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David Sylvian

Real Name:
David Alan Batt
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Born 23.2.1958 in Lewisham, London, England
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Discography

Releases:
Forbidden Colours / Nightporter (EP) (2 versions)   Virgin 1983
Brilliant Trees (Album) (24 versions)   Virgin ... 1984
Pulling Punches (Single) (3 versions)   Virgin 1984
Red Guitar (Single) (10 versions)   Virgin Schallplatten GmbH ... 1984
The Ink In The Well (Single) (6 versions)   Virgin 1984
Alchemy - An Index Of Possibilities (Album) (8 versions)   Virgin ... 1985
Steel Cathedrals (2 versions)   Virgin 1985
Words With The Shaman (EP) (6 versions)   Virgin ... 1985
A Little Girl Dreams Of Taking The Veil (Single) (8 versions)   Virgin ... 1986
Buoy (Single) (5 versions)   Virgin ... 1986
Gone To Earth (Album) (27 versions)   Virgin ... 1986
Silver Moon (Single) (6 versions)   Virgin 1986
Let The Happiness In (Single) (4 versions)   Virgin 1987
Secrets Of The Beehive (Album) (25 versions)   Virgin ... 1987
Orpheus (Single) (3 versions)   Virgin ... 1988
Plight & Premonition (Album) (11 versions)   Virgin Records America ... 1988
Words With The Shaman (CD, Mini)   Virgin 1988
Flux + Mutability (Album) (11 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 1989
Pop Song (Single) (6 versions)   Virgin ... 1989
Weatherbox (5xCD + Box + , Ltd)   Virgin 1989
Virgin Value (CD, Smplr)   Virgin 1990
Ember Glance: The Permanence Of Memory (CD, Boo + Box)   Virgin 1991
Brilliant Trees / Words With The Shaman (Album) (2 versions)   Caroline Blue Plate ... 1994
Ti Ho Aspettato (I Have Waited For You) (CD, Single, Promo)   CPI Records, Mercury 1996
I Surrender (Single) (7 versions)   Virgin ... 1998
Approaching Silence (Album, Comp) (7 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 1999
Dead Bees On A Cake (Album) (7 versions)   Virgin ... 1999
Godman (Single) (4 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 1999
Songs From Dead Bees On A Cake (CD, Smplr, Promo)   Virgin 1999
Everything And Nothing (Comp) (13 versions)   Virgin ... 2000
Everything & Nothing Tour 01 (CD, Maxi)   Opium (Arts) Ltd. 2001
Linoleum (12", Promo)   Six Degrees Records 2001
Camphor (Comp, Album) (4 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 2002
Everything & Nothing Tour Book 02 (CD, Maxi)   Opium (Arts) Ltd. 2002
A Selection From The Forthcoming Remastered Series... (CDr, RM, Promo, Smplr)   Virgin 2003
Blemish (Album) (3 versions)   Samadhisound ... 2003
Skool Daze (Alec Empire Remix) / Late Night Shopping (Chris Vrenna Remix) (7", Ltd)   Waxploitation 2003
Out In The Sticks (12", MiniAlbum)   Nonplace 2005
The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) (2 versions)   Samadhisound ... 2005
When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima (CD, Album, Ltd)   Samadhisound 2007
Manafon (Album) (3 versions)   Samadhisound ... 2009
Remixes:
V.I.P. Lounge 2 (2xCD, Comp) Linoleum Wagram 2002
Production:
Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Single) (4 versions) The Width Of A Room Virgin ... 1980
Bamboo Houses - Bamboo Music (Single) (4 versions)   Virgin ... 1982
Beat The Bands Of Modern Dance (LP, Comp) Pulling Punches Vip Records 1985
Heartbeat (CD, Album)   Virgin Records America, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc. 1992
Heartbeat (MiniAlbum, Single) (2 versions)   Virgin Records (Japan) ... 1992
A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes (2xCD, Comp, Album) The Healing Place, Bri... Virgin Records America, Inc. 1993
