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About Me

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Biography (taken from davidsylvian.com)
Born 1958. Lived entire childhood in South London. Good parents under the gun. Hard, unforgiving environment. Cripplingly shy. Heard very little music at home but what we did hear we were incredibly excited by and clung to it as to a lifeline. Picked up guitar at age 12. In absence of any training or technical skills and being somewhat non-communicative in person, took to writing my own material.
Formed a band with my brother Steve and Mick Karn in '74. Signed first recording contract in '77. Second, with Virgin records, in '80. Recorded 6 albums with the band Japan before disbanding in '82. Collaborated on a couple of singles with Ryuichi Sakamoto before working solo, and in collaboration with, a varied line up of artists and musicians including; Holger Czukay, Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell, Shinya Fujiwara, Jon Hassell, Haruki Kaito, Russell Mills, Bill Nelson, Shinro Ohtake, Marc Ribot, Steve Tibbetts, Kenny Wheeler, and many others. Been fortunate in that respect.
Married Ingrid Chavez in '92. Moved to the US that same year. Two beautiful daughters. Found guru (or she found me). Moved around the country before coming to rest in New England in '99. Separated from Virgin records after 20 years. Created SamadhiSound studio and label '03. Released 'Blemish' in 03 and, as a member of the group 'nine horses', released 'snow borne sorrow' in 05. 13 year marriage ended. I now divide my time between London and New York.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2006
Band Website: davidsylvian.com
Band Members: David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Steve Jansen, David Torn, Bill Frisell, Robert Fripp, Jerry Marotta, Keith Lowe, Danny Thompson, Mark Isham, Phil Palmer, Richard Barbieri, Mick Karn and many more...
Sounds Like: Wonderful World - Live 2007

World Citizen

Interview

Silver Moon

Heartbeat (Live 2000)

Blinding Light Of Heaven

Damage

Record Label: SamadhiSound
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"The World is Everything Tour" reviews...

The tour is starting in a few days... many of you are going to see David and the band perform soon. Feel free to write your review of the concerts here... and share some pics as well, if you want. ...
Posted by David Sylvian on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:55:00 PST

New Release: "When loud weather buffeted Naoshima"

'When loud weather buffeted Naoshima' is a beautiful composition from David that was commissioned as an installation piece by the Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation on the island of Naoshima, Ja...
Posted by David Sylvian on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:22:00 PST

Keith Lowe Interview

Hi everybody - some time ago I asked Keith Lowe (bassist extraordinaire for David Sylvian, Bill Frisell, Fiona Apple and many other people you might know) to do an interview for this space, and he kin...
Posted by David Sylvian on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:20:00 PST

David Sylvian to tour in 2007

Taken from davidsylvian.com : David Sylvian will tour Europe in September/October this year for the first time in four years. On his reason for touring now, Sylvian writes: "This tour is in part a m...
Posted by David Sylvian on Tue, 22 May 2007 03:57:00 PST

I'm NOT David Sylvian

Hi everybody, I'm posting this just to clarify that David Sylvian is NOT running this page. I'm NOT David Sylvian. I've already written somewhere on the page that this is just a tribute...
Posted by David Sylvian on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:50:00 PST

Nine Horses 'Money For All' EP - January release

from davidsylvian.com : "22nd January 2007 will see the release of an extended play cd from David Sylvian, Steve Jansen, and Burnt Friedman's band Nine Horses. It will feature two new tracks, 'Money F...
Posted by David Sylvian on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:15:00 PST