A HERVE GUILLEMINOT PRESENTATION VA - David Sylvian Circle (6 x CDs)

A HERVE GUILLEMINOT PRESENTATION

VA - David Sylvian Circle (6 x CDs)

David Sylvian, born David Alan Batt on 23 February 1958, is an influential English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained fame in the late 1970s as the front man and principal songwriter of the band Japan. With their androgynous look and increasingly electronic sound, Japan became a significant influence on the UK's early-1980s new wave scene.

After Japan disbanded, Sylvian launched his solo career with the album Brilliant Trees (1984). His solo work, described by AllMusic as "far-ranging and esoteric," includes collaborations with renowned artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, Holger Czukay, Jon Hassell, Bill Nelson, and Fennesz. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Sylvian's recordings encompassed a blend of art rock, pop, jazz fusion, avant-garde experimentalism, and ambient music. In recent years, his compositions have increasingly drawn on musical minimalism and free improvisation.

As an admirer of David Sylvian, I consider him a first-rate singer-songwriter. Albums like Secrets of the Beehive (1987) hold a special place among the best pop/rock albums in my imaginary world top chart. Sylvian's artistic journey has parallels with that of Mark Hollis from Talk Talk. Both artists started with more commercial sounds—neo-romantic for Talk Talk and glam for Japan—before gradually transitioning towards abstraction. Their solo careers eventually led them to explore improvised neo-classicism (Hollis) and refined ambient music (Sylvian).

Although I haven't always been able to keep up with Sylvian's diverse and evolving career, I've tried to give you a glimpse of his world by associating him with artists who share his aesthetic. I hope you enjoy listening to this compilation as much as I enjoyed putting it together. If you want to delve deeper into David Sylvian's work, you can start with his first group, Japan, and then explore his solo career, including side projects Rain Tree Crow and Nine Horses. Don't forget to check out his numerous collaborations as well.

This compilation features 162 tracks divided into three roughly equal parts:

• Original songs by David Sylvian, solo or with his side projects Rain Tree Crow and Nine Horses.
• Artist collaborations with David Sylvian on vocals.
• Songs from artists or bands that may be part of David Sylvian's aesthetic universe.

Of course, these selections are subjective, and everyone is free to choose their favorites. Enjoy!

Thank you. (Hervé Guilleminot)

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Track lists

CD1

1 - David Sylvian - Let the happiness in - 1987

2 - L A N D ft. David Sylvian - Nothing Is Happening Everywhere - 2012

3 - Talk Talk - New Grass - 1991

4 - Rain Tree Crow - Pocket Full Of Change - 1991

5 - David Sylvian - Alphabet Angel - 1999

6 - David Bowie - Neuköln - 1977

7 - Mick Karn ft. David Sylvian - Buoy - 1987

8 - Japan - Nightporter - 1980

9 - Hector Zazou ft. David Sylvian (aka "M. X") - Victim Of Stars - 1992

10 - Roxy Music - Spin Me Round - 1979

11 - Ippu-Do - ロンリー・シーライオン = Lonely Sea Lion - 1983

12 - Japan - Methods Of Dance - 1980

13 - David Sylvian - The Ink In The Well - 1984

14 - Nine Horses - The Banality Of Evil - 2005

15 - Oingo Boingo - Gratitude - 1991

16 - Japan - Communist China - 1977

17 - David Sylvian - September - 1987

18 - Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni ft. David Sylvian - The Golden Way - 1996

19 - Roger Eno With Kate St. John - The Familiar - 1992

20 - Hildur Guðnadóttir & David Sylvian - I Measure Every Grief I Meet - 2024

21 - David Sylvian - Pop Song - 1989

22 - Nine Horses - Atom And Cell - 2005

23 - Trigg & Gusset - Dim - 2020

24 - Tweaker ft. David Sylvian - Linoleum - 2001

25 - David Sylvian - Ride - 2000

26 - Nick Drake - Saturday Sun - 1969

27 - David Sylvian + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours (Version II - Orchestral Version) - 1983/87