Darshan (Maxi, Single) (7 versions)   Virgin ... 1993
Jean The Birdman (Cass, Single)   Virgin 1993
The First Day (2xLP, Album)   Virgin 1993
A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 3: The Music Of Changes (2xCD, Comp) Darshana (Re-Construct... Virgin, Virgin 1994
Little Girls With 99 Lives (CD)   Not On Label 1997
The Greatest (CD, Ltd, Comp) Cloud #9 Toshiba EMI Ltd, Virgin Records (Japan) 1998
Zoo Magazine CD Sampler 19 (CD, Smplr, Promo) I Surrender Zoo Magazine 1999
Orphée (CD, Comp) Nostalgia Projekt 2000
Damage (Album) (2 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 2001
Avalon Sutra (2xCD) As Long As I Can Hold ... Samadhisound 2004
Chasm (LP, 180) World Citizen - I Won'... Warner Music (Japan) 2004
World Citizen (CD, Maxi)   Samadhisound 2004
Money For All (MiniAlbum) (2 versions)   Samadhisound ... 2007
Mix:
Blackwater (Single, Maxi) (4 versions)   Virgin 1991
Rain Tree Crow (Album) (9 versions)   Virgin ... 1991
Snow Borne Sorrow (Album) (3 versions)   Samadhisound ... 2005
Wonderful World (CD, Maxi)   Samadhisound 2006
Money For All (MiniAlbum) (2 versions) Birds Sing For Their L... Samadhisound ... 2007
Appears On:
Adolescent Sex (Album) (22 versions)   Ariola Hansa ... 1977
Adolescent Sex (Single) (5 versions)   Hansa ... 1978
Don't Rain On My Parade (Single) (6 versions) Unconventional State Line Hansa ... 1978
Obscure Alternatives (Album) (26 versions)   Ariola Hansa ... 1978
Sometimes I Feel So Low (Single) (7 versions)   Ariola Hansa ... 1978
The Unconventional (7", Single, Promo)   Ariola Hansa 1978
Deviation (7", Single)   Fleet 1979
Life In Tokyo (Single) (13 versions)   Victor Musical Industries ... 1979
Quiet Life (Album) (22 versions)   Hansa ... 1979
Quiet Life (Single) (2 versions)   Victor Musical Industries 1979
Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Album) (30 versions)   Virgin ... 1980
Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Single, EP) (7 versions) Gentlemen Take Polaroi... Virgin ... 1980
Live In Japan (12", EP)   Hansa International, Hansa 1980
Quiet Life (Single) (5 versions) Quiet Life Hansa ... 1980
Second That Emotion (Single) (4 versions) Quiet Life Ariola Hansa ... 1980
Special Edition - Five Song - Extended Play (12", EP) European Son, Life In ... Quality Records Ltd. 1980
Assemblage (Album, Comp) (10 versions) Adolescent Sex, Statel... Hansa ... 1981
Between Orient And Accidents (LP) The Other Side Of Life Dig It (2) 1981
Canton / Visions Of China (12", Single, Promo)   Epic 1981
I Second That Emotion (7", Single) Quiet Life Hansa, CBS Records, NCB 1981
Life In Tokyo (Single, Maxi) (2 versions)   Hansa ... 1981
Life Without Buildings (Flexi, 7", S/Sided, Blu)   Eva-Tone Soundsheets, Eva-Tone Soundsheets 1981
Methods Of Dance (Album, Comp) (2 versions) The Art Of Parties Virgin 1981
Quiet Life (Single) (3 versions) A Foreign Place, Quiet... Hansa ... 1981
Rock 80's Vol. 3 (LP, Comp) The Art Of Parties Virgin 1981
The Art Of Parties (Single) (9 versions) The Art Of Parties, Th... Virgin ... 1981
Tin Drum (Album, MiniAlbum) (36 versions)   Virgin ... 1981
Visions Of China (Single) (5 versions) Visions Of China, Taki... Virgin 1981
Ai Ga Nakucha Ne (Album) (2 versions) Good Night MIDI Inc. ... 1982
Bamboo Houses - Bamboo Music (Single) (4 versions)   Virgin ... 1982
Cantonese Boy (2x7", Single)   Virgin 1982
European Son (Single) (3 versions)   Hansa ... 1982
Ghosts (Single) (10 versions)   Virgin ... 1982
I Second That Emotion (Single) (7 versions)   Hansa ... 1982
Immigrants (LP)   Sire Records Company 1982
Immigrants (LP, Album)   Sire Records Company 1982
Immigrants (LP, Album) Living On The Front Li... YEN Records 1982
