By KEN KAWASHIMA
Interview
Interview by Claudio Chianura with David Sylvian in Italian magazine InSound (Nr. 1) december 2005, about Nine Horses. 6 pages in Italian with many photographs of Nine Horses and David/Steve performing live in 2003.
exclusive interview by Gerrit Hillebrand
The Art Of Noise by Ian Birch (Smash Hits, May 1984) What’s David Sylvian been doing since Japan broke up? Taking Polaroids, traveling, organizing an exhibition — oh and making a new record. “Art is my means of expression.” he tells Ian Birch.
by Hannah Jones, published on WalesOnline and in The Western Mail
Rain Tree Crow" by Nigel Humberstone (SOUND ON SOUND, June '91)
The Roar Of The Drone by Jon Kincaid (Stomp and Stammer, May 1999) David Sylvian returns.
by Jason Cowley
The Art Of Everything And Nothing by Justin Hampton (Stereotype, Feb. 2001)
Sylvian’s Fripperies by Steve Malins (Vox, July 1993) David Sylvian and Robert Fripp have combined forces to produce a new album, The First Time , but collaboration for the former Japan frontman and “aggressive perfectionist” hasn’t always run smoothly.
The sweet sound of a good cause by STEVE McCLURE Historically, the Japanese geinokai (entertainment world) has been slow to catch on to the idea of the charity concert/release. But now Ryuichi Sakamoto, a la Bob Geldof and the Band Aid famine-relief project, has put together an impressive array of Japanese and overseas talents on a track called “Zero Landmine,”
Vittorio Pio (Il Mucchio) interview (June 2003)
davidsylvian.net exclusives!, Transcripts, Interview, 0Vittorio Pio (Il Mucchio) interview 2003 Vittorio Pio & davidsylvian.net
Future Music interview (nov/dec 2003, issue 143) by Danny Turner 2003 Future Music. Republished with kind permission of Future Music Magazine.
Exorcising Ghosts (Rain Tree Crow) by Mark J. Prendergast (Lime Lizard, May 1991) From surrealist parrots to the japan reunion, Mark J. Prendergast gets ambient with David Sylvian who explains why it’s o.k. to shout insults at bricks.
Spurning Japanese by Simon Dudfield and A.J. Barratt (NME, Sep. 1991) David Sylvian has little time for his last group, glam rockers made good JAPAN, so why has he chosen to team up with his old cohorts again as ambient moodies Rain Tree Crow? Simon Dudfield puts it down to the peculiar flight path of `true art’. Seconding that emulsion:
Barnes & Nobles special published online in january 2001. Currently removed.
by Mark Prendergast Originally published in two parts; Record Collector April and May 1990.