The David Sylvian that fronted new wave pop band Japan wore luminescent hair and glam make-up; on the cover of his solo debut, 1984's Brilliant Trees, he was stylish and refined, a gentleman popster.

In the 1980s David Sylvian rocketed to stardom in space-age garb with his band Japan, which he disbanded at the height of their popularity in 1984. The end of that band actually began the reinvention ...

David Sylvian is an unusual artist who has always interested me. He first came to prominence with the glam rock band Japan in the 1970s. Though less well known as Bowie and the New York Dolls, Japan ...

Stretching pop music to the point where it reaches the avant-garde is no easy feat. But over the course of 30 years, starting as a teenager with the New Romantic band Japan and through a series of ...

David Sylvian has had one of the most interesting and divergent careers of any musician over the the last 30 years. From the early, New York Dolls -apeing days of Japan, through to their 1980s ...

Few musicians have traveled as far from their original style as has David Sylvian. He met the public in 1974 as the vocalist for Japan, a British commercial pop group in the vein of Duran Duran and ...

This engaging compilation of work by the former Japan vocalist begins begins with a version of a song from his old band, moves through material from his solo LPs, and closes with a new song. Sylvian's ...