Immigrants (LP, Album)   Sire Records Company 1982
Japan (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Taking Islands In Africa Epic 1982
Le Pollen (LP, Album) Demain Saravah 1982
Life In Tokyo (Single) (3 versions)   Hansa ... 1982
Nightporter (EP) (2 versions)   Victor Musical Industries 1982
Nightporter (Single) (8 versions) Nightporter (Remix), N... Virgin ... 1982
Overload (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Cantonese Boy Ronco 1982
All Tomorrows Parties (Single) (6 versions) Deviation (Live In Tok... Ariola Hansa ... 1983
Canton (Live) (Single) (4 versions)   Virgin 1983
Forbidden Colours (7") Forbidden Colours (Vocal) Virgin France S.A. 1983
Forbidden Colours (Single) (9 versions) Forbidden Colours Virgin ... 1983
Le Pollen (12", Album) Demain Saravah 1983
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Album) (12 versions) Forbidden Colours London Records K.K. ... 1983
Oil On Canvas (Album) (19 versions) Sons Of Pioneers, Visi... Virgin ... 1983
Exorcising Ghosts (Album, Comp) (8 versions)   Virgin ... 1984
A Secret Wish (Album) (24 versions)   ZTT ... 1985
Beat The Bands Of Modern Dance (LP, Comp) Pulling Punches Vip Records 1985
p: Machinery (7 versions)   ZTT ... 1985
Hope In A Darkened Heart (Album) (9 versions) Some Small Hope WEA ... 1986
Dreams Of Reason Produce Monsters (Album) (8 versions) Buoy, Land, When Love ... Virgin ... 1987
I Second That Emotion/ Life In Tokyo (7", Single, RE) Life In Tokyo Old Gold (2) 1987
Life In Tokyo/ Quiet Life (12", Single, RE) Life In Tokyo, Quiet Life Old Gold (2) 1987
Some Small Hope (12", Single) Some Small Hope WEA, WEA, WEA 1987
Find Out (LP, Album) Ghosts Chrysalis 1988
Find Out (LP, Album) Ghosts Cooltempo 1988
Find Out (CD, Album) Ghosts Cooltempo, Chrysalis 1988
Japan (Box + 3xCD, Comp, Ltd, Pic)   Virgin 1990
Life In Tokyo (7", Single) Life In Tokyo (Radio Mix) Virgin 1990
Blackwater (Single, Maxi) (4 versions)   Virgin 1991
Javelin (LP, Album) Life In Tokyo Metronome 1991
Rain Tree Crow (Album) (9 versions) Big Wheels In Shantyto... Virgin ... 1991
The Decade One - Trends & Bands Of The 80's (2xLP, Comp) The Art Of Parties EMI Electrola 1991
The Other Side Of Japan (CD)   Receiver Records Limited 1991
Heartbeat (Album) (2 versions) Heartbeat (Tainai Kaik... Virgin Music (Canada) ... 1992
Heartbeat (Cass, Single) Heartbeat (Tainai Kaik... Virgin 1992
Home (CD, Album) Nightporter Our Choice, Rough Trade Germany 1992
I Second That Emotion / Quiet Life / Life In Tokyo (CD, Single, Comp) Quiet Life, Life In Tokyo Old Gold (2) 1992
Sahara Blue (Album) (5 versions) First Evening, Youth TriStar Music ... 1992
A Brief History Of Ambient - Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Home Virgin Records America, Inc. 1993
A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes (2xCD, Comp, Album) The Healing Place, New... Virgin Records America, Inc. 1993
Darshan (Maxi, Single) (6 versions)   Virgin ... 1993
Jean The Birdman (Single) (3 versions)   Virgin 1993
Prophetique 1978-1980 (Album, EP) (2 versions) Life In Tokyo BMG (Japan) 1993
The First Day (Album) (6 versions)   Virgin ... 1993
Virgin Tracks (CD, Album) Cloud # 9 Virgin Records (Japan) 1993
A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 3: The Music Of Changes (2xCD, Comp) Darshana (Re-Construct... Virgin, Virgin 1994
Damage (CD, Smplr)   Virgin 1994
Damage (Album) (3 versions) Damage, Damage, God's ... Virgin ... 1994
Electrocity Vol. 5 (CD) Bamboo Houses Ausfahrt 1994
It's Electric (CD, Comp) Quiet Life Dino Entertainment, Dino Entertainment 1994
Marco Polo (CD)   Materiali Sonori 1995
