David Sylvian

United Kingdom
February 23, 1958

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David Sylvian is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the frontman of the new wave group Japan. After the group disbanded in 1982, Sylvian pursued an esoteric solo career that would draw on varied styles including jazz, art rock, and ambient music. He has collaborated widely with artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, Holger Czukay, and Fennesz.

For the last 14 days:

91 tracks
118 stations
28 countries

David Sylvian top songs

1	Red Guitar
2	Orpheus
3	I Surrender
4	God's Monkey
5	Taking the Veil
6	Before the Bullfight
7	Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) Returning To the Womb
8	Nostalgia
9	When Poets Dreamed of Angels
10	Let the Happiness In
11	The Boy With the Gun
12	Maria
13	The Ink In the Well
14	Pop Song
15	Silver Moon
16	Wave
17	Gone to Earth
18	The Scent Of Magnolia
19	Manafon
20	Silver Moon over Sleeping Steeples
21	The Devil's Own
22	Answered Prayers
23	The Healing Place
24	Died In the Wool
25	The Last Days of December

David Sylvian quotes

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.