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David Sylvian

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David Sylvian, born David Alan Batt, is an English singer-songwriter, musician and film director who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan. On his solo records of the '80s, Sylvian's explorations in music took him from the pop-funk, stylish jazz and windswept exotica of 1984's Brilliant Trees; the ambient landscapes and epic ballads of 1985's Gone to Earth; and the romantic orchestrations of 1987's Secrets of the Beehive.

23-02-1958

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Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

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Sleeping Dragon

Sleeping Dragon

The death in May 2023 of George Hodson, artist, writer and long-term HIV/AIDS survivor, leaves a legacy of inspiration, unique visual art and unforgettable writing, drawn from direct experience. Surviving HIV/AIDS for some 45 years, cancer, loss, stigma, alienating family bigotry and racism, for some of the Queer Elder generation like George, triple combination therapy threw a lifeline that also became a lifetime of onward challenge.
0.0

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2024

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory

A live performance film capturing an intimate concert by composer, pianist and music producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in New York City. The performance marked the first public unveiling of Sakamoto’s new opus, async, hailed as one of the best albums of 2017 by Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.
7.2

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2018

A Gentle Glow

A Gentle Glow

The camera floats quietly to capture the beauty that emerges from the mundane. Accompanied by Ryuichi Sakamoto's composition, Arseny Tarkovsky's poem celebrates life.
8.0

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2017

async - first light

async - first light

A collaboration between Apichatpong and Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto from his album “async”. The people falling asleep in this film are all his friends, he sent cameras to friends and asked them to shoot. Apichatpong often carries Digital Harinezumi camera with him, and completing a lot of works with this camera. This work was first exhibited at the WATARI Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo (Japan, 2017).
6.0

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2017

Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope

Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope

Steve Jansen's live performance in Tokyo Feb 29th 2008 - filmed in high definition.
6.5

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2008

Japan - The Very Best Of

Japan - The Very Best Of

Japan's 2006 DVD release, which includes seven promo videos as well as the Oil on Canvas concert recorded in 1982.
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2006

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

Legendary photographer and director Anton Corbijn is responsible for many of the most indelible and important images of the past two and a half decades. His recently released book U2 & I is a photographic retrospective of his 25 year collaboration with U2. Later this year, Anton will direct his first feature film, Control, based on the life of the late Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis.
7.9

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2005

David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan

David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan

The duo caught on film during their Road To Graceland '93 tour.
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1995

Steel Cathedrals

Steel Cathedrals

20 minute music documentary shot in two days of November 1984 in, and around the outskirts of, Tokyo, Japan. A large part of the music was completed during that same month and recorded over a period of three days.
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1985

Preparations For A Journey

Preparations For A Journey

Original music by David Sylvian. Performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Steve Jansen, Masami Tsuchiya.
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1984

Japan: Oil On Canvas

Japan: Oil On Canvas

Successful British band Japan filmed live in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on 16th November 1982.
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1982