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David Sylvian

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Babel - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

Babel - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

Sleepwalkers (2022 Version)

Sleepwalkers (2022 Version)

Brilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman

Brilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

COIEDA

COIEDA

Sleepwalkers (2010 Version)

Sleepwalkers (2010 Version)

Blemish

Blemish

Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

There’s a Light That Enters Houses with No Other House in Sight

There’s a Light That Enters Houses with No Other House in Sight

World Citizen

World Citizen

Jean the Birdman

Jean the Birdman

Do You Know Me Now?’: The Samadhisound Box Set

Do You Know Me Now?’: The Samadhisound Box Set

Manafon

Manafon

Cinemage

Cinemage

The First Day

The First Day

Secrets of the Beehive

Secrets of the Beehive

Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations

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

Other Editions

MONSTER (Original Soundtrack)

MONSTER (Original Soundtrack)

EPs

Heartbeat EP

Heartbeat EP

Tracks by David Sylvian

151 tracks in our catalogue

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

David Sylvian — 125 Spheres (from Manafon)
David Sylvian — 20Th Century Dreaming
David Sylvian — 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) (from The First Day)
David Sylvian — A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky (from Gone to Earth)
David Sylvian — A Certain Slant of Light
David Sylvian — A Fire In The Forest (from Blemish)
David Sylvian — A Little Girls Dreams Of Taking The Veil
David Sylvian — Albuquerque (Dobro #6) (from Everything and Nothing)
David Sylvian — All of My Mother's Names (from Dead Bees on a Cake)
David Sylvian — Alphabet Angel (from Dead Bees on a Cake)
David Sylvian — Anomaly at Taw Head (A Haunting) (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)
David Sylvian — Answered Prayers (from Gone to Earth)
David Sylvian — Aparna and Nimisha (Dobro #5) (from Everything and Nothing)
David Sylvian — Backwaters (from Brilliant Trees)
David Sylvian — Bamboo Houses

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Forbidden Colours

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for the love of life

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Orpheus

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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

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

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

Blinding Light of HeavenDamage

Brightness FallsThe First Day

Brilliant TreesBrilliant Trees

Bringing Down The LightThe First Day

Café EuropaDead Bees on a Cake

Camp Fire: Coyote CountryGone to Earth

Cover Me With FlowersEverything and Nothing

Darkest DreamingDead Bees on a Cake

Darshan (The Road to Graceland)The First Day

Died in the WoolDied in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Do You Know Me Now?

Dobro 1Dead Bees on a Cake

Earthbound (Starblind)Jean the Birdman

Emily DickinsonDied in the Wool / Manafon Variations

EndgameJean the Birdman

Every Colour You Are

Exit/DeleteSleepwalkers (2010 Version)

FirepowerThe First Day

Five LinesSleepwalkers (2010 Version)

for the love of lifeMONSTER (Original Soundtrack)

Forbidden Colours

Forbidden Colours (Live at Takemitsu Memorial Hall, 1998)Cinemage

Forbidden Colours (Version)Secrets of the Beehive

God ManDead Bees on a Cake

God's MonkeyThe First Day

Gone to EarthDamage

Gone to Earth (Remix)Gone to Earth

Grains (Sweet Paulownia Wood) - David Sylvian RemodelA Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto - To The Moon and Back

Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning To The WombHeartbeat EP

Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) (Remix)A Victim of Stars 1982–2012

HomeGone to Earth

How Little We Need To Be HappyBlemish

I Should Not DareDied in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Jean the Birdman

Krishna BlueDead Bees on a Cake

Late Night ShoppingBlemish

Late Night Shopping (Chris Vrenna Remix)

Late Night Shopping (tweaking the tweaker remix)

Laughter & ForgettingGone to Earth

Laughter and forgetting - 2003 digital remaster

Let the Happiness In

Let the happiness in - 2003 - remaster

ManafonDied in the Wool / Manafon Variations

MariaSecrets of the Beehive

Midnight SunDead Bees on a Cake

Modern InteriorSleepwalkers (2022 Version)

Mother and ChildSecrets of the Beehive

NostalgiaBrilliant Trees

Orpheus - 2003 - remaster

Pollen PathDead Bees on a Cake

PraiseDead Bees on a Cake

Praise (Pratah Smarami)

Preparations For A Journey - 2003 Digital Remaster

Promise (The Cult of Eurydice)Secrets of the Beehive

Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice) - 2003 Digital Remaster

Pulling Punches

Random Acts of Senseless ViolenceDied in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Red guitar - 2003 - remaster

RideEverything and Nothing

River ManGone to Earth

River Man - 2003 Digital Remaster

River Man (Remix)Gone to Earth

SeptemberSecrets of the Beehive

She Is NotBlemish

Silver moon - 2003 - remaster

Silver Moon Over Sleeping SteeplesGone to Earth

SleepwalkersSleepwalkers (2010 Version)