Quiet Life/ Assemblage (2xCD, Album)   Arista 1995
L'Albero Pazzo (Album) (2 versions) Ti Ho Aspettato (I Hav... CPI Records ... 1996
Life In Tokyo - A Tribute To Japan (CD, Album, Comp) Life In Tokyo (ライ... BMG Victor Inc. 1996
New Romantic (2xCD, Comp) Ghosts EMI Electrola 1996
The Singles (2xCD, Album, Comp)   BMG (Japan) 1996
Undark 3396 (CD, Album, Dig) How Safe Is Deep? em:t 1996
Ghosts (Single, Maxi) (2 versions)   Stress Records 1997
Little Girls With 99 Lives (CD) Kall / Les Fleurs Du M... Not On Label 1997
Qohelet (CD, Album)   CPI Records, Mercury 1997
Ultime New Wave (2xCD, Comp) Forbidden Colours Virgin France S.A. 1997
...Smile's OK (CD, Maxi, Promo) Let The Happiness In Mammoth Records 1998
...Smile's OK (Album) (5 versions) Let The Happiness In 4AD ... 1998
Humming Along (CD, EP, Promo) Orpheus Atlantic 1998
Spirits Of Nature 5 (CD, Comp, Dig) Nostalgia Virgin Records (Benelux) 1998
The Greatest (CD, Ltd, Comp) Cloud #9 Toshiba EMI Ltd, Virgin Records (Japan) 1998
Ultimate Eighties (CD, Comp) Ghosts Crimson 1998
Was Het Nu 70 Of 80? Vol 6 (2xCD, Comp) Adolescent Sex EVA Belgium 1998
Cinemage (CD, Album) Forbidden Colours Sony Classical 1999
Dressed In Black (2xCD) Adolescent Sex PolyGram TV 1999
New Music From Cinemage / BTTB (CD, Single, Promo, Smplr) Forbidden Colours Sony Classical 1999
Pearl + Umbra (2 versions) Rooms Of The Sixteen S... Bella Union ... 1999
Poptronica Romance (CD, Comp) Gentlemen Take Polaroids Buddha Records (2) 1999
Best Of The Eighties - 108 Original Hits (6xCD, Comp, Box) Ghosts EMI Gold, EMI Records Ltd. 2000
Dance The Alternative Volume 2 (2xCD) The Art Of Parties Universal Music TV 2000
Ghosts (Maxi, Single) (9 versions)   Tommy Boy Silver Label ... 2000
Orphée (CD, Comp) Nostalgia, Nostalgia Projekt 2000
Undark One - Strange Familiar (CD) How Safe Is Deep? Instinct Records 2000
002 Basic Instinct (2xCD, Mixed, Comp, Dig) Ghosts United Recordings, United Recordings 2001
Bold (Album) (2 versions) Sugarfuel F Communications ... 2001
Bold (CD, Maxi, Promo) Sugarfuel F Communications 2001
Playing In A Room With People (CD) Big Wheels In Shanty Town Medium Productions Limited 2001
Playing In A Room With People (CD) Big Wheels In Shanty Town Flavour 2001
Ray's House (CD, Comp, Mixed) Ghosts (Original Mix) Kinetic Records 2001
The Attraction To All Things Uncertain (CD, Album) Linoleum (Featuring Da... Six Degrees Records 2001
The Summer Annual - Summer 2001 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Ghosts (Rocco Mix) Ministry Of Sound (Australia) 2001
Trance Nation 2001 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Ghosts (Original Mix) Ministry Of Sound 2001
Unwind - 34 Soothing Laidback Tracks (2xCD, Comp) Ghosts Universal Music TV, Universal Music 2001
Zero Landmine (CD, Maxi) Zero Landmine, Zero La... WEA Japan 2001
António Sérgio Apresenta Som Da Frente 1982-1986 (2xCD) Taking The Veil EMI-Valentim De Carvalho, Lda. 2002
Classic And Rare - La Collection Chapter 3 (Comp) (3 versions) Sugar Fuel F Communications ... 2002
Elec-Trax (CD) Quiet Life Music Club 2002
Hidden Treasures (Comp) (2 versions) Linoleum OM Records 2002
It Sounds Different - Sweet Electro (CD, Comp) Sugarfuel Different, PIAS France 2002
M: The Secret Tapes Of Dr Mabuse (CD) Sylvian's Machine Not On Label 2002
Motion 2 (CD, Comp) Linoleum (The Josh Win... Six Degrees Records 2002
Recline: A Six Degrees Collection Of Chilled Grooves (CD) Linoleum (Wamdue 2-Ste... Six Degrees Records 2002
The Sound Of The Crowd (CD, Comp) Life In Tokyo (12" Ver... Universal Music (UK) 2002
ChilledOut (3xCD, Comp) Ghosts EMI Gold, EMI Records Ltd. 2003
