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David Sylvian

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Born
23 February 1958 (age 64)
Born In
Beckenham, Bromley, London, England, United Kingdom
David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, February 23 1958, in Beckenham, Kent, UK) is an English singer, musician and who first rose to fame as the lead vocalist and main songwriter of the band Japan, and whose subsequent solo career has been influenced by a variety of musical styles and genres, including , music and music. 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 evo… read more
David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, February 23 1958, in Beckenham, Kent, UK) is an English singer, musician and who first rose to fame as the lead vocalist and main songwriter of the band Japan, and whose subsequent solo career has been influenced by a variety of musical styles an… read more
David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, February 23 1958, in Beckenham, Kent, UK) is an English singer, musician and who first rose to fame as the lead vocalist and main songwriter of the band Japan, and whose subsequent solo career has been influenced by a variety of musical styles and genres, including , music and music. Japan, whi… read more

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1 Play track Secrets Of The Beehive Orpheus
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 468 listeners
2 Play track Secrets Of The Beehive September
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 373 listeners
3 Play track Gone To Earth Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples
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 341 listeners
4 Play track Brilliant Trees Red Guitar
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 216 listeners
5 Play track Secrets Of The Beehive When Poets Dreamed Of Angels
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6 Play track Brilliant Trees Nostalgia
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7 Play track Gone To Earth Taking The Veil
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8 Play track Gone To Earth Answered Prayers
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9 Play track Secrets Of The Beehive Forbidden Colours
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10 Play track Dead Bees on a Cake Darkest Dreaming
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  1. 77,278 listeners

    2 Sep 1987 · 10 tracks

    Secrets Of The Beehive
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  2. 69,704 listeners

    1 Jan 1986 · 20 tracks

    Gone To Earth
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  3. 50,100 listeners

    1 Jan 1999 · 14 tracks

    Dead Bees on a Cake
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  4. 32,282 listeners

    7 Jul 1984 · 7 tracks

    Brilliant Trees
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