CD2

1 - David Sylvian - Waterfront - 1987

2 - Nine Horses - Darkest Birds - 2005

3 - The Walker Brothers - The Electrician - 1978

4 - David Sylvian - Wanderlust - 1999

5 - Rain Tree Crow - Blackwater - 1991

6 - The Blue Nile - Easter Parade - 1983

7 - Japan - In Vogue - 1979

8 - David Sylvian + Robert Fripp - Endgame - 1993

9 - Perry Blake - This Time It's Goodbye - 1999

10 - David Sylvian - The Healing Place - 1986

11 - Takagi Masakatsu ft. David Sylvian - Exit/Delete - 2004

12 - Francesco Biondi - Thermonuclear - 2006

13 - David Sylvian - Blue Skinned Gods (live) - 2004

14 - Blonde Redhead ft. David Sylvian - Messenger - 2004

15 - Icehouse - Paradise - 1986

16 - Japan - Quiet Life - 1979

17 - Joan As Police Woman ft. David Sylvian - Honor Wishes - 2008

18 - King Crimson - Matte Kudasai - 1981

19 - David Sylvian - Five Lines - 2010

20 - Nine Horses ft. Stina Nordenstam - Wonderful World - 2005

21 - Lisa Gerrard & Marcello De Francisci - Until We Meet Again - 2022

22 - Japan - Love Is Infectious - 1978

23 - David Sylvian + Robert Fripp - The First Day - 1994

24 - Brian Eno + John Cale - Grandfather's House - 1990

25 - David Sylvian - The Devil's Own - 1987

26 - David Sylvian + Ryuichi Sakamoto ft. Ingrid Chavez - Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II - Returning To The Womb) - 1992

27 - Einstürzende Neubauten - Stella Maris - 1996

CD3

1 - David Sylvian - Pulling Punches - 1984

2 - David Sylvian + Robert Fripp - Jean The Birdman - 1993

3 - Dalis Car - Dalis Car - 1984

4 - Japan - Life In Tokyo - 1979

5 - Mick Karn ft. David Sylvian - When Love Walks In - 1986

6 - Paddy McAloon - Sleeping Rough - 2003

7 - David Sylvian - Mother And Child - 1987

8 - Nine Horses - The Librairian - 2005

9 - Steven Brown - Decade - 1991

10 - Japan - I Second That Emotion - 1982

11 - Fennesz ft. David Sylvian - Transit - 2004

12 - Yukihiro Takahashi - Drip Dry Eyes - 1981

13 - David Sylvian - Laughter And Forgetting - 1986

14 - David Sylvian + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Bamboo Houses - 1982

15 - Asch & Spence - End Theme - 2001

16 - David Sylvian - Jacqueline - 2009

17 - Readymade FC ft. David Sylvian - Sugarfuel - 2001

18 - Dead Can Dance - Circumradiant Dawn - 1985

19 - Japan - Sometimes I Feel So Low - 1978

20 - Nine Horses - A History Of Holes - 2005

21 - David Sylvian - Small Metal Gods - 2009

22 - David Sylvian - Midnight Sun - 1999

23 - Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni ft. David Sylvian - Come Morning - 1996

24 - Mick Karn - Saviour, Are You With Me? - 1982

25 - David Sylvian - Blemish (Remixed By Burnt Friedman) - 2005

26 - Isabelle Adjani ft. David Sylvian - Il manque un mot - 2023

27 - Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Perpetuum Mobile - 1987

CD4

1 - David Sylvian - Orpheus - 1987

2 - David Sylvian + Ryuichi Sakamoto - World Citizen (Long Version) - 2003

3 - Harold Budd - It's Steeper Near the Roses (For David Sylvian) - 2004

4 - David Sylvian - The Scent Of Magnolia - 2000

5 - Nine Horses - Get The Hell Out - 2007

6 - Simon Fisher Turner - Hope Swims - 2017

7 - Japan - Ghosts - 1982

8 - Rain Tree Crow - Every Colour You Are - 1991

9 - Jan Bang & Erik Honoré ft. David Sylvian - I Swallowed Earth For This - 2012

10 - David Sylvian - Taking The Veil - 1986

11 - Undark ft. David Sylvian - How Safe Is Deep? - 1996

12 - Peter Murphy - Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem - 1989

13 - David Sylvian - Answered Prayers - 1986

14 - David Sylvian + Robert Fripp - Riverman - 1994

15 - The Durutti Column - The Room - 1985

16 - Japan - Adolescent Sex (Re-recorded Version) - 1977

17 - Hector Zazou ft. David Sylvian (aka "M. X") & Yuka Fujii - To A Reason - 1992

