Person · Active since 1958
David Sylvian is a musician in the Credits.fm index identified by 1 IPI number and 1 ISNI identifier. A musician is the person or group behind the codes — IPI numbers identify them as a songwriter or publisher, ISNI identifiers as a creative contributor, and their recordings each carry an ISRC.
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Sylvian, David
Songwriter · Performer · Producer
Member of Japan, Nine Horses, Rain Tree Crow, The Kilowatt Hour
......Rhodesia (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via Japan"""ORPHEUS, S. 98 """"SYMPHONIC POEM NO. 4"""""""
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20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman’s Song)
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
A Brief Conversation Ending in Divorce
David Sylvian
A Foreign Place
Japan
via JapanA Reassuringly Dull Sunday
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowAdolescent Sex
Japan
via JapanAdolescent Sex (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanAin’t That Peculiar
Japan
via JapanAlien
Japan
via JapanAlien (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanAll of My Mother's Names
David Sylvian
All Tomorrow’s Parties
Japan
via JapanAll Tomorrow’s Parties
Japan
via JapanAll Tomorrows Parties (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanAll Tomorrows Parties (Steve Nye 12″ remix version 1983)
Japan
via JapanAll Tomorrows Parties (Steve Nye 7″ remix version 1983)
Japan
via JapanAnswered Prayers
David Sylvian
Automatic Gun (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanBackwaters
David Sylvian
Big Wheels in Shanty Town
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowBig Wheels in Shanty Town
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowBlackcrow Hits Shoe Shine City
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowBlackwater
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowBlinding Light of Heaven
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
Boat’s for Burning
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowBrightness Falls
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
Brilliant Trees
David Sylvian
Burning Bridges
Japan
via JapanCamphor
David Sylvian
Canton
Japan
via JapanCantonese Boy
Japan
via JapanCantonese Boy
Japan
via JapanCloud #9
坂本龍一, David Sylvian, Ingrid Chavez
Communist China (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via Japancosa rara
Lucrecia Dalt, David Sylvian
Cries and Whispers
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowDamage
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
Despair
Japan
via JapanDespair (intro) (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanDeviation (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanDeviation (live in Tokyo)
Japan
via JapanDon’t Rain on My Parade
Japan
via JapanEuropean Son
Japan
via JapanEuropean Son
Japan
via JapanEuropean Son
Japan
via JapanEuropean Son (extended remix)
Japan
via JapanEvery Color You Are
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
Every Colour You Are
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowFall in Love With Me
Japan
via JapanFall in Love With Me (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanFirepower
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
FIREPOWER
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for the love of life
David Sylvian
FORBIDDEN COLORS
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FORBIDDEN COLORS
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Forbidden Colours
坂本龍一, David Sylvian
Forbidden Colours
坂本龍一, David Sylvian
Forbidden Colours
坂本龍一, David Sylvian
FORBIDDEN COLOURS
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FORBIDDEN COLOURS
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FORBIDDEN COLOURS (MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE)
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Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Japan
via JapanGentlemen Take Polaroids
Japan
via JapanGhosts
Japan
via JapanGhosts
Japan
via JapanGhosts
Japan
via JapanGhosts (single version)
Japan
via JapanGod’s Monkey
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
Gone to Earth
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
Grains (Sweet Paulownia Wood) (David Sylvian remodel)
坂本龍一, David Sylvian
Halloween
Japan
via JapanHalloween (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanHeartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II Returning to the Womb)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Ingrid Chavez
Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) Returning to the Womb
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
Home
Laszlo, Richard Caddock
Home
Laszlo, Richard Caddock
HOME
Unknown Artist
Honor Wishes
Joan as Police Woman, David Sylvian
I Drink to Forget
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowI Second That Emotion
Japan
via JapanI Second That Emotion
Japan
via JapanI Second That Emotion
Japan
via JapanI Second That Emotion (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanIn Vogue
Japan
via JapanIn Vogue (live in Tokyo)
Japan
via JapanIn‐Vogue (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanJean the Birdman
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
Late Night Shopping (Chris Vrenna remix)
David Sylvian
Let the Happiness In
David Sylvian
Life in Tokyo
Japan
via JapanLife in Tokyo (12″ extended version)
Japan
via JapanLife in Tokyo (12″ version)
Japan
via JapanLife in Tokyo (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanLife in Tokyo (Steve Nye 7″ Special remix 1982)
Japan
via JapanLife in Tokyo (Theme) (Giorgio Moroder version 1979)
Japan
via JapanLife in Tokyo, Part 1
Japan
via JapanLife Without Buildings
Japan
via JapanLinoleum (The Josh Wink Interpretation)
Tweaker, David Sylvian
Maria
David Sylvian
Messenger
Blonde Redhead, David Sylvian
Methods of Dance
