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Japan & Self Existence, Mick Karn, MK Music, 2009
David Sylvian & Mick Karn interviewed by Tommy Vance on UK Radio, 1981
Steve Jansen, sleepyard, 2017
Steve Jansen, sleepyard, 2015
Steve Jansen, twitter, 2021
Interview with Richard Barbieri, Electronics & Music Maker, 1983
Visions of China, Marc Riboud, Travelling Light, 1981
David Sylvian: Blonde On Blonde, Don Watson, New Musical Express, 1986
The Cultural Revolution, Tom Phillips, The Guardian, 2016
Steve Jansen, twitter, 2022
Visions of China: Avant-Orientalism, Art Rock, and Conflicted Otherness, Runchao Liu, Cinéma & Cie: International Film Studies Journal, 2019
Journeys into the Interior, Biba Kopf, New Musical Express, 1984
Ahead of the Tin Drum Beat, Steve Sutherland, Melody Maker, 1981
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