Below is the list of tracks featured in the blog, shown as a playlist. If you prefer a chronological list of the albums mentioned, you can find it here:
1970s
In Vogue – Japan, from Quiet Life (1979) (iTunes)
The Other Side of Life – Japan, from Quiet Life (1979) (Apple)
Riot in Lagos – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from B-2 Unit (iTunes)
1980s
Taking Islands in Africa – Japan, from Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) (iTunes)
E-3A – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from B-2 Unit
Ghosts – Japan, from Tin Drum (1981) (Apple)
Studie II – Karlheinz Stockhausen, from Stockhausen Complete Edition CD No 3 (Apple)
Visions of China – Japan, from Tin Drum (1981) (Apple)
Tribal Dawn – Mick Karn, from Titles (iTunes)
Sons of Pioneers – Japan, from Tin Drum (1981) (iTunes)
Ghosts – live on The Old Grey Whistle Test – Japan (1982)
The Art of Parties – live on The Old Grey Whistle Test – Japan (1982)
Samba Saravah – Pierre Barouh, from A Man and a Woman (Apple)
Saravah – Yukihiro Takahashi, from Saravah! (Apple)
Sans Parler D’Amour – Pierre Barouh, from Le Pollen (Apple)
Le Pollen – Pierre Barouh featuring David Sylvian, from Le Pollen (1982) (Apple)
Demain – Pierre Barouh featuring David Sylvian, from Le Pollen (1982) (Apple)
Rice Music – Masami Tsuchiya, from Rice Music (Apple)
Kafka – Masami Tsuchiya, from Rice Music (Apple)
Secret Party – Masami Tsuchiya, from Rice Music (Apple)
Ghosts – live – Japan, from Oil on Canvas (1983) (iTunes)
Methods of Dance – live – Japan, from Oil on Canvas (1983) (Apple)
Le Pollen – live – Pierre Barouh featuring David Sylvian, from Dites 33 (1983) (Apple)
Ripple – Yukihiro Takahashi, from Tomorrow’s Just Another Day (Apple)
Pulling Punches – David Sylvian, from Brilliant Trees (1984) (iTunes)
The Ink in the Well – David Sylvian, from Brilliant Trees (1984) (Apple)
Red Guitar – David Sylvian, from Brilliant Trees (1984) (iTunes)
Brilliant Trees – David Sylvian, from Brilliant Trees (1984) (iTunes)
Empire III – Jon Hassell, from Aka/Darbari/Java – Magic Realism (iTunes)
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from Coda (iTunes)
Last Regrets – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from Coda (iTunes)
Forbidden Colours (version) – David Sylvian, from ‘Red Guitar’ single (1984) (iTunes)
Sylvian’s Machine – M:, featuring David Sylvian, from The Secret Tapes of Dr. Mabuse (2001) – sequenced in line with date of recording
Dream Within a Dream – Propaganda, from A Secret Wish (Apple)
p:Machinery – Propaganda featuring David Sylvian, from A Secret Wish (1985) (Apple)
Duel – Propaganda, from A Secret Wish (Apple)
p:Machinery (Polish) – Propaganda featuring David Sylvian, from p:Machinery (12” single) (1985) (Apple)
Preparations for a Journey – David Sylvian, from Alchemy – An Index of Possibilities (1985) (iTunes)
Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering) – Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (iTunes)
Taking the Veil – David Sylvian, from Gone to Earth (1986) (iTunes)
Fordor – Kenny Wheeler & John Taylor, from Where Do We Go From Here? (iTunes)
Laughter and Forgetting – David Sylvian, from Gone to Earth (1986) (iTunes)
Before the Bullfight – David Sylvian, from Gone to Earth (1986) (Apple)
Solea – Miles Davis, from Sketches of Spain (Apple)
Wave – David Sylvian, from Gone to Earth (1986) (iTunes)
The Healing Place – David Sylvian, from Gone to Earth (1986) (iTunes)
The Lost Years – Bill Nelson, from The Summer of God’s Piano (iTunes)
Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees – David Sylvian, from Gone to Earth (1986) (Apple)
Sentimental – Bill Nelson, from Trial by Intimacy – Chamber of Dreams (Music from the Invisibility Exhibition) (Apple)
A Summer Long Since Passed – Virginia Astley, from Hope in a Darkened Heart (iTunes)
Some Small Hope – Virginia Astley featuring David Sylvian, from Hope in a Darkened Heart (1986) (iTunes)
I’m Sorry – Virginia Astley, from Hope in a Darkened Heart (iTunes)