Dans La Lune... (CD, Album) Waterfront EMI (France) 2003
Moto.tronic (CD + DVD) Forbidden Colours Sony Classical 2003
2 a.m. Wakeup Call (Album) (2 versions) Pure Genius Waxploitation ... 2004
Boomkat Selected Mixtapes Volume 6 - Listen With Xela (CDr) Transit Boomkat Selected Mixtapes 2004
Chasm (2 versions) World Citizen - I Won'... Warner Music (Japan) 2004
Coieda (CD + DVD) Exit/Delete W+K Tokyo Lab. 2004
Equus (Single) (2 versions) Messenger 4AD 2004
Mosquito Bar 5: Chill Out Sessions (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Fuel BMG Belgium NV/SA 2004
Re-Fashioned 2: British Airwaves (CD, Comp) Ghosts Groovescooter, Creative Vibes 2004
The Original 80s Album - 20 Fantastic Hits Across The Decade (CD, Comp) Ghosts EMI Gold, EMI Records Ltd. 2004
Venice (Album) (2 versions) Transit Touch ... 2004
World Citizen (CD, Maxi)   Samadhisound 2004
Babilonia (Album) (3 versions) A Fire In The Forest Peacefrog Records 2005
Quadri+Chromies (CD, Album + DVD) Matière Pensante, Mat... Materiali Sonori, Taktic Music 2005
Real Eighties - Hits Plus Extended Mixes (3xCD, Comp + Box) Ghosts Virgin, EMI Records Ltd., Universal Music 2005
Snow Borne Sorrow (Album) (3 versions) Wonderful World, Wonde... Samadhisound ... 2005
The Secret Society Of Butterflies (CD, Single, Enh) Messenger 4AD 2005
Where The Night Goes (CD, Album) Ghosts Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. 2005
Bricolages (2 versions) World Citizen (Taylor ... Warner Music (Japan) ... 2006
Crime Scenes (Album) (2 versions) Angels Punkt Recordings ... 2006
Gloomy Afternoon 2 - The Magic Of Melancholy (2xCD, Comp) Darkest Dreaming Universal Music (Austria) 2006
Immigrants (CD, Album, Ltd, RE) Living On The Front Li... Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. 2006
LateNightTales (CD, Comp, Mixed) Ghosts Thrive Records 2006
Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Babel (Album) (2 versions) World Citizen - I Won'... Concord Records 2006
Secret Rhythms 2 (CD) The Librarian Nonplace 2006
St. Moritz Vibes At Badrutt's Palace Hotel (5xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Forbidden Colors Milan Records 2006
The Very Best Of Japan (Comp, Album) (7 versions)   Virgin ... 2006
To Play - The Blemish Sessions (CD)   Samadhisound 2006
With (CD, Album) Ghosts (With Populous) ServiceAV 2006
LateNightTales (CD, Album, Comp) A Fire In The Forest Azuli Records, Azuli Records 2007
Money For All (MiniAlbum) (2 versions) Money For All, Get The... Samadhisound ... 2007
Slope (CD, Album) Cancelled Pieces, Canc... Samadhisound, Samadhisound 2007
The World Is Everything - A Samadhisound Sampler (CD, Album, Smplr, Ltd) The World Is Everythin... Samadhisound 2007
When Beauty Is Invisible (Album) (2 versions) Nightporter Decadance Records Italy ... 2007
4 Remixes From Slope (File, MP3, 192) Deadman's Ballad, Dead... Samadhisound 2008
Cartography (CD, Album) Before And Afterlife, ... ECM Records 2008
Chilltronica - A Defintion N° 1 (CD, Comp) Ghosts Soundcolours 2008
Hollywood, Mon Amour (CD, Ltd, Gat) Forbidden Colours [PIAS] Recordings, The Perfect Kiss 2008
Methods Of Dance (CD, Comp, RM) The Art Of Parties (Si... EMI Records, Virgin 2008
Poplife™ Presents Poplife Sucks (CD, Comp, Mixed) Adolescent Sex 541 2008
Soundsystem_01 (2xCD, Mixed) World Citizen Hope Recordings 2008
The Occurrence Of Slope (DVD-V, Dig) Playground Martyrs, Ba... P-Vine Records 2008
Time Is, Time Was, Time Is Not (2xCD, Comp) Quiet Life Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Greece), Columbia 2008
To Survive (Album) (3 versions) Honor Wishes Reveal Records ... 2008
