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SYLVIAN David
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Personal Data:

Born:

23.02.1958

(London, GB, as David Batt)

Appearances:

1976-11/82	Japan
1990-91	Rain Tree Crow
cca 2005	Nine Horses

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Brilliant Trees featuring: Richard Barbieri, Steve Jansen, Ryuichi Sakamoto (synths), Holger Czukay (tapes), Danny Thompson (1) (bg), Kenny Wheeler (horns)	25.06.1984	Virgin		4
2.	Gone To Earth (2LP) featuring: Robert Fripp (g), Bill Nelson (1) (g), Phil Palmer (g), Mel Collins (sax), Kenny Wheeler (horn)	9/1986	Virgin		24
3.	Secrets Of The Beehive featuring: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Phil Palmer, Steve Jansen, Danny Cummings (perc), David Torn (g), Danny Thompson (1) (bg), Mark Isham (tr)	10/1987	Virgin		37
4.	Plight And Premonition & Holger Czukay	3/1988	Venture/Virgin		71
5.	Flux And Mutability & Holger Czukay	9/1989	Venture/Virgin
6.	Weatherbox (5CD box set)	11/1989	Virgin
7.	Ember Glance	1991	Virgin
8.	The First Day & Robert Fripp	05.07.1993	Virgin		21
9.	Darshan & Robert Fripp	12/1993	Virgin
10.	Damage & Robert Fripp	9/1994	Virgin
11.	Dead Bees On A Cake	29.03.1999			31
12.	Approaching Silence	01.02.2000	Narada
13.	Everything & Nothing	09.10.2000	Virgin		57
14.	Camphor (2CD)	18.06.2002	Virgin
15.	Blemish	24.07.2003	Samandhi Sound
16.	Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities	21.10.2003	Caroline
17.	Good Son vs The Only Daughter: Blemish Remixes	15.03.2005	Samadhi Sound
18.	Money for All & Nine Horses	30.01.2007	Samadhi Sound
19.	When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima	11/2007	Samadhi Sound
20.	Manafon	15.09.2009	Samadhi Sound
21.	Sleepwalkers	28.09.2010	Samadhi Sound
22.	Died In The Wool	19.05.2011	Samadhi Sound
23.	A Victim Of Stars, 1982-2012 (2CD)	27.02.2012	Virgin		58
24.	Uncommon Deities & Sidsel Endresen & Arve Henri & Jan Bang & Erik Honore	06.10.2012	EMI
25.	Wandermude & Stephan Mathieu	18.01.2013	EMI
26.	There's A Light That Enters Houses With No Other House In Sight	24.11.2014	SamadhiSound
27.	Bamboo Houses & Ryuichi Sakamoto	21.04.2015

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music & Ryuichi Sakamoto	30.07.1982	Virgin	21
2.	Forbidden Colours / The Seed And The Sower 12" + Last Regrets & Ryuichi Sakamoto	27.05.1983	Virgin	10
3.	Red Guitar / Forbidden Colours (version)	5/1984	Virgin	9
4.	The Ink In The Well (remix) / Weathered Wall (instrumental)	03.08.1984	Virgin	22
5.	Pulling Punches / Backwaters (remix)	22.10.1984	Virgin	56
6.	Words With The Shaman EP (Part 1: Ancient Evening / Part 2: Incantation / Part 3: Awakening)	12/1985	Virgin	72
7.	Taking The Veil / Answered Prayers 12" + Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Sky	7/1986	Virgin	53
8.	Silver Moon / Gone To Earth 12" + Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steepless	9/1986	Virgin	83
9.	Buoy / Dreams Of Reason 12" + Language Of Ritual & Mick Karn	1/1987	Virgin	63
10.	Let The Happiness In / Blue Of Moon 12" + Buoy (remix)	10/1987	Virgin	66
11.	Orpheus / The Devil's Own 12" + Mother And Child	4/1988	Virgin
12.	Forbidden Colours / Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music & Ryuichi Sakamoto	8/1988	Virgin
13.	Pop Song / A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce 12",CD + Stigma Of Childhood	11/1989	Virgin	83
14.	Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) Returning To The Womb / Nuages CD1 + The Lost Emperor CD2 + Forbidden Colours / Heartbeat & Ryuichi Sakamoto	22.06.1992	Virgin	58
15.	Jean The Birdman / Earthbound / Starblind / Endgame CD + Tallow Moon / Dark Water / Gone To Earth & Robert Fripp	16.08.1993	Virgin	68
16.	I Surrender / Whose Trip Is This / Julia CD2 + Starred / Dreaming / Fleurs	3/1999		40
17.	God Man	06.09.1999
18.	Linoleum & Tweaker	29.10.2001	Six Degrees
19.	World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed) & Ryuichi Sakamoto	22.12.2003	Warner Bros
20.	Out In The Sticks / The Librarian / 182 / 9 & Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit	02.05.2005	Nonplace
21.	Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music & Ryuichi Sakamoto	28.04.2015	Virgin

Videos:

1. Amplified Gesture - 18.1.2013, EMI

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Heartbeat (29.6.92, Virgin)
Hector Zazou & The Sahara Blue Orchestra: Sahara Blue (11/92, Crammed Discs)
Chris Vrenna: The Attraction to All Things (18.9.01, Six Degrees)
Chris Vrenna: 2 a.m. Wakeup Call (20.4.04, Tweaker)

Compilation Appearances:

"Gone To Earth" on compilation "Imaginary Landscapes - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume II" (1/94, Virgin)
"The First Day" on compilation "Imaginary Landscapes - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume II" (1/94, Virgin, & Robert Fripp)
"Plight And Premonition" on compilation "Imaginary Landscapes - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume II" (1/94, Virgin, & Holger Czukay)
"Late Night Shopping" on Darfur benefit compilation "Causes 1" (27.11.07, Waxploitation)

Press References:

Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	8	09.11.1993	7		album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1982	30	24.07.1982	4	Fast Forward
1983	20	14.05.1983	23	Singles	single review
1983	21	21.05.1983	4	Fast Forward
1983	26	25.06.1983	26	Singles	single review
1983	52	24.12.1983	17	Videodrome
1984	19	12.05.1984	14		interview
1984	23	09.06.1984	3	Fast Forward
1984	24	28.07.1984	29	Albums	album review
1984	25	04.08.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	31	15.09.1984	32	Video
1984	36	20.10.1984	3	Fast Forward
1984	37	27.10.1984	26	Singles	single review
1992	25	20.06.1992	29	Singles	single review
1993	26	26.06.1993	4	News
1993	31	31.07.1993	29	Albums	album review
1993	34	21.08.1993	31	Singles	single review
1994	10	12.03.1994	47	Info Freako
1994	42	29.10.1994	37	Albums	album review
1995	50	16.12.1995	16	Live	gig review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	25	20.12.1994	29	Recenze	album review
2000	3		36		profile, discography
2003	8		24	Pelmel