andata – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from async (iTunes)
Maria – David Sylvian, from Secrets of the Beehive (1987) (iTunes)
walker – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from async (iTunes)
When Poets Dreamed of Angels – David Sylvian, from Secrets of the Beehive (1987) (iTunes)
Let the Happiness In – David Sylvian, from Secrets of the Beehive (1987) (iTunes)
Empty Chambers/Romeo is Bleeding – Mark Isham, from Romeo is Bleeding
The Stigma of Childhood (Kin) – David Sylvian, from ‘Pop Song’ single (1987, released 1989) (iTunes)
Plight – David Sylvian & Holger Czukay, from Plight & Premonition (1988)
Träum Mal Wieder – Holger Czukay, from Der Osten Ist Rot (iTunes)
Brilliant Trees – live – David Sylvian, from the In Praise of Shamans tour (1988)
Steel Cathedrals – live – David Sylvian, from the In Praise of Shamans tour (1988)
1990s
Found in a Shell of Murmurs – Jansen, Barbieri, Karn, from _ism
Red Earth (as summertime ends) – Rain Tree Crow, from Rain Tree Crow (1991) (iTunes)
The Insomniac’s Bed – Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri, from Stories Across Borders (iTunes)
New Moon at Red Deer Wallow – Rain Tree Crow, from Rain Tree Crow (1991) (iTunes)
Blackcrow Hits Shoe Shine City – Rain Tree Crow, from Rain Tree Crow (1991) (Apple)
Outtake-2 – JBK, from Breakable Moons (2016) (bandcamp)
Epiphany – David Sylvian & Russell Mills, from Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory (1991) (iTunes)
Nuages – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from Heartbeat (Amazon)
Tainai Kaiki – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from Heartbeat
Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – live, from Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Heartbeat tour, 1992
Heaven Must be Near – Ingrid Chavez, from May 19 1992
Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II), from Heartbeat (European edition) (1992) (Apple)
jd011 – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from Derrida (iTunes)
Victim of Stars – Hector Zazou featuring David Sylvian, from Sahara Blue (first edition) (1992)
Harar et les Gallas – Hector Zazou, from Sahara Blue (Crammed Discs)
God’s Monkey – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from The First Day (1993) (iTunes)
Dzogchen Punks– Steve Tibbetts, from The Fall of us All (iTunes)
Fire Scape – Robert Fripp String Quintet, from Live at Red Door Cafe, Allentown, May 12, 1992 (DGM Live – search “1992”)
Firepower – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from The First Day (1993) (iTunes)
Anastasis – Trey Gunn, from Raw Power: Surfacings, Vol 1 (bandcamp)
Kukuriku – Trey Gunn, from Raw Power: Surfacings, Vol 1 (bandcamp)
Damage – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from Damage (1994) (iTunes)
20th Century Dreaming (a shaman’s song) – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from Damage (1994) (iTunes)
Approaching Silence – Sylvian/Fripp (1994, released in 1999) (Apple)
Redemption – Sylvian/Fripp (1994)
Valley of Pamir (2nd Day) – Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni, from Marco Polo II (iTunes)
Come Morning – Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni featuring David Sylvian, from Marco Polo (1995) (iTunes)
Buchara – Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni, from Marco Polo (iTunes)
Ti Ho Aspettato (I Have Waited for You) – Andrea Chimenti featuring David Sylvian, from L’Albero Pazzo (1996)
Carta di Riso – Andrea Chimenti, from L’Albero Pazzo
Looming – Russell Mills & Mike Fearon, from Still Moves one (bandcamp)
How Safe is Deep? – Russell Mills featuring David Sylvian, from Undark 3396 (1996)
Stone’s Eggs – Russell Mills, from Undark 3396
You Know, You Know – Mahavishnu Orchestra, from The Inner Mounting Flame (iTunes)
I Surrender – David Sylvian, from Dead Bees on a Cake (1999) (iTunes)
Hearken – Kenny Wheeler, from Dream Sequence
