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David will contribute on Takagi Masakatsu's new album COIEDA, coming out September 8, 2004. The track is called exit/delete.

The management of David Sylvian pointed out that David Sylvian is NOT performing with Christian in Italy. Due to artistic reasons, it is not possible play Venice live. The original announcement on Christian’s site has been removed too, but Christian is actually playing at the festival! Dates will be confirmed soon. The Fano community site lists that Christian Fennesz is

Fennesz’s new album, “Venice”, featuring David Sylvian on Transit is out now!! David and Christian Fennesz have written a new composition for Christian’s forthcoming album, titled Transit. Also featured on the album is Burkhard Stangl.

Samadhi Sound, the label of David, will be releasing some very interesting titles in the near future. One of them is a re-issue of the World Citizen EP. Buy it at Amazon.co.uk. Click here.

Yuka Fujii, long time Sylvian artistic collaborator, has particitipated in an exhibition called 'Minus One' curated by Atsuhide Ito and featuring Noriko Tanaka. 

On April 20 2004, the new album by Tweaker, 2am wake-up call, is released. ROBERT SMITH of the Cure, WILL OLDHAM (Bonnie “Prince” Billy) and DAVID SYLVIAN provide vocals on the new album by TWEAKER, the alias for former Nine Inch Nails programmer-drummer CHRIS VRENNA. The album, due April 20 from Waxploitation Records and iMUSIC, marks a strong step forward

Thanks to Clive I received the news of Sakamoto's upcoming album Chasm. It features a new version of World Citizen (looped piano version) and also includes the Ryoji Ikeda remix. The album is out on 25th Februari 2004.

With kind permission of Future Music magazine, a leading UK magazine dedicated to professional music equipment and software, we were able to publish their interview with David as published in issue 143 (nov/dec 2003), on davidsylvian.net!

Manufactured on heavy vinyl, mastered at half speed for superior audio quality and shrink wrapped, this beautiful version is limited to a run of only 2000 copies. Released on the Samadisound label (January 26th 2004, cat #: SOUNDLPSS001). To buy it at Amazon.co.uk click here for more information and ordering.

VRENNA has tapped industrial/electronic guru MARTIN ATKINS to remix the song Linoleum off the debut Chris Vrenna TWEAKER album The Attraction To All Things Uncertain. The Linoleum single features guest vocals from DAVID SYLVIAN.

There's a 7-page interview in the December edition of the Future Music magazine (UK).

The Italian journalist Vittorio Pio made an interview with David last 26 June 2003. A small part of this interview was used on KataWeb website and a longer verion was published in the September issue of Il Mucchio Selvaggio (Italian music magazine).

The Japanese version of Blemish is released on October 22nd 2003 and features the bonus track Trauma. Read more about the Blemish release and the promo.

The new single of Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian "World Citizen" has been released in Japan!

David will tour again! David will give some concerts this year. He will be assisted by Steve Jansen and Masakatsu Takagi (visuals).

A web-ring featuring the (inactive) the-raft.com, nightporter.co.uk, fetafunk.com and davidsylvian.net has been lauched to promote the release of the forthcoming revisit to Japan’s catalogue on 15th September 2003 and the release of David Sylvian’s extraordinary solo work, remastered with extra special packaging, on 29 September 2003. Read further for all information about the remastered albums.

A Fire In The Forest will appear on the free cd set included with the October edition of Wire magazine.

David will tour with Steve in 2004 and there will be a new davidsylvian.com!

CHRIS VRENNA will once again be collaborating with the legendary singer-songwriter DAVID SYLVIAN for the upcoming TWEAKER CD titled 2am wake-up call.