Back To The 80's (Gold Metal Box) (Box, Met + 3xCD, Comp) Quiet Life SME Strategic Marketing 2009
G-Stone Master Series №1 Peter Kruder Private Collection (CD, Comp + Box) Ghosts G-Stone Recordings 2009
It's Called New Music (Cass, Album, Comp) Gentlemen Take Polaroi... Virgin, OctoArts International  
Life In Tokyo (Flexi, Single, S/Sided)   Tonpress  
Tracks Appear On:
I Bliðu Og Striðu (LP) Bamboo Houses Steinar 1982
NME Mad Mix II (Cass) Living On The Front Line New Musical Express 1983
Debüt Nummer 09 (12", Smplr) Red Guitar Debüt 1984
Now That's What I Call Music 3 (2xLP) Red Guitar EMI Records, Virgin 1984
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (2xCass, Comp) Red Guitar EMI Records, Virgin 1984
Beat The Bands Of Modern Dance (LP, Comp) Pulling Punches Vip Records 1985
Woman In Love Volume 6 (2xLP, Comp) Forbidden Colours Arcade 1985
British Invasion (LP, Red) Awakening (Songs From ... Chrysalis 1986
Q CD (CD) Taking The Veil Virgin 1986
Dream Code (2xLP, Comp) The Healing Place Innovative Communication 1987
Modern Romance Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) Silver Moon Pacific Music Co. Ltd. 1987
Virgin CD (CD) Taking The Veil Virgin Schallplatten GmbH 1987
Virgin CD 2 (CD, Comp) Let The Happiness In Virgin Records (Benelux) 1987
Music Life 40th Anniversary Series - Virgin Version (CD, Comp) Forbidden Colours, Red... Virgin Records (Japan) 1988
X-ampler (CD, Comp, Smplr) When Poets Dreamed Of ... Virgin 1991
Radio FFN Nightline (CD, Album, Comp) Orpheus SPV Records 1992
A Brief History Of Ambient - Volume 1 (Comp) (2 versions) Home Virgin Records America ... 1993
A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes (Comp, Album) (2 versions) The Healing Place, Bri... Virgin ... 1993
Electric Dreams (CD) Taking The Veil Arcade Deutschland GmbH 1993
God's Monkey - Retrospective (CD, Smplr, Promo) Orpheus, Let The Happi... Virgin Records America, Inc. 1993
A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 3: The Music Of Changes (Comp) (2 versions) Darshana (Re-Construct... Virgin ... 1994
Electrocity Vol. 5 (CD) Bamboo Houses Ausfahrt 1994
Visions Of Sound - Best Of Synthesizer Music (CD, Comp) Forbidden Colours Edelton, Edel 1994
Ambient Extractions - Volume 1 (CD, Album) Ancient Evening C & S Records 1995
Ocean Of Sound 2: Crooning On Venus (2xCD) Brilliant Trees Virgin 1996
Future (2xCD) Home Virgin 1997
Future: A Journey Through The Electronic Underground (Album) (4 versions) Home Virgin ... 1997
Space Night Vol. III (2xCD) Words With The Shaman TiS 1997
Trackspotting (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Forbidden Colours PolyGram TV 1997
Ultime New Wave (2xCD, Comp) Forbidden Colours Virgin France S.A. 1997
Catch The 80's (CD, Album, Comp + VCD, Comp) Bamboo Houses EMI (Hong Kong) Limited 1998
Spirits Of Nature 5 (CD, Comp, Dig) Nostalgia Virgin Records (Benelux) 1998
Ambient - Around The World '99 (CD, Comp) The Healing Place Storm* 1999
The Chillout Album - Soft Mixed (2xCD) Forbidden Colours Warner Special Marketing GmbH 1999
Un Hiver 99 (CD) God Man Les Inrockuptibles 1999
Zoo Magazine CD Sampler 19 (CD, Smplr, Promo) I Surrender Zoo Magazine 1999
B Side 2000 (CD) I Surrender Epic 2000
Chillout Voices Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Café Europa Sunnyside Up 2000
Orphée (CD, Comp) Nostalgia Projekt 2000
The Healing II - A Trip To Infinity (2xCD, Comp) Forbidden Colours Sony Music Media 2000
Chillin' Voices (2xCD, Comp) Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki) Sunnyside Up 2001
Chillout Moods (Box + 8xCD, Comp + CD) I Surrender, Home, For... Disky 2001
Chillout Moods (Box + 8xCD, Comp) I Surrender, Home, For... Disky 2001
