian — Pulling Punches

Pulling Punches

David Sylvian — Red Guitar

Red Guitar

David Sylvian — Krishna Blue

Krishna Blue

David Sylvian — David Sylvian - Silver Moon

David Sylvian - Silver Moon

David Sylvian — The Boy With The Gun

The Boy With The Gun

Blemish

A Fire In The Forest (Remixed By Readymade FC)The Good Son Vs The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)

A Little Girls Dreams Of Taking The Veil

A Poppy BlossomsUpon This Fleeting Dream

Albuquerque (Dobro #6)Everything and Nothing

All of My Mother's NamesDead Bees on a Cake

Alphabet AngelDead Bees on a Cake

Anomaly at Taw Head (A Haunting)Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Answered PrayersGone to Earth

Aparna and Nimisha (Dobro #5)Everything and Nothing

Approaching SilenceApproaching Silence

ArabesqueVermilion Hours

Arabesque (Short Version)Vermilion Hours

BackwatersBrilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman

BackwatersBrilliant Trees

Bamboo Houses (Remix)A Victim of Stars 1982–2012

Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music

Bamboo MusicBamboo Houses / Bamboo Music

Before the BullfightGone to Earth

BlackwaterEverything & Nothing USA Tour 2002

Blemish (Remixed By Akira Rabelais)The Good Son Vs The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)

Blemish (Remixed By Burnt Friedman)The Good Son Vs The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)

Blemish (Remixed By Burnt Friedman)Do You Know Me Now?’: The Samadhisound Box Set

Blinding Light of HeavenDamage

Boy With The GunEverything & Nothing USA Tour 2002

Brightness FallsThe First Day

Brilliant TreesBrilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman

Brilliant TreesBrilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman

Brilliant TreesBrilliant Trees

Bringing Down The LightThe First Day

BucharaMarco Polo

BuoyEverything & Nothing USA Tour 2002

Café EuropaDead Bees on a Cake

Camp Fire: Coyote CountryGone to Earth

Cherry Blossoms Fall On A Half-Eaten DumplingUpon This Fleeting Dream

Come MorningMarco Polo

Cover Me With FlowersEverything & Nothing USA Tour 2002

Cover Me With FlowersEverything and Nothing

Dark PastoralWandermüde

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Brilliant Trees

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Silver Moon

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September

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Let the Happiness In

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Before the Bullfight

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Nostalgia

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Damage

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When Poets Dreamed of Angels

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Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning To The Womb

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