18 - Mick Karn - Dreams Of Reason - 1986

19 - David Sylvian - The World Is Everything - 2010

20 - Nine Horses - Isn't that Me? - 2004

21 - Richard Barbieri & Tim Bowness - Song Of Love And Everything (Part I) - 1994

22 - David Sylvian - Do You Know Me Now? - 2013

23 - Steve Jansen ft. David Sylvian & Joan Wasser - Ballad Of A Deadman - 2007

24 - John Martyn - Number Nine - 1991

25 - Japan - Alien - 1979

26 - Akiko Yano ft. David Sylvian - Good Night - 1982

27 - Mark Isham & Art Lande - The Melancholy of Departure - 1987

CD5

1 - David Sylvian - I Surrender - 1999

2 - Andrea Chimenti ft. David Sylvian - Ti ho aspettato (I Have Waited For You) - 1996

3 - Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers - Mellow Out - 1960

4 - David Sylvian - Red Guitar - 1984

5 - David Sylvian + Robert Fripp - Earthbound (Starblind) - 1993

6 - Beth Orton - Friday Night - 2022

7 - David Sylvian - Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice) - 1987

8 - Nine Horses - The Day The Earth Stole Heaven - 2005

9 - Anywhen - The Siren Songs - 2001

10 - Japan - Some Kind Of Fool (2000 Version) - 2000

11 - Rhodri Davies & Mark Wastell ft. David Sylvian - There Is No Love (extract) - 2017

12 - JBK (Jansen/Barbieri/Karn) - The Shallow Pool - 1999

13 - David Sylvian - I Should Not Dare (For N. O.) - 2011

14 - David Sylvian + Ryuichi Sakamoto  ft. Ingrid Chavez - Cloud #9 - 1992

15 - Yukihiro Takahashi & Steve Jansen - Betsu-Ni - 1986

16 - Japan - Fall In Love With Me - 1979

17 - Punkt ft. David Sylvian - Angels - 2007

18 - Richard Wright & Dave Harris - Voices - 2019

19 - David Sylvian - When Poets Dreamed Of Angels - 1987

20 - Nine Horses - Money For All - 2007

21 - The Dolphin Brothers (Jansen + Barbieri) - Real Life, Real Answers - 1987

22 - David Sylvian - The Shining of Things - 1999

23 - Steve Jansen ft. David Sylvian & Nina Kinert - Playground Martyrs - 2007

24 - Café Europa - Tangibile - 2023

25 - David Sylvian - The Only Daughter - 2003

26 - Rain Tree Crow - Red Earth (As Summertime Ends) - 1991

27 - Laraaji - The Dance n°1 - 1980

CD6

1 - David Sylvian - A Fire In The Forest - 2003

2 - David Sylvian + Robert Fripp - God's Monkey - 1993

3 - No-Man - No Defence - 2001

4 - David Sylvian - Krishna Blue - 1999

5 - New York Dolls - Lonely Planet Boy - 1973

6 - David Sylvian - The Boy With The Gun - 1987

7 - Nine Horses - I'm Too Mad To Let You Know (Sign The Papers) - 2004

8 - Channel Light Vessel - Testify - 1994

9 - Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri ft. Mick Karn - Long Tales, Tall Shadows - 1991

10 - Japan - Despair - 1979

11 - David Sylvian + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Zero Landmine - 2001

12 - Ishmael Ensemble - Feather - 2021

13 - David Sylvian - Darkest Dreaming - 1999

14 - Virginia Astley ft. David Sylvian - Some Small Hope - 1986

15 - Hyde - Evergreen (Orchestral Version) - 2009

16 - David Sylvian - Beautiful Country - 2017

17 - Russell Mills/Undark ft. David Sylvian - Rooms Of the Sixteen Shimmers - 2000

18 - JBK (Jansen/Barbieri/Karn) - Human Age - 1993

19 - David Sylvian - A Certain Slant Of Light (For M. K.) - 2011

20 - Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni ft. David Sylvian - Maya - 1996

21 - Japan - Sons Of Pioneers - 1982

22 - Ingrid Chavez ft. David Sylvian - Remembering Julia - 2010

23 - David Sylvian - Bhajan (live) - 2001

24 - Nine Horses ft. Stina Nordenstam - Birds Sing For Their Lives - 2007

25 - Japan - The Unconventional - 1977

26 - David Sylvian - Tear Me Apart (Demo) - 2012

27 - Japan - The Other Side Of Life - 1979

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