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Inexorably Sylvian by Nile Larsen (Details, April 1988)

by Sue Peters

by Josef Woodard

by Mark Prendergast Originally published in two parts; Record Collector April and May 1990.

by Anton Rush

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.

by Dave Rimmer Having spent over five years behind a thick layer of make-up, David Sylvian has emerged from the cocoon of Pop Celebrity to make a butterfly foray into the avant-garde. His new work lies somewhere between wallpaper and revolution. But nobody seems quite sure.

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:

  “The Day After” by John Diliberto (Jazziz Magazine May 1994) Crisis as a source of art has always been romanticized in the West. You’ve got to suffer if you want to sing the blues, cut off your ear if you want your art to bleed, and endure the pits of depression if you want to leave something behind when

David Sylvian Interview – WDET-FM, Detroit, MI, USA (4.14.99) Transcript by Mark Shanahan

Keyboard Player November 1999 David Sylvian tells Mark Prendergast about the spiritual as well as musical journey that culminated in his first solo album for over a decade

The South African Radio -David Sylvian Interview by Derek Richardson (10.98) with permission transcribed by Mark Shanahan

by Richard Cook

MIRACLES AND GRACIOUSNESS David Sylvian in Glasgow, December 1993 An interview with Bill Drover (with a little help from Robert Fripp)

Independent interview (UK). Published online at independent.co.uk 27 June 2003. David Sylvian: Songs from the fringe David Sylvian was a pop pin-up when he led Japan. Now, after years on the frontiers of the avant-garde, he has produced his most personal songs yet. Martin James talks to the man behind the big hair.