Interview with Miu Sakamoto (daughter of Ryuichi!) on J-Wave radio broadcast at 28th October 2001.
Articles and Interviews
Printed/audio articles and interviews
Wednesday, April 14, 1999 , Sylvian’s Bees buzzing again by DAVE VEITCH Transcript by John Sakamoto. Originally online interview (now defunct)
David Sylvian: Japan, Dead Bees and Everything By Tony Fletcher December 17, 2001 Though far from a household name, David Sylvian has a resume that rivals those of many more famous musicians. As vocalist with south London group Japan (in the late ’70s and early ’80s), he helped establish a bridge between the art rock of Roxy Music and the
David Sylvian interview in Jazz Magazine / Jazzman #607, October 2009. Interview : Frdric Goaty
by Jim Lange at West Virginia Public Radio for his radio show EclecTopia.
Journeys Into The Interior Biba Kopf, New Musical Express, 11 August 1984
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.
Recorded on August 18th 2003, Chris Douridas talks in his show New Ground with David Sylvian about the release of Blemish.
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
Interview (in Italian) originally published in the Italian KULT magazine (2005).Online published on (now defunct) davidsylvian.it on April 21st, 2009 by ‘camphor’.Translated and kindly provided by Marta Roia.
Published in Canadian newspaper Mtro and online.
by BBC's Evgenie Kanevskomu. Transcript by Tuomas
David Sylvian talks to Fiona Talkington about his music. Online interview from BBC Radio 3 by Fiona Talkington for her radioshow Late Junction.
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.
by Richard Cook
Magazine about Norwegian music. This issue is strongly focussed on the 2011 PUNKT Festival in Kristiansand (1 – 3 september 2011). There are also articles about Nils Petter Molvaer and Arve Henriksen. By Guttorm Andreasen
by Tony Bonyata
Interview by Tom Lanham. David Sylvian is talking about advertising, about how he, his wife and three children skirt consumer-aimed pressure and stay true to their spartan, spiritual lifestyle.
by Anil Prasad (innerviews.org)
DAVID SYLVIAN ON HIS MUSICAL AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEY AS A WORLD CITIZEN Interview by Hugh Bohane, New Internationalist August 2007.
Master Craftsman David Sylvian by Mark Prendergast Since the break-up of his group Japan in November 1982, David Sylvian has been slowly widening the base of his music to encompass both ethnic and avant-garde sounds. Mark Prendergast gathers the facts on the change of style.
Melancholy ManRichard Cook, Sounds, 7 November 1987 As his new album ‘Secrets of the Beehive’ buzzes our way, David Sylvian describes his music as a positive state rising out of a negative one. But there is more to the man than mere poetic melancholy would suggest.
The last two years have been a period of transition for David Sylvian, but he’s now in a new collaboration with Holger Czukay and a new solo single and a major retrospective set of his post-Japan recordings scheduled for November release. PAUL LESTER reports on one of rock’s most enigmatic figures.
MIRACLES AND GRACIOUSNESS David Sylvian in Glasgow, December 1993 An interview with Bill Drover (with a little help from Robert Fripp)
