David Sylvian
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.
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Acting Credits
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Crew Credits
Acting
Movie
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
as Narrator on "Life, Life" (voice)
2018
Movie
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
as Self (segment "Red Guitar")
2005
Movie
async - first light
2017
Movie
Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope
2008
Movie
A Gentle Glow
as (Voice)
2017
Movie
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan
1995
Movie
Preparations For A Journey
1984
Movie
Steel Cathedrals
as Self
1985
Movie
Japan: Oil On Canvas
1982
Movie
Sleeping Dragon
2024
Movie
Japan - The Very Best Of
2006
Movie
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
Movie
Time Spent
as Himself
1997
TV
Riverside
as Self
1982
