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:

79 tracks
104 stations
27 countries

David Sylvian top songs

1	Red Guitar
2	I Surrender
3	God's Monkey
4	Orpheus
5	Nostalgia
6	Silver Moon
7	Bamboo Houses
8	Forbidden Colors
9	Taking the Veil
10	Pulling Punches
11	Pop Song
12	Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) Returning To the Womb
13	The Devil's Own
14	When Poets Dreamed of Angels
15	The Healing Place
16	Before the Bullfight
17	Darkest Dreaming
18	Let the Happiness In
19	Maria
20	Silver Moon over Sleeping Steeples
21	Died In the Wool
22	Manafon
23	Wave
24	The Last Days of December
25	Home

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.