The sources for artist quotes used in this article are listed below:
David Sylvian interview with David Jensen, BBC Radio One, 1984
David Sylvian Q&A which appears in edited form in Fourth Door Review No7, Oliver Lowenstein, 2004
Jon Hassell interviewed for David Sylvian: Music for the Interior Life, Echoes: Voices of the Soul (cassette), 1993
Jon Hassell interview, Mark Prendergast, Sound on Sound, July 1991
Jon Hassell quoted in Oceans of Sound, David Toop, Serpent’s Tail, 1995
David Sylvian, samadhisound vimeo channel, 2021
David Sylvian interview, Phil Alexander, Mojo, September 2009
The Art of Noise, Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 1984
Behind the Veil, Tim Goodyer, Electronics & Music Maker, 1986
Adventures of the Spirit, Darren J.N. Middleton, Spike Magazine, 2004
Aka/Darbari/Java sleevenotes, Jon Hassell, 1983
Journeys into the Interior, Biba Kopf, NME, 1984
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