Initially released in 2000, David Sylvian’s retrospective album Everything & Nothing is now set to be released on vinyl for the first time. The 29-track triple LP is a career-spanning compilation containing previously released, unreleased, re-recorded, non-album, and alternate versions of tracks from Sylvian’s years with Virgin Records. The vinyl will be available on October 4th.
Known for both his solo work and as the frontman of Japan, Everything & Nothing covers the different directions Sylvian’s work took him during his time with the label. The album features key songs from David’s solo recordings, collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, Mick Karn, and Alesini & Andreoni, as well as tracks by Japan and Rain Tree Crow.
The album also features a wealth of previously unreleased material, including “Ride” from the Secrets of the Beehive sessions, “The Scent of Magnolia” and “Cover Me With Flowers” from the Dead Bees On A Cake sessions. Fans can also hear remixes of two of Sylvian’s Ryuichi Sakamoto collaborations; “Bamboo Houses” and “Heartbeat.” Also featured is a remix of Japan’s “Ghosts” and the unreleased track “Some Kind of Fool” taken from the band’s 1980 sessions for Gentleman Take Polaroids.
Sylvian also recently released Do You Know Me Now?, a 10-CD set exploring his work on his own label, Samadhi Sound.
David’s long career began by playing by music with his brother and friends, and the group eventually called themselves Japan. He got his stage name from the David Bowie song “Drive-In Saturday,” where Bowie makes a lyrical reference to New York Dolls’ guitarist Sylvain Sylvain. In 1982, he first began collaborating with the now-iconic Japanese composer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Their first song, “Bamboo Houses/Bamboo Music,” can be heard on Everything & Nothing. His solo career only continued to grow from there, releasing his first record Brilliant Trees in 1984 to critical and commercial acclaim.