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Japan
Japan
English new wave band
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Mick Karn
Mick Karn
Cypriot-British musician
2
Theo Travis
Theo Travis
British saxophonist
3
Fennesz
Fennesz
Austrian musician
4
Richard Barbieri
Richard Barbieri
English synthesizer player, keyboardist and composer
5
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese musician
6
Steve Jansen
Steve Jansen
English musician, composer and record producer
7
Hector Zazou
Hector Zazou
French musician
8
David Torn
David Torn
American guitarist
9
Masami Tsuchiya
Masami Tsuchiya
Japanese guitarist
10
Yukihiro Takahashi
Yukihiro Takahashi
Japanese singer-songwriter, drummer, lyricist, composer, arranger, music producer, fashion designer, writer (1952-)
11
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
American rock musician
12
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
English guitarist, composer and record producer
13
Can
Can
German experimental rock band
14
Trey Gunn
Trey Gunn
American musician
15
Akiko Yano
Akiko Yano
Japanese singer-songwriter (1955-)
16
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Japanese electronic music group
17
Holger Czukay
Holger Czukay
German bass-guitarist and co-founder of "Can"
18
Evan Parker
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
19
Tony Levin
Tony Levin
American musician
20
Ingrid Chavez
Ingrid Chavez
American poet, vocalist, songwriter and photographer
21
No-Man
No-Man
English art-pop duo
22
Dalis Car
Dalis Car
band
23
Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono
Japanese musician, Yellow Magic Orchestra member (1947-)
24
King Crimson
King Crimson
British progressive rock band
25
Sadistic Mika Band
Sadistic Mika Band
Japanese rock band (1972-1975)
26
Skúli Sverrisson
Skúli Sverrisson
Icelandic musician
27
Sara Lee
Sara Lee
American musician
28
Stick Men
Stick Men
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Aztec Camera
Aztec Camera
British band
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California Guitar Trio
California Guitar Trio
band
31
Sugizo
Sugizo
Japanese rock musician and music producer (1969-)
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Percy Jones
Percy Jones
Welsh musician
Member of, past and present

David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, 23 February 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as frontman and principal songwriter of the band Japan. The band's androgynous look and increasingly electronic sound made them an important influence on the UK's early-1980s New Romantic scene. Following their break-up, Sylvian embarked on a solo career with his debut album Brilliant Trees (1984). His solo work has been described by AllMusic as "far-ranging and esoteric", and has included collaborations with artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, Holger Czukay, Jon Hassell, Bill Nelson and Fennesz. While his recordings of the 1980s and 1990s were a mixture of pop, jazz fusion, and avant-garde experimentalism mixed with ambient, his more recent compositions have drawn increasingly on musical minimalism and free improvisation.