After 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)
Interview
Q&A as published in Rodeo Magazine
Audiovisual installation at Srlandet Art Museum Kristiansand, Norway, from 1 September 9 OctoberAudio: David Sylvian (When We Return You Won't Recognize Us)Artwork: Atsushi FukuiLighting design: Kouji Iida / Kaito Office
Interview by Clive Bell with David Sylvian about the Dead Bees On A Cake album BBC Radio 3 Mixing It radio show broadcast on April 17th 1999 by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall. Guest interviewer Clive Bell interviews David Sylvian about his project Dead Bees On A Cake.
Flux magazine Q+A, October 2010
By Lisa Jackson for Cream Magazine In the early 1980’s, while most new romantics played it bright, fey and dandy, DAVID SYLVIAN and his band Japan subscribed to a kind of melancholic futurism. They were in a way, ahead of their time in the pre-millennial tension stakes. One of Britain’s most innovative bands, and an act many say helped pioneer
by Jim Lange at West Virginia Public Radio for his radio show EclecTopia.
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.
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.
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.
by Steven Rose for Blurt Magazine
Eden video internet-only interview by Robert Sandall on September 26th, 2000 with David Sylvian.
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.
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.
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