Read about David Sylvian's song 'Ride', intended for Secrets of the Beehive but not completed until 2000. Also, how the song was offered to Scott Walker.

Read about this 'epic' track by David Sylvian, Steve Jansen, Mick Karn & Richard Barbieri, the ex-members of Japan reunited in 1991 under a new name.

Read about 'Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)', a reinvention of Ryuichi Sakamoto's original track featuring David Sylvian, Ingrid Chavez and Bill Frisell.

Read about Harold Budd working with David Sylvian to release the albums Avalon Sutra & Perhaps, and Sylvian's role in the publication of Harold's poetry.

Read about Harold Budd working with David Sylvian to release the albums Avalon Sutra & Perhaps, and Sylvian's role in the publication of Harold's poetry.

An article about three songs based on dobro improvisations by Bill Frisell, with vocals then overlayed by David Sylvian. #1 appears on Dead Bees on a Cake.

Read about the song from Japan's final album, Tin Drum, exploring the talents of bassist Mick Karn - including his sculptures of the time.

Read about 'Atom and Cell' by Nine Horses. David Sylvian, Steve Jansen, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Arve Henriksen perform. Sylvian's experience in NYC before 9/11.

Read about David Sylvian and Hildur Guðnadóttir's tribute to turntablist Philip Jeck, with words from an Emily Dickinson poem

Read about Japan's 'Sons of Pioneers' from the album Tin Drum, with its distinctive bass lead from Mick Karn. Includes an interview with Richard Barbieri.

Read about the mixes that Japanese composer & visual artist Ryoji Ikeda created of Sylvian/Sakamoto's 'World Citizen' & Sylvian's 'The Only Daughter'.

Read about the mixes that Japanese composer & visual artist Ryoji Ikeda created of Sylvian/Sakamoto's 'World Citizen' & Sylvian's 'The Only Daughter'.

Read about 'Nostalgia' from David Sylvian's album Brilliant Trees. With details of the opening Arabic sample and insights from engineer Peter Williams.

Read about 'Before the Bullfight' from David Sylvian's Gone to Earth. Shades of Miles Davis in Kenny Wheeler's flugelhorn with lead guitar from Bill Nelson.

An article about the final track from Sylvian/Fripp's The First Day, 'Bringing Down the Light', the first recorded instance of Fripp's Soundscape technique.

Read about 'Weathered Wall' from David Sylvian's Brilliant Trees, recorded at Hansa by the Wall in Berlin with Holger Czukay, Jon Hassell and others.

‘our influences on our sleeve’

‘how beautiful life is’

‘working obsessively with sound’

‘atmospheric, ambient and electronic’

‘a strange thing’

‘unconditional love’

‘A new frontier’

‘the possibility of new life’

Poetic inspiration

‘the first step in a new approach’

Re-taking the stage

‘a counterpoint of timbre, of colour’