Chillout Moods - Another Green World (2xCD, Album, Comp) Home Disky 2001
Chillout Moods - Rain Dance (2xCD, Comp) I Surrender Disky 2001
António Sérgio Apresenta Som Da Frente 1982-1986 (2xCD) Taking The Veil EMI-Valentim De Carvalho, Lda. 2002
CreamCollect Balearic (3xCD) Forbidden Colours Virgin 2002
ChilledOut (3xCD, Comp) I Surrender EMI Gold, EMI Records Ltd. 2003
I Like It Volume 1 (4xLP) Bamboo Houses Compost Records 2003
The Wire Tapper 10 (2xCD) A Fire In The Forest Wire Magazine 2003
Ultimate New Wave (4xCD, Comp) Forbidden Colours EMI Records 2003
Undiscovered Aspects 2 (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Linoleum (Wamdue Proje... Undiscovered 2003
Equus (CD, Single, Enh, Dig) Messenger 4AD 2004
Mosquito Bar 5: Chill Out Sessions (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Fuel BMG Belgium NV/SA 2004
Directors Label Series Box Set Volume 2 (4xDVD-V, NTSC + Box, Ltd) Red Guitar Palm Pictures 2005
The Secret Society Of Butterflies (CD, Single, Enh) Messenger 4AD 2005
The Work Of Director Anton Corbijn (2 versions) Red Guitar Palm Pictures ... 2005
Gloomy Afternoon 2 - The Magic Of Melancholy (2xCD, Comp) Darkest Dreaming Universal Music (Austria) 2006
Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Babel (Album) (3 versions) World Citizen - I Won'... Concord Records 2006
Causes 1 (CD, Ltd, Comp) Late Night Shopping (E... Waxploitation 2007
LateNightTales (CD, Album, Comp) A Fire In The Forest Azuli Records, Azuli Records 2007
The World Is Everything - A Samadhisound Sampler (CD, Album, Smplr, Ltd) The World Is Everythin... Samadhisound 2007
Visionaire No. 53: Sound (5x12", Pic + 2xCD + Box, Comp, Ltd) Before And Afterlife Visionaire Publishing 2007
Independent Innovative Creative (CD, Comp, Promo) Honor Wishes Vital Sales & Marketing 2008
Believer Music Issue 2009 (CD, Comp) Jaqueline The Believer Magazine 2009
Underwater Love (2xCD, Comp) Darkest Dreaming Magic Records, Magnetic Records (3) 2009
Chillout Voices Volume 2 (2xCD, Comp) Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki) Sunnyside Up  
Unofficial Releases:
Tin Drum (CD, Album, Ltd)   Virgin 1984
Alchemy - An Index Of Possibilities (3 versions)   Not On Label (David Sylvian) ... 1985
Budokan - Live In Tokyo 1979 (LP)   Kamikaze Kid Records 1985
Interview 87 (LP, Pic)   Discussion Records 1987
In Paradise Of Shaman (3xLP, Unofficial)   Not On Label 1988
Plight & Premonition (Album) (2 versions)   Grammy ... 1988
Adolescent Sex (Single) (2 versions)   Ассоциация Клубов Филофонистов 1990
Communist China (Flexi, 5", S/Sided, Single, Mono, Ltd, Gre)   Ассоциация Клубов Филофонистов 1990
Fall In Love With Me (Flexi, 5", S/Sided, Single, Mono, Ltd, Yel)   Ассоциация Клубов Филофонистов 1990
Still Life In Mobile Homes (Flexi, 5", S/Sided, Single, Ltd, Bro)   Ассоциация Клубов Филофонистов 1990
Methods Of Dance (CD, Album, Unofficial, Comp)   Buccaneer Records, Buccaneer Records 1991
The Day Before (CD, Unofficial)   All Of Us 1993
The First Day (CD, Album, Unofficial)   Not On Label 1993
A New Dream (2xCD, Unofficial)   Red Phantom 1994
Damage (CD, Album) Damage, Damage, God's ... Not On Label 1994
Adolescent Sex (CD, Album)   Not On Label 1998
Quiet Life (CD, Album)   Release Records (3) 1998
Dead Bees On A Cake (CD, Album) I Surrender, I Surrend... ООО "ДОРА" 1999
Flux + Mutability (CD, Album)   Grammy 1999
Everything And Nothing (Comp) (2 versions) The Scent Of Magnolia... Stress Records (2) ... 2000
Instant Video (DVD) Red Guitar, The Ink In... Not On Label 2001
Camphor (2xCD, Comp, Unofficial) All Of My Mother's Nam... Not On Label 2002
