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Beckenham, Kent, UK (1958 – present)
Japan - which also included Mick Karn, Rob Dean, Richard Barbieri and Sylvian’s brother Steve Jansen - started out as a confusing hybrid rock/sleaze outfit in the mould of David Bowie and The New York Dolls. Their music quickly evolved as, at least to begin with, they drew heavily on the influence of Roxy Music’s art rock stylings. Their visual image developed in parallel and the band were (unwillingly) tagged as forerunners of the new romantic movement.
Japan recorded five studio albums between March 1978 and November 1981. Their biggest hit single, the minimalist Ghosts, which reached the Top 5 in the UK charts in 1982, was a clear pointer to Sylvian’s future direction. After a successful tour, the band split in late 1982, and Sylvian embarked upon a solo career.
Around the time of Sylvian’s first solo album he collaborated with 坂本龍一 (Ryuichi Sakamoto) on the soundtrack music for the Nagisa Oshima film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), which produced a Top 20 hit single, Forbidden Colours.
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Secrets Of The Beehive
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Dead Bees on a Cake
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A Victim of Stars 1982-2012
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eterarnial
I Surrender♥
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mk741
Reminded me of Paranoid Android played during the credits of Ergo Proxy.
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mk741
Was pretty surprised when I finished watching the first episode of Monster, only to have Let The Happiness In being played during the credits. Went back to listen to the song itself, realized it's one of Sylvian's best efforts.
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Akayz7
@Fanthom assuming you've listened to Japan. Go for Brilliant Trees then Secrets. If you want something a bit more "out there" and a challenge, go for Blemish and Manafon.
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vodolazowa
brilliant
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frazorzi
@FanThom, for me: Secrets of the Behive (Orpheus!) and Gone to Earth
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FanThom
which his work is the best way to start?
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Spiral-Circus
Good man.
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eterarnial
Feliz cumpleaños, David! / Happy birthday, Sylvian! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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mikaelvasara
hes the best
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Akayz7
fyi, he has 350 plays of this artist so i don't see the point in replying to someone clearly off their face.
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gigelorum
@folkfag00 Keep your pseudo-collegiate theses off of last.fm shoutboxes. I know nothing of "ambiental" features nor do I care.
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arrowsparrow
Uncommon Deities makes it into All About Jazz's Best Of 2012 list. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=4354
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arrowsparrow
Stephan Mathieu/David Sylvian - Wandermüde is brilliant http://www.davidsylvian.com/wandermude/information.html Purchase: http://www.samadhisound.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=127
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teex-
Supposedly, David Sylvian and Stephan Mathieu have collaborated to create a new album entitled "Wandermude", which will be comprised of Blemish remixes. Interesting how there's no confirmation on the official website, yet it's scheduled for release on Dec. 10th and is already available for ordering on Ebay and RoughTrade.
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Slaything
@folkfag00, Hipster opinions are just as worthless as troll opinions.
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RussellChap
folkfag00 you're a tedious little sod. Your comments in every shoutbox I see you in are the empty words of an attention seeking child. Just sayin'
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sava013che
GOD!
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KuriousBanana I totally agree with you.
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