By Brian Nixon Special to ASSIST News Service
Interview
Originally published by Sound On Sound at June 17th 1994. Despite having spent more than 15 years in the public eye, David Sylvian remains an enigmatic figure who has reinvented his own musical style constantly, both within his solo work and in his collaborations with musicians as diverse as Holger Czukay and Robert Fripp. PAUL TINGEN charts the history of
CD of the Month: David Sylvian, Manafon (Samadhi Sound)by Robert Sandall
by David Sylvianas published on Nine Horses website
By Guttorm Andreasen
David Sylvian takes on improv: Manafon (Performing Musician, December 2009)
Transcripts, Interview, 0After a 30-year career, David Sylvian has just released his most adventurous album yet. With a new, and largely improvisational, approach to music, he tells PM why he feels hes only just beginning to learn his craft.By Jonathan Wingate as published in Performing Musician (december 2009)
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.
Forword by Marcus Boon and interview by Keith Rowe as published in BOMB magazine (issue 111)
David's in depth conversation with Natalia Kutsepova of junkmedia.org.
Part two of David's in depth conversation with Natalia Kutsepova of junkmedia.org.
David Sylvian interview in Jazz Magazine / Jazzman #607, October 2009. Interview : Frdric Goaty
By BEN CRAWFORDPublished: September 17, 2006
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)
David Sylvian was answering questions posed by MusicOMH.com's Jude Clarke.
Invisible Jukebox: David Sylvian (The Wire, June 2003)
Audio & video, Scans, Transcripts, Interview, 0Every 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.
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
Taken from Shift: Japan-based international online magazine features creative culture.
David Gavan talks to David Sylvian about why there's no 'I' in Manofon
Online audio-podcast (justoftheradar.com) by Joe Silva at WUGA FM Great, long audio interview by Joe Silva with David Sylvian about the release of Sleepwalkers as published at podcast justoftheradar.com #253.
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.
Trophies exclusive interview 2002 by G. Hillebrand. This is part 2.
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