Small Metal GodsDied in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Snow White in AppalachiaDied in the Wool / Manafon Variations

Sunlight Seen Through Towering TreesGone to Earth

Taking the VeilGone to Earth

Taking the veil - 2003 - remaster

Tallow MoonJean the Birdman

ThalheimDead Bees on a Cake

The Blinding Light of Heaven

The Boy with the GunSecrets of the Beehive

The Department of Dead LettersManafon

The Devil's OwnSecrets of the Beehive

The First DayDamage

The Good SonBlemish

The Greatest Living EnglishmanManafon

The Healing PlaceGone to Earth

The Heart Knows BetterBlemish

The Heart Knows Better (Remixed By Sweet Billy Pilgrim)Do You Know Me Now?’: The Samadhisound Box Set

The Ink in the Well

The ink in the well - 2003 - remaster

The Last Days of DecemberDied in the Wool / Manafon Variations

The Only DaughterBlemish

The Rabbit SkinnerManafon

The Scent of MagnoliaEverything and Nothing

The Shining of ThingsDead Bees on a Cake

The Wooden CrossGone to Earth

The World Is EverythingSleepwalkers (2010 Version)

There's a Light That Enters Houses With No Other House in SightThere’s a Light That Enters Houses with No Other House in Sight

Thoroughly Lost to LogicEverything and Nothing

Upon This EarthGone to Earth

WanderlustDead Bees on a Cake

WaterfrontSecrets of the Beehive

Waterfront - 2003 - remaster

WaveGone to Earth

Weathered WallBrilliant Trees

Weathered Wall (Remix)Everything and Nothing

When Loud Weather Buffeted NaoshimaWhen Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima

When Poets Dreamed of AngelsSecrets of the Beehive

Where The Railroad Meets The SeaGone to Earth

Where's Your GravityA Victim of Stars 1982–2012

Wonderful WorldA Victim of Stars 1982–2012

Words with the Shaman - Part 1 (Ancient Evening)Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

Words with the Shaman - Part 2 (Incantation)Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

Words with the Shaman - Part 3 (Awakening – Songs from the Treetops)Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

World Citizen - I Won't Be Disappointed (Looped Piano)Sleepwalkers (2010 Version)

World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed)World Citizen

World Citizen (re-cycled)CHASM

David Sylvian — Bamboo Houses (Remix) (from A Victim of Stars 1982–2012)

David Sylvian — Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music

David Sylvian — Bamboo Music (from Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music)

David Sylvian — Before the Bullfight (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Blackwater

David Sylvian — Blemish (from Blemish)

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

David Sylvian — Blinding Light of Heaven (from Damage)

David Sylvian — Brightness Falls (from The First Day)

David Sylvian — Brilliant Trees (from Brilliant Trees)

David Sylvian — Bringing Down The Light (from The First Day)

David Sylvian — Café Europa (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — Camp Fire: Coyote Country (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — cosa rara

David Sylvian — Cover Me With Flowers (from Everything and Nothing)

David Sylvian — Damage (from Damage)

David Sylvian — Darkest Dreaming (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — Darshan

David Sylvian — Darshan (The Road to Graceland) (from The First Day)

David Sylvian — Died in the Wool (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)

David Sylvian — Do You Know Me Now?

David Sylvian — Dobro 1 (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — Earthbound (Starblind) (from Jean the Birdman)

David Sylvian — Emily Dickinson (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)

David Sylvian — Endgame (from Jean the Birdman)

David Sylvian — Every Colour You Are

David Sylvian — Exit/Delete (from Sleepwalkers (2010 Version))

David Sylvian — Firepower (from The First Day)

David Sylvian — Five Lines (from Sleepwalkers (2010 Version))

David Sylvian — for the love of life (from MONSTER (Original Soundtrack))

David Sylvian — Forbidden Colours

David Sylvian — Forbidden Colours (Live at Takemitsu Memorial Hall, 1998) (from Cinemage)

David Sylvian — Forbidden Colours (Version) (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — Ghosts

David Sylvian — God Man (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — God's Monkey (from The First Day)

David Sylvian — Gone to Earth (from Damage)

David Sylvian — Gone to Earth (Remix) (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Grains (Sweet Paulownia Wood) - David Sylvian Remodel (from A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto - To The Moon and Back)

David Sylvian — Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning To The Womb (from Heartbeat EP)

David Sylvian — Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) (Remix) (from A Victim of Stars 1982–2012)

David Sylvian — Home (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — How Little We Need To Be Happy (from Blemish)

David Sylvian — I Should Not Dare (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)

David Sylvian — I Surrender

David Sylvian — Jean the Birdman

David Sylvian — Krishna Blue (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — Last Bullet

David Sylvian — Late Night

David Sylvian — Late Night Shopping (from Blemish)

David Sylvian — Late Night Shopping (Chris Vrenna Remix)