The Scent of Magnolia – David Sylvian, from Everything and Nothing (2000) (iTunes) – sequenced in line with the expanded edition of Dead Bees on a Cake
Thalheim – David Sylvian, from Dead Bees on a Cake (1999) (iTunes)
Sonata V – John Cage performed by John Tilbury, from Sonatas and Interludes (iTunes)
Pollen Path – David Sylvian, from Dead Bees on a Cake (1999) (iTunes)
Praise (Pratah Smarami), David Sylvian feat. Shree Maa, from Dead Bees on a Cake (1999) (Apple)
The Song that Gives the Key to Perfection, Shree Maa (shreemaa.org free download)
Darkest Dreaming – David Sylvian, from Dead Bees on a Cake (1999) (iTunes)
They Took My Love Away – Djivan Gasparyan, from Moon Shines at Night (iTunes)
Mother of Mine– Djivan Gasparyan, from Moon Shines at Night (iTunes)
2000s
The Scent of Magnolia (Portobello mix) – David Sylvian, from Everything and Nothing (2000)
Zero Landmine – No More Landmine N.M.L. feat. David Sylvian (2001)
Zero Landmine (piano and vocal version) – David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto (2001)
Linoleum – tweaker featuring David Sylvian, from The Attraction to All Things Uncertain (2001) (iTunes)
Full Cup of Coffee – tweaker, from The Attraction to All Things Uncertain (iTunes)
Sweeter than the Day – Wayne Horvitz, from Sweeter than the Day (iTunes)
The Beautiful No 3 – Wayne Horvitz, from Sweeter than the Day (iTunes)
Midnight Sun – live – David Sylvian, from the Everything and Nothing tour (2001)
Cover Me with Flowers – live – David Sylvian, from the Everything and Nothing tour (2001)
Wave (version) – David Sylvian, from Camphor (2002) (iTunes)
Camphor – David Sylvian, from Camphor (2002) (iTunes)
Science Fiction 1 – David Sylvian & Steve Jansen, uploaded to davidsylvian.com (2002)
Science Fiction 2 – David Sylvian & Steve Jansen, uploaded to davidsylvian.com (2002)
Blemish – David Sylvian, from Blemish (2003) (iTunes)
Play 1 – Derek Bailey, from To Play – The Blemish Sessions
The Good Son – David Sylvian, from Blemish (2003) (Apple)
She is Not – David Sylvian, from Blemish (2003) (Apple)
Play 3 – Derek Bailey, from To Play – The Blemish Sessions
Body and Soul – Derek Bailey, from Ballads (iTunes)
How Little We Need to Be Happy – David Sylvian, from Blemish (2003) (iTunes)
Laura – Derek Bailey, from Ballads (iTunes)
Grey Scale – Christian Fennesz, from Black Sea (bandcamp)
A Fire in the Forest – David Sylvian, from Blemish (2003) (iTunes)
Endless Summer – Christian Fennesz, from Endless Summer (bandcamp)
Chain Music i – Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring David Sylvian (2003) (sitesakamoto)
World Citizen – David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto, from World Citizen ep (2003) (iTunes)
Cruz – Masakatsu Takagi, from COIEDA (iTunes)
Exit/Delete – Masakatsu Takagi featuring David Sylvian, from COIEDA (2004) (iTunes)
Girls – Masakatsu Takagi, from COIEDA (iTunes)
The Sticks – Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit, from Secret Rhythms 2 (iTunes) (bandcamp)
The Librarian – Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit featuring David Sylvian, from Out in the Sticks (2005) (cd version from Secret Rhythms 2 (bandcamp))
Mikrokasper – Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit, from Secret Rhythms 2 (iTunes) (bandcamp)
The Banality of Evil – Nine Horses, from Snow Borne Sorrow (2005) (iTunes)
The Unspoken – Travis & Fripp, from Thread (burningshed)
Curious Liquids – Travis & Fripp, from Thread (burningshed)
Atom and Cell – Nine Horses, from Snow Borne Sorrow (2005) (iTunes)
Kizuna World (the Arve Henriksen & pf mix) – Ryuichi Sakamoto, from kizunaworld.org
Broken Wind Repair Kit – Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit, from Secret Rhythms 2 (iTunes) (bandcamp)
A History of Holes – Nine Horses, from Snow Borne Sorrow (2005) (iTunes)
Played Out – Steve Jansen, from The Occurrence of Slope (iTunes) (bandcamp)
182/9 – Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit, from Out in the Sticks
The Day the Earth Stole Heaven – Nine Horses, from Snow Borne Sorrow (2005) (iTunes)