Japan
via JapanMother and Child
David Sylvian
Mother and Child (remix)
David Sylvian
Mutability (A New Beginning Is in the Offing)
David Sylvian, Holger Czukay
My New Career
Japan
via JapanNew Moon at Red Deer Wallow
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowNew Moon at Red Deer Wallow
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowNightporter
Japan
via JapanNightporter
Japan
via JapanNostalgia
David Sylvian
Obscure Alternatives (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanObscure Alternatives (live in Tokyo)
Japan
via JapanOrpheus
David Sylvian
Orpheus
David Sylvian
ORPHEUS
Unknown Artist
Plight (The Spiralling of Winter Ghosts)
David Sylvian, Holger Czukay
Plight (The Spiralling of Winter Ghosts) (exerpt)
David Sylvian, Holger Czukay
Pocket Full of Change
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowPop Song
David Sylvian
Praise (Pratah Smarami)
David Sylvian
Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)
David Sylvian, Holger Czukay
Promise (The Cult of Eurydice)
David Sylvian
Pulling Punches
David Sylvian
Pulling Punches
David Sylvian
Pure Genius
Tweaker, David Sylvian
Quiet Life
Japan
via JapanQuiet Life
Japan
via JapanQuiet Life
Japan
via JapanQuiet Life
Japan
via JapanQuiet Life
Japan
via JapanQuiet Life (Japanese 7″ mix 1980)
Japan
via JapanQuiet Life (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanQuiet Life (original German 7″ mix 1980)
Japan
via JapanRain Tree Crow
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowRed Earth (As Summertime Ends)
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowRed Earth (As Summertime Ends)
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowRed Guitar
David Sylvian
Red Guitar
David Sylvian
Red Guitar
David Sylvian
Riverman
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
Scratchings on the Bible Belt
Rain Tree Crow
via Rain Tree CrowSeptember
David Sylvian
SEPTEMBER
Unknown Artist
Sometimes I Feel So Low (live at Budokan 27/03/1980)
Japan
via JapanSometimes I Feel So Low (live in Tokyo)
Japan
via JapanSons of Pioneers
Japan
via JapanStill Life in Mobile Homes
Japan
via JapanSugarfuel
Readymade, David Sylvian
Swing
Japan
via JapanSwing
Japan
via JapanTaking Islands in Africa
Japan
via JapanTaking Islands in Africa (Steve Nye remix)
Japan
via JapanTalking Drum
Japan
via JapanTalking Drum
Japan
via JapanThe Art of Parties
Japan
via JapanThe Art of Parties
Japan
via JapanThe Art of Parties (live)
Japan
via JapanThe Boy With the Gun
David Sylvian
The Devil’s Own
David Sylvian
The Experience of Swimming
Japan
via JapanThe First Day
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
The Healing Place
David Sylvian
The Ink in the Well
David Sylvian
The Other Side of Life
Japan
via JapanThe Song Which Gives the Key to Perfection
David Sylvian
The Width of a Room
Japan
via JapanUpon This Earth
David Sylvian
Visions of China
Japan
via JapanVisions of China
Japan
via JapanVISIONS OF CHINA
Unknown Artist
Waterfront
David Sylvian
Wave
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp
WAVE
Unknown Artist
WAVE (AO VIVO)
ROBERTO CARLOS & CAETANO VELOSO
Wave (version)
David Sylvian
WAVES
Unknown Artist
Weathered Wall
David Sylvian
When Poets Dreamed of Angels
David Sylvian
World Citizen
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
World Citizen
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
World Citizen
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
World Citizen – I won’t be disappointed/looped piano
坂本龍一
World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil
1986 · Virgin
A New Dream
1994 · Red Phantom
A Victim of Stars 1982–2012
2012 · Virgin
Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
1991 · Virgin Japan
Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
2019 · Virgin EMI Records
Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
2006 · Virgin
Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
2003 · Virgin
Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
2003 · Virgin
Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
1985 · Virgin
Approaching Silence
2017 · Venture
Blemish
2004 · Samadhisound
Blemish
2004 · Not On Label
Blemish
2003 · P-Vine Non Stop
Brilliant Trees
2003 · Virgin
Brilliant Trees
2015
Brilliant Trees
2016 · Virgin
Brilliant Trees
1990 · Virgin
Brilliant Trees
2003 · Virgin
Brilliant Trees / Secrets Of The Beehive
2011 · Virgin
Brilliant Trees / Words With the Shaman
1994 · Caroline Blue Plate
Camphor
2002 · Venture
Camphor
2002 · Venture
cosa rara
2025
Damage
1994 · VENTURE
Damage
2014 · Discipline Global Mobile
Damage
2001 · Venture
Darshan
1993 · Virgin
Dead Bees on a Cake
1999 · Virgin
Dead Bees on a Cake
Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations
2011 · P-Vine Records
Died in the Wool / Manafon Variations
2011 · Samadhisound
Do You Know Me Now?
2013 · Samadhisound
Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory
1991 · VENTURE
Everything and Nothing
2001 · Virgin
Everything and Nothing
2000 · Virgin
Everything and Nothing
2017 · Universal Music Catalogue
Flux + Mutability
1989 · Venture
Forbidden Colours
1988 · Virgin
Forbidden Colours
1991 · Virgin Japan
Godman
1999 · Venture
Gone to Earth
1988 · Virgin Japan
Gone to Earth
1997 · Virgin (2)
Gone to Earth
1988 · Virgin
Gone to Earth
2003 · Virgin
Gone to Earth
1986
Gone to Earth
2003 · Virgin
Gone to Earth
1993 · Virgin
Gone to Earth
2014 · Virgin
Gone To Earth
2008 · Virgin
heartbeat
1992 · Virgin America
Other members of Japan, Nine Horses, Rain Tree Crow, The Kilowatt Hour
David Sylvian is a songwriter and performer, active since 1958. David Sylvian is a member of Japan, Nine Horses, Rain Tree Crow and The Kilowatt Hour, and credits from those groups are included in this catalog.
Our database contains 199 recordings, 68 musical works, and 50 releases credited to David Sylvian. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.
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