Everything & Nothing Tour USA 2002 (2xCDr, Album, Unofficial)   Not On Label 2002
Everything & Nothing Tour USA 2002 (2xCDr, Album, Unofficial)   Not On Label 2002
Everything & Nothing USA Tour 2002 (2xCDr, Album, Unofficial)   Not On Label 2002
Blemish (CD, Album, Unofficial)   Not On Label 2003
Gone To Earth (2xCD) Taking The Veil, Laugh... G. & P. Essential Music, G. & P. Essential Music 2003
Gone To Earth (2xCD, Unofficial) Taking The Veil, Laugh... Not On Label 2003
Moto.tronic (CD, Comp, Unofficial) Forbidden Colours G. & P. Essential Music 2003
Oil On Canvas (Album) (4 versions) Sons Of Pioneers, Visi... IMD (2) ... 2003
The First Day / Darshan (2xCD)   G. & P. Essential Music, G. & P. Essential Music 2003
Chasm (CD, Album) World Citizen - I Won'... G. & P. Essential Music 2004
Avalon Sutra (2xCD, Album) As Long As I Can Hold ... G. & P. Essential Music, G. & P. Essential Music 2005
Snow Borne Sorrow (CD, Album, Unofficial) Wonderful World, Wonde... Not On Label 2005
The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) (CD)   G. & P. Essential Music 2005
World Citizen (CD, Maxi, Unofficial, Enh) The Scent Of Magnolia,... G. & P. Essential Music 2005
Secret Rhythms 2 (CD, Album, Unofficial) The Librarian G. & P. Essential Music 2006
Secrets Of The Beehive (Album) (2 versions) September, The Boy Wit... ArsNova ... 2006
Slope (CD, Album, Unofficial) Cancelled Pieces, Canc... Not On Label 2007
When Poets Dreamed Of Angels (DVD-V, NTSC, Unofficial)   Woodstock Tapes 2008
Manafon (CD, Album, Unofficial) Small Metal Gods, The ... Samadhisound, Samadhisound 2009
Alchemy - An Index Of Possibilities (LP) Part 1 - Ancient Eveni... Not On Label  
Brilliant Trees / Words With The Shaman (Album) (2 versions)   ArsNova  
European Son - Live In Tokyo 1979 (CD, Album, Promo, Comp)   Not On Label  
European Son - Live In Tokyo 1979 (CD, Album, Promo, Comp)   Not On Label  
Everything And Nothing Part 3/Godman (CD, Ltd)   G.&P. Music, Stress Records (2)  
Gentlemen Take Polaroids (CD, Album, Ltd) Taking Islands In Africa G.&P. Music, Stress Records (2)  
Interview Vrije University Brussels 8.10.1982 (7", Single, Ltd, Whi)   Not On Label  
Interview With David Sylvian Of Japan (7", Pic, Ltd)   Not On Label  
Kings - Second Chapter (CD, Unofficial)   Grammy  
Live In Tokyo, Japan 1981 (2xCD, Album)   Hickory Records  
Methods Of Dance (CD, Album, Promo, Unofficial, Comp)   Not On Label  
Moto.tronic (CD, Comp) Forbidden Colours Not On Label  
Only The Best (LP) Life In Tokyo Cosmic Communications  
Playing In A Room With People (CD) Big Wheels In Shanty Town Par Media Music  
Reno's Modern Romance (Cass, Album, Comp) Bamboo Houses Virgin  
When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima (CD, Unofficial)   Not On Label  
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Review by Alastis Mar 08, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
This voice...its hard to mistake it for anything else. David Sylvian is probably one of the few solo performers whose sincerity can't be doubted. He also tried almost anything and quite succesfully - from more poppy work in Japan, to ambient and experimental music. One of the truly greatest figures in modern music.
Review by Crijevo Jan 02, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
David Sylvian is as enigmatic as his works ranging from electro-poppish to avant-garde romantisms... Music constantly as beautiful and haunting - at times too calm though, however one of the few artists in this world to release music, care for it and cherish it. So many albums to choose from, a tough task to do alright but well worth a listen...