David Sylvian
Also Known As: David Alan Batt
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Adult: No
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Japan: Oil On Canvas
Overview: Successful British band Japan filmed live in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on 16th November 1982.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-31
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Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope
Overview: Steve Jansen's live performance in Tokyo Feb 29th 2008 - filmed in high definition.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-02-29
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Steel Cathedrals
Overview: 20 minute music documentary shot in two days of November 1984 in, and around the outskirts of, Tokyo, Japan. A large part of the music was completed during that same month and recorded over a period of three days.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-17
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Preparations For A Journey
Overview: Original music by David Sylvian. Performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Steve Jansen, Masami Tsuchiya.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-31
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David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan
Overview: The duo caught on film during their Road To Graceland '93 tour.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
Overview: A live performance film capturing an intimate concert by composer, pianist and music producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in New York City. The performance marked the first public unveiling of Sakamoto’s new opus, async, hailed as one of the best albums of 2017 by Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-21
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Sleeping Dragon
Overview: The death in May 2023 of George Hodson, artist, writer and long-term HIV/AIDS survivor, leaves a legacy of inspiration, unique visual art and unforgettable writing, drawn from direct experience. Surviving HIV/AIDS for some 45 years, cancer, loss, stigma, alienating family bigotry and racism, for some of the Queer Elder generation like George, triple combination therapy threw a lifeline that also became a lifetime of onward challenge.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-30
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The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Overview: Legendary photographer and director Anton Corbijn is responsible for many of the most indelible and important images of the past two and a half decades. His recently released book U2 & I is a photographic retrospective of his 25 year collaboration with U2. Later this year, Anton will direct his first feature film, Control, based on the life of the late Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-13
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async - first light
Overview: A collaboration between Apichatpong and Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto from his album “async”. The people falling asleep in this film are all his friends, he sent cameras to friends and asked them to shoot. Apichatpong often carries Digital Harinezumi camera with him, and completing a lot of works with this camera. This work was first exhibited at the WATARI Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo (Japan, 2017).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-01
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Japan - The Very Best Of
Overview: Japan's 2006 DVD release, which includes seven promo videos as well as the Oil on Canvas concert recorded in 1982.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-17
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A Gentle Glow
Overview: The camera floats quietly to capture the beauty that emerges from the mundane. Accompanied by Ryuichi Sakamoto's composition, Arseny Tarkovsky's poem celebrates life.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-29
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Brilliant Trees Sessions
Overview: A video documenting the making of David Sylvian's 1984 Lp "Brilliant Trees" within Berlin. Unknown to the world until David's surprise releasing of it on VIMEO July 15, 2021.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-15
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Red Guitar
Overview: Promotional music video for the 1984 David Sylvian single. Inspired by Angus McBean's photography & directed by Anton Corbijn.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-21
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