Forword by Marcus Boon and interview by Keith Rowe as published in BOMB magazine (issue 111)
Blog
David Gavan talks to David Sylvian about why there's no 'I' in Manofon
David Sylvian on his new album Manafon.For his latest album David Sylvian, the former frontman of seminal 80s band Japan, takes inspiration from the life and work of Welsh poet RS Thomas. Long-time fan Hannah Jones exchanges emails with him to understand the meaning behind Manafon
Mark Goodier interviews David on BBC 1 Radio back in 1991 about the release of Rain Tree Crow (Blackwater) Source: Mark Goodier at Mark Goodier Show (BBC1, March 6th 1991)
Alone in the middle of a forest in New England, David Sylvian embraced disillusionment, rejected false gods and embarked on a more austere songwriting regimen than ever before. For his latest studio album, Manafon, the former pop singer also made connections with electroacoustic improvisors including Keith Rowe, Evan Parker, John Tilbury, Polwechsel, Otomo Yoshihide and Toshimaru Nakamura. By Biba Kopf.
David's in depth conversation with Natalia Kutsepova of junkmedia.org.
By BEN CRAWFORDPublished: September 17, 2006
Eden video internet-only interview by Robert Sandall on September 26th, 2000 with David Sylvian.
Taken from Shift: Japan-based international online magazine features creative culture.
David Sylvian interview in Jazz Magazine / Jazzman #607, October 2009. Interview : Frdric Goaty
Trophies exclusive interview 2002 by G. Hillebrand. This is part 2.
Every month, Wire magazine plays a musician a series of records which asked to identify and comment on – with no prior knowledge of what they’re about to hear. Tested by Christoph Cox. Photos by Chris Buck.
Nenad Georgievski is a well respected music reviewer known for his work on All About Jazz. This interview is for me the definite Manafon interview. No need for more same question and answer interviews anymore. This interview has been re-pubished with kind permission of the author.
We shouldn't ask that things be made too easy for us.A compilation by SamadhiSound of Q & A interviews undertaken in reference to the release and reception of Manafon.
David Sylvian was answering questions posed by MusicOMH.com's Jude Clarke.
Great interview with Robert Sandall about Nine Horses.
This brilliant carreer by Steve Sutherland This interview with David Sylvian is taken from the Melody Maker and was first printed in the UK on 12th May 1984
He was the sensitive soul who fronted south Londons dodgiest glam-rockers, the Worlds Most Lovely Man who chose tortured sainthood, pops preening popinjay who reinvented himself as a darling of the avant-garde. "Im damaged goods," he tells Sylvie Simmons.
David Sylvian talks to journalist Niccol Vecchia of Patchanka Radio Popolare (Italy) about Manafon Online interview from Patchanka Radio Popolare (Italy), broadcasted on September 27th, 2009. Interview by the journalist Niccol Vecchia in Milan, july 2009 (Radio Popolare studios).
David Sylvian – Die Erfindung der Einsamkeit, by Michael Engelbrecht. The interview as published on this page is an excerpt of the programme Kultur nach 3. Part of this show is an interview called Corsogesprch.
By Michael Dwyer.
Intervista a David Sylvian (Questioni al figlio della Madre). Original interview by Leonardo Vittorio Arena for the book Orient Pop.
David Sylvian talks to Fiona Talkington about his music. Online interview from BBC Radio 3 by Fiona Talkington for her radioshow Late Junction.
Products
-
Tin Drum Half Speed Master
€95.99
-
Dead Bees On A Cake
€45.33
-
Gone to Earth
€17.68
-
NOW - Yearbook Extra 1987
-
Plight & Premonition Flux & Mutability
€12.99