David Sylvian — Late Night Shopping (tweaking the tweaker remix)

David Sylvian — Laughter & Forgetting (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Laughter and forgetting - 2003 digital remaster

David Sylvian — Let the Happiness In

David Sylvian — Let the happiness in - 2003 - remaster

David Sylvian — Manafon (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)

David Sylvian — Maria (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — Midnight Sun (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — Modern Interior (from Sleepwalkers (2022 Version))

David Sylvian — Mother and Child (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — Nostalgia (from Brilliant Trees)

David Sylvian — Orpheus

David Sylvian — Orpheus - 2003 - remaster

David Sylvian — Pollen Path (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — Pop Song

David Sylvian — Praise (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — Praise (Pratah Smarami)

David Sylvian — Preparations For A Journey - 2003 Digital Remaster

David Sylvian — Promise (The Cult of Eurydice) (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice) - 2003 Digital Remaster

David Sylvian — Pulling Punches

David Sylvian — Pure Genius

David Sylvian — Rain Tree Crow

David Sylvian — Random Acts of Senseless Violence (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)

David Sylvian — Red Guitar

David Sylvian — Red guitar - 2003 - remaster

David Sylvian — Ride (from Everything and Nothing)

David Sylvian — River Man (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — River Man - 2003 Digital Remaster

David Sylvian — River Man (Remix) (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Riverman (from Damage)

David Sylvian — September (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — She Is Not (from Blemish)

David Sylvian — Silver Moon

David Sylvian — Silver moon - 2003 - remaster

David Sylvian — Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Sleepwalkers (from Sleepwalkers (2010 Version))

David Sylvian — Small Metal Gods (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)

David Sylvian — Snow White in Appalachia (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)

David Sylvian — Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Taking the Veil (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Taking the veil - 2003 - remaster

David Sylvian — Tallow Moon (from Jean the Birdman)

David Sylvian — Thalheim (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — The Blinding Light of Heaven

David Sylvian — The Boy with the Gun (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — The Department of Dead Letters (from Manafon)

David Sylvian — The Devil's Own (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — The First Day (from Damage)

David Sylvian — The Good Son (from Blemish)

David Sylvian — The Greatest Living Englishman (from Manafon)

David Sylvian — The Healing Place (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — The Heart Knows Better (from Blemish)

David Sylvian — The Heart Knows Better (Remixed By Sweet Billy Pilgrim) (from Do You Know Me Now?’: The Samadhisound Box Set)

David Sylvian — The Ink in the Well

David Sylvian — The ink in the well - 2003 - remaster

David Sylvian — The Last Days of December (from Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations)

David Sylvian — The Only Daughter (from Blemish)

David Sylvian — The Rabbit Skinner (from Manafon)

David Sylvian — The Scent of Magnolia (from Everything and Nothing)

David Sylvian — The Shining of Things (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — The Wooden Cross (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — The World Is Everything (from Sleepwalkers (2010 Version))

David Sylvian — There's a Light That Enters Houses With No Other House in Sight (from There’s a Light That Enters Houses with No Other House in Sight)

David Sylvian — Thoroughly Lost to Logic (from Everything and Nothing)

David Sylvian — Trauma (from Blemish)

David Sylvian — Upon This Earth (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Wanderlust (from Dead Bees on a Cake)

David Sylvian — Waterfront (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — Waterfront - 2003 - remaster

David Sylvian — Wave (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Weathered Wall (from Brilliant Trees)

David Sylvian — Weathered Wall (Remix) (from Everything and Nothing)

David Sylvian — When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima (from When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima)

David Sylvian — When Poets Dreamed of Angels (from Secrets of the Beehive)

David Sylvian — Where The Railroad Meets The Sea (from Gone to Earth)

David Sylvian — Where's Your Gravity (from A Victim of Stars 1982–2012)

David Sylvian — Wonderful World (from A Victim of Stars 1982–2012)

David Sylvian — Words with the Shaman - Part 1 (Ancient Evening) (from Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities)

David Sylvian — Words with the Shaman - Part 2 (Incantation) (from Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities)

David Sylvian — Words with the Shaman - Part 3 (Awakening – Songs from the Treetops) (from Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities)

David Sylvian — World Citizen

David Sylvian — World Citizen - I Won't Be Disappointed (Looped Piano) (from Sleepwalkers (2010 Version))

David Sylvian — World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed) (from World Citizen)

David Sylvian — World Citizen (re-cycled) (from CHASM)

A Little Girls Dreams Of Taking The Veil
Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music
cosa rara
Darshan
Do You Know Me Now?
Forbidden Colours
I Surrender
Jean the Birdman
Last Bullet
Late Night

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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

Lyrics

Before the Bullfight

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Nostalgia

Lyrics

Damage

Lyrics

When Poets Dreamed of Angels

Lyrics

Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning To The Womb

Lyrics