Yes. David Sylvian has 151 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 151

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Ancient Evening, Random Acts Of Senseless Violence, Wave

Listed under the artist name 151 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Ancient Evening

Listed as David Sylvian – Ancient Evening (Orpheus) · Watch on YouTube

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Random Acts Of Senseless Violence

Listed as David Sylvian – Random Acts Of Senseless Violence (Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations) · Watch on YouTube

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Wave

Listed as David Sylvian – Wave (Camphor) · Watch on YouTube

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Gap Of Cloud/A Way Of Disappearing/Playground Martyrs

Listed as Steve Jansen, David Sylvian – Gap Of Cloud/A Way Of Disappearing/Playground Martyrs (Slope (Deluxe Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Firepower

Listed as David Sylvian, Robert Fripp – Firepower (Damage) · Watch on YouTube

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Gone To Earth (Remix)

Listed as David Sylvian – Gone To Earth (Remix) (Gone To Earth (Remastered 2003)) · Watch on YouTube

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The Heart Knows Better (Remixed by Sweet Billy Pilgrim)

Listed as David Sylvian – The Heart Knows Better (Remixed by Sweet Billy Pilgrim) (The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter - The Blemish Remixes) · Watch on YouTube

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The Department Of Dead Letters

Listed as David Sylvian – The Department Of Dead Letters (Manafon) · Watch on YouTube

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Preparations For A Journey

Listed as David Sylvian – Preparations For A Journey (Alchemy: An Index Of Possibilities (Remastered 2003)) · Watch on YouTube

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Mother And Child (Remix)

Listed as David Sylvian – Mother And Child (Remix) (Camphor) · Watch on YouTube

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She Is Not

Listed as David Sylvian – She Is Not (Blemish) · Watch on YouTube

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20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)

Listed as David Sylvian, Robert Fripp – 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) (Damage) · Watch on YouTube

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Dark Pastoral

Listed as David Sylvian, Stephen Mathieu – Dark Pastoral (Wandermüde) · Watch on YouTube

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The Good Son (Remixed by Yoshihiro Hanno)

Listed as David Sylvian – The Good Son (Remixed by Yoshihiro Hanno) (The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter - The Blemish Remixes) · Watch on YouTube

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Emily Dickinson

Listed as David Sylvian – Emily Dickinson (Manafon) · Watch on YouTube

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Aparna And Nimisha (Dobro #5)

Listed as David Sylvian – Aparna And Nimisha (Dobro #5) (Dead Bees On A Cake (Deluxe Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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The Only Daughter (Remixed by Ryoji Ikeda)

Listed as David Sylvian – The Only Daughter (Remixed by Ryoji Ikeda) (The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter - The Blemish Remixes) · Watch on YouTube

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Gone To Earth

Listed as David Sylvian, Robert Fripp – Gone To Earth (Damage) · Watch on YouTube

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Small Metal Gods

Listed as David Sylvian – Small Metal Gods (Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations) · Watch on YouTube

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Died In The Wool

Listed as David Sylvian – Died In The Wool (Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations) · Watch on YouTube

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Incantation

Listed as David Sylvian – Incantation (Orpheus) · Watch on YouTube

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The Boy With The Gun

Listed as David Sylvian – The Boy With The Gun (Orpheus) · Watch on YouTube

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Deceleration

Listed as David Sylvian, Stephen Mathieu – Deceleration (Wandermüde) · Watch on YouTube

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Playground Martyrs (Reprise)

Listed as Steve Jansen, Nina Kinert, David Sylvian – Playground Martyrs (Reprise) (Slope (Deluxe Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Plight (The Spiralling Of Winter Ghosts) Detail (Remix)

Listed as David Sylvian – Plight (The Spiralling Of Winter Ghosts) Detail (Remix) (Camphor) · Watch on YouTube

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Snow White In Appalachia

Listed as David Sylvian – Snow White In Appalachia (Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations) · Watch on YouTube

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Manafon

Listed as David Sylvian – Manafon (Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations) · Watch on YouTube

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Ballad Of A Deadman

Listed as Steve Jansen, Joan Wasser, David Sylvian – Ballad Of A Deadman (Slope (Deluxe Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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World Citizen/re-cycled

Listed as Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian – World Citizen/re-cycled (CHASM) · Watch on YouTube

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Epiphany

Listed as David Sylvian – Epiphany (Approaching Silence) · Watch on YouTube

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Random Acts Of Senseless Violence

Listed as David Sylvian – Random Acts Of Senseless Violence (Manafon) · Watch on YouTube

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A Certain Slant Of Light (For M. K.)

Listed as David Sylvian – A Certain Slant Of Light (For M. K.) (Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations) · Watch on YouTube

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The Farther Away I Am (Minus 30 Degrees)

Listed as David Sylvian, Stephen Mathieu – The Farther Away I Am (Minus 30 Degrees) (Wandermüde) · Watch on YouTube

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Pure Genius

Listed as tweaker, David Sylvian – Pure Genius (2 A.M. Wakeup Call) · Watch on YouTube

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Telegraphed Mistakes

Listed as David Sylvian, Stephen Mathieu – Telegraphed Mistakes (Wandermüde) · Watch on YouTube

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125 Spheres

Listed as David Sylvian – 125 Spheres (Manafon) · Watch on YouTube

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Before The Bullfight

Listed as David Sylvian – Before The Bullfight (Orpheus) · Watch on YouTube

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Taking The Veil

Listed as David Sylvian – Taking The Veil (Orpheus) · Watch on YouTube

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How Little We Need To Be Happy (Remixed by Tatsuhiko Asano)

Listed as David Sylvian – How Little We Need To Be Happy (Remixed by Tatsuhiko Asano) (The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter - The Blemish Remixes) · Watch on YouTube

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Answered Prayers

Listed as David Sylvian – Answered Prayers (Camphor) · Watch on YouTube

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Orpheus

Listed as David Sylvian – Orpheus (Orpheus) · Watch on YouTube

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Trauma Ward

Listed as David Sylvian, Stephen Mathieu – Trauma Ward (Wandermüde) · Watch on YouTube

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Thoroughly Lost To Logic

Listed as David Sylvian – Thoroughly Lost To Logic (Everything & Nothing) · Watch on YouTube

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A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce

Listed as David Sylvian – A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce (Alchemy: An Index Of Possibilities (Remastered 2003)) · Watch on YouTube

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A Fire In The Forest (Remixed by Readymade FC)

Listed as David Sylvian – A Fire In The Forest (Remixed by Readymade FC) (The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter - The Blemish Remixes) · Watch on YouTube

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Blinding Light of Heaven

Listed as David Sylvian, Robert Fripp – Blinding Light of Heaven (Damage) · Watch on YouTube

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The Last Days Of December

Listed as David Sylvian – The Last Days Of December (Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations) · Watch on YouTube

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Riverman

Listed as David Sylvian, Robert Fripp – Riverman (Damage) · Watch on YouTube

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The Greatest Living Englishman

Listed as David Sylvian – The Greatest Living Englishman (Manafon) · Watch on YouTube

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World Citizen (Ryoji Ikeda Remix)

Listed as David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto – World Citizen (Ryoji Ikeda Remix) (World Citizen) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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