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