by Mark Prendergast Originally published in two parts; Record Collector April and May 1990.
Articles and Interviews
Printed/audio articles and interviews
Interview by Stephan Cox in late 1999 with David Sylvian about the release of Approaching Silence The interview was broadcast in a show called Music Backstage by Stephan Cox for Redband.
Interview by Chris van Oostrom in the dutch music magazine Revolver Nr.30, October 2009.
Suzanne Dowling talks to David on Australian TV show Rock Arena
Article published in the french magazine "Rock&Folk"( issue 412- December 2001).
Japanese magazine Rockin’On, issue 6 2012. Magazine features an enormous amount of old photography of artist who were mainly popular in the 80’s and 90’s.
by Rob Vlastuin. Interview taken on November 12, 2003 for Radio West.
DAVID SYLVIAN – THE TOUCHING WORK OF AN IMPRESSIVE GENIUS The magazine includes an interview with Chris Bigg about working with David Sylvian and the making of the artwork for Sylvian’s releases. Translations kindly provided by Marta Roia
![Russell Mills – Contingency [Ordering Chaos]](https://www.davidsylvian.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_5810-480x640.jpeg)
An exclusive davidsylvian.net interview with Russell Mills. Russell talkes about the releases of the Still Moves series (published by Slow Fuse Sound), Ember Glance, Undark and his current work and ambitions. Interview was recorded live in Ambleside (UK), August 2018.
An exclusive David Sylvian interview from 2009 in the Spanish magazine Ruta 66.
Ele-king books (Japan) published a Ryuichi Sakamoto memorial issue with interviews of several artists who worked with Ryuichi. The real image of Ryuichi Sakamoto emerges from the testimonies of his co-stars
Exclusive interview with Tim Elsenburg, remixer, songwriter and frontman of Sweet Billy Pilgrim.
One page mini interview in the March 2012 issue of Mojo (UK). The page features a self portrait by David Sylvian ART ROCK’S ESOTERIC CHAMELEON, IN HIS OWN WORDS AND BY HIS OWN HAND
Cassette magazine SFX, issue 4 features this uncredited David Sylvian interview.
Taken from Shift: Japan-based international online magazine features creative culture.
Silent Secrets MELODY MAKER, September 26, 1987
David Sylvian: Portrait of an artist by Ian Birch
David Sylvian interviewed by phone. Around October 2005. Do you recognise the interview host or the radio station? To me, it sounds that the host is not originally from the UK. Can somebody help me?
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.
The South African Radio -David Sylvian Interview by Derek Richardson (10.98) with permission transcribed by Mark Shanahan
Spencer Kansa, author of Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron (Mandrake) contributed this interview with David Sylvian
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:
Steve Harris interviews David on October 8th 1986 at Toshiba EMI in Tokyo, Japan
