Saturday, 04 February 2012
Home News
Latest news

Latest news

Joan as Policewoman is working on a new duets project with David Sylvian.
Joan talks about this project on the Huey Show as broadcast on February 6th, 2011 on BBC 6 Music (13:00 - 16:00).

In the end of december 2011, Joan tweeted a few messages (including picture) of her currently working with David on this project.

EMI, A Victim Of Stars, 1982-2012


with new song Where’s Your Gravity?

The new David Sylvian collection album "A Victim of Stars, 1982-2012" will be released at the beginning of next year. On leap day February 29, the double-CD hits the stores.

update 2011/12/20: article added from FACT Magazine.

David Sylvian will tour Europe in March 2012, his first series of performances since 2007.

David Sylvian's 'Implausible Beauty 2012' tour will start in Padova, Italy on the 1st March 2012.


NEW: Hildur Guðnadóttir to tour with David
NEW:
David Sylvian will be playing in Paris on April 13th as part of the Banlieues Bleues Festival. David's concert will be the closing event of the festival. Tickets wil be on-sale in the middle of January and we will be providing a pre-order ticket link exclusively to David's fans in advance of the general on-sale.
NEW: Read the personal message by David about this tour (through Samadhi Sound newsletter) @2011-12-02

There will be a beautiful festival programme published this week in Kristiansand.
This programme publication will be available in large luxury format at the festival.
The programme can be watched here.

Also, David's concert is sold out so they willl expand the hall (by removing orchestra pit) to be able to put out 30-40 single tickets for Plight & Premonition!


David Sylvian has created, for the first time, a calendar which is available exclusively via samadhisound. The 2012 calendar features David's personal selection of his photographic work and was designed by David in collaboration with Chris Bigg. Spiral bound and measuring 24cm x 42.6 cm, the calendar is printed on rich, quality paper and released as a limited edition item.

Number of articles published in various papers and magazines about Punkt Festivalen 2011 in Kristiansand Norway.

David will perform live on Saturday September 3rd at the Punkt Festival in a Special Edition Cartography concert,  where the whole album will be performed by Arve Henriksen (trumpet, voice), David Sylvian (lyrics/spoken word), Eivind Aarset (guitars), Anna Maria Friman (vocal), Ingar Zach (percussion) and Jan Bang / Erik Honoré (live sampling, electronics).


Read more about the full festival schedule on the Punkt website.

This page contains a compilation of reviews as found online, in papers and magazines about David Sylvian album Died In The Wool. (more info and order it here)

Latest:
- All About Jazz (October 2011)
- Dusted Reviews (July 2011)
- OndaRock (Italian, june 2011)
- Twente uit de kunst (dutch, june 2011)
- The Wire (june 2011)
- musicOMH (june 2011)

If you have/found a review which is not listed here or a review by yourself? Please contact me to give it a home on this page.

David will be creating an audiovisual installation entitled "Uncommon Deities", and will curate an evening of concerts, including the debut live performance of his 1988 release "Plight and Premonition". In addition to David, this concert will feature John Tilbury, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Eivind Aarset and Philip Jeck.


For more info, go to the Program, Artists and Punkt Kunst sections. For info on how to purchase the exclusive Festival Pass that gives access to all Sylvian related arrangements (and to the rest of the festival), see the Tickets section.

Ryuichi Sakamoto will be a guest at the Concert for Japan concert on Saturday, April 9, 11 AM — 11 PM

Ryuichi will be joined by:
Mayo Yamaguchi (noh actor) - Live Guest
David Sylvian (recorded poetry)
Christian Fennesz (sounds)
Yoshihide Otomo (sounds)
Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) - Live Guest

The performance will be live on Ustream. Click here for broadcast site

Died in the Wool — variations on David Sylvian's 2009 release Manafon with the addition of 6 new pieces, including collaborations with acclaimed composer Dai Fujikura, producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré and a stellar roster of contemporary musicians and improvisers.

Released as a Double CD digipak in a hardboard slipcase. Disc 2 featuring audio from the installation When We Return You Won't Recognise Us.


Release dates:
Japan: 18th May; UK/RoW (excl. USA/Canada): 23rd May; USA: 31st May

«StartPrev123NextEnd»
Page 1 of 3

Latest News

Prev Next

Exclusive 2012 interview David Sylvian

Exclusive 2012 interview David Sylvian

I'm proud to announce a new upcoming interview with David Sylvian. It has been almost a decade ago since the last big Q&A publication on this site. With the release...

Comments (0) Latest news

Read more

Duets project with Joan As Policewoman

Duets project with Joan As Policewoman

Joan as Policewoman is working on a new duets project with David Sylvian.Joan talks about this project on the Huey Show as broadcast on February 6th, 2011 on BBC 6...

Comments (0) Latest news

Read more

2012 release: A Victim of Stars, 1982-20…

2012 release: A Victim of Stars, 1982-2012

EMI, A Victim Of Stars, 1982-2012with new song Where’s Your Gravity?The new David Sylvian collection album "A Victim of Stars, 1982-2012" will be released at the beginning of next year....

Comments (0) Latest news

Read more

Implausible Beauty tour 2012 announced

Implausible Beauty tour 2012 announced

David Sylvian will tour Europe in March 2012, his first series of performances since 2007. David Sylvian's 'Implausible Beauty 2012' tour will start in Padova, Italy on the 1st March...

Comments (0) Latest news

Read more

Uncommon Deities

Uncommon Deities

There will be a beautiful festival programme published this week in Kristiansand.This programme publication will be available in large luxury format at the festival.The programme can be watched here.Also, David's...

Comments (0) Latest news

Read more

Popular News

Prev Next

Manafon

Manafon

The new 9 track album from David Sylvian, which is scheduled to be released September 14th, is called Manafon. See below for tracklist and press information and artwork. Samadhi Sound wrote...

Latest news

Read more

Implausible Beauty tour 2012 announced

Implausible Beauty tour 2012 announced

David Sylvian will tour Europe in March 2012, his first series of performances since 2007. David Sylvian's 'Implausible Beauty 2012' tour will start in Padova, Italy on the 1st March...

Latest news

Read more

Mojo & The Wire Interviews

Mojo & The Wire Interviews

Both UK magazines Mojo and The Wire feature in their September 2009 issues interviews with David. Besides talking about the past, David is very open about the Manafon project and...

Latest news

Read more

Manafon reviews

Manafon reviews

This page contains a compilation of reviews as found online, in papers and magazines.Latest:- All About Jazz (Nenad Georgievski januari 2010)- All About Jazz (John Kelman december 2009)- iO pages...

Latest news

Read more

Sleepwalkers

Sleepwalkers

David recently completed work on a compilation cd featuring some of the best of his collaborative work of the last decade or so. Entitled 'Sleepwalkers' it contains fresh remixes by David and...

Latest news

Read more

Newsletter

Name:

Email:

Paypal Donation

Make a donation to davidsylvian.net to keep the site alive and support further development.