Sikkerhed – Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit, from Secret Rhythms 2 (iTunes) (bandcamp)
Sleep – Theo Travis, from Slow Life (bandcamp)
Ride – live – David Sylvian, from The World is Everything tour (2007)
Memory of an Imagined Place – Steve Jansen, from Tender Extinction (iTunes) (bandcamp)
Playground Martyrs – Steve Jansen featuring David Sylvian, from Slope (2007) (iTunes) (bandcamp)
Before and Afterlife – David Sylvian, from Visionaire 53: SOUND (2007)
Recording Angel – Arve Henriksen, from Cartography (iTunes)
Before and Afterlife – Arve Henriksen featuring David Sylvian, from Cartography (2008) (iTunes)
Jacqueline – David Sylvian, from The Believer magazine cover cd (2009) (davidsylvian.com)
Heater/Refrigerator – Toshimaru Nakamura, from Egrets
Small Metal Gods – David Sylvian, from Manafon (2009) (iTunes)
Snow White in Appalachia – David Sylvian, from Manafon (2009) (iTunes)
Framing 4 – Polwechsel & Fennesz, from Wrapped Islands (bandcamp)
Trio 1 – Evan Parker Octet, from Crossing the River
Emily Dickinson – David Sylvian, from Manafon (2009) (Apple)
Trio 3 – Evan Parker Octet, from Crossing the River
Manafon – David Sylvian, from Manafon (2009) (iTunes)
Framing 2 – Polwechsel & Fennesz, from Wrapped Islands (bandcamp)
2010s
A Certain Slant of Light (acoustic) – David Sylvian, download from davidsylvian.com (2010)
Flux – Dai Fujikura, from Flare (Minabel)
Five lines – David Sylvian, from Sleepwalkers (2010)
Scion Stems – Dai Fujikura, from Flare (Minabel)
Concert for Japan – Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. David Sylvian (2011)
0425 – Fennesz & Sakamoto, from Flumina (bandcamp)
A Certain Slant of Light – David Sylvian, from Died in the Wool (2011) (iTunes)
Ending Image – Arve Henriksen, from Chiaroscuro (iTunes)
Blue Silk – Arve Henriksen, from Chiaroscuro (Apple)
Maku – Toshimaru Nakamura & John Butcher, from Dusted Machinery (bandcamp)
When We Return You Won’t Recognise Us – David Sylvian, from Died in the Wool (2011) (iTunes)
Surge – Erik Honoré, from Unrest (iTunes)
The God of Silence – Jan Bang & Erik Honoré, featuring David Sylvian & Arve Henriksen, from Uncommon Deities (2012)
The Sacristan – Arve Henriksen, from Places of Worship (iTunes)
Stay – Joan as Police Woman, from The Classic (iTunes)
Beautiful Country (rough mix) – David Sylvian, uploaded to Soundcloud (2012)
Warning Bell – Joan as Police Woman, from Damned Devotion (iTunes)
Saffron Laudanum – Stephan Mathieu & David Sylvian, from Wandermüde (2013) (iTunes)
Kepler-11 – Stephan Mathieu, from The Falling Rocket (bandcamp)
Wintersleep – The Wall – David Sylvian, from there’s a light that enters houses with no other house in sight (2014) (iTunes)
Song – David Sylvian, from there’s a light that enters houses with no other house in sight (2014) (iTunes)
Agora – Fennesz, from Agora (iTunes)
Playing the Schoolhouse – David Sylvian, from Playing the Schoolhouse (2015) (bandcamp)
There is No Love – Rhodri Davies, David Sylvian & Mark Wastell, from There is No Love (2017) (bandcamp)
Live at Cafe OTO – The Sealed Knot, from Live at Cafe OTO (cafeoto)
2020s
Like Planets – Mark Wastell, featuring David Sylvian, soundtrack to Like Planets [unreel] by Yuka Fujii (2020) (bandcamp)
Music in an Octave (for David Sylvian) – Melaine Dalibert, from Cheminant (bandcamp);
Horizon – Melaine Dalibert, from Infinite Ascent (bandcamp)
Yin – Melaine Dalibert, featuring David Sylvian, from Night Blossoms (2021) (bandcamp)
Sisters – Melaine Dalibert, from Night Blossoms (bandcamp)
Yang – Melaine Dalibert, featuring David Sylvian, from Night Blossoms (2021) (bandcamp)
2022 (excerpt) – Dumb Type, featuring David Sylvian, from 2022 (2022)
Throughout the Frosty Night – Twinkle³ feat. Sylvian & Hohki, from Upon This Fleeting Dream (2022) (bandcamp)
Graveyard Orbit – Twinkle³ feat. Endresen, from Debris in Lower Earth Orbit (bandcamp)
(ordered by the dates of releases on which David Sylvian appears)
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