Dead Bees on a Cake
| Dead Bees on a Cake |
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| Studio album by David Sylvian |
| Released |
March 29, 1999 - April 9, 1999 (Japan) |
| Recorded |
Right Track Studios, New York - Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire - Sound House Studio, Seattle - Atma Sound, Minneapolis - Seedy Underbelly, Minneapolis - Synergy Studio, Napa |
| Genre |
Alternative rock, jazz |
| Label |
Virgin |
| Producer |
David Sylvian |
| David Sylvian chronology |
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Dead Bees on a Cake is the fifth solo album by David Sylvian, released in March 1999.
Track listing
All songs written by Sylvian, except where noted.
- "I Surrender" – 9:24
- "Dobro #1" (Sylvian/Bill Frisell) – 1:30
- "Midnight Sun" (Sylvian/Johnny Moore/Charles Brown/Eddie Williams) – 4:00
- "Thalheim" – 6:07
- "Godman" – 4:02
- "Alphabet Angel" – 2:06
- "Krishna Blue" – 8:08
- "The Shining of Things" – 3:09
- "Cafe Europa" – 6:58
- "Pollen Path" – 3:25
- "All of My Mother's Names" – 6:11
- "Wanderlust" – 6:43
- "Praise" (Shree Maa/Sylvian)– 4:02
- "Darkest Dreaming" (Sylvian/Djivan Gasparyan)– 4:01
Personnel
- David Sylvian – vocals, guitar (all tracks except 2, 6, 8), keyboards (all tracks except 8, 13), bass (5), drums programming (4, 5, 7, 9), samples (1, 3, 10, 14), string arrangements (1, 8)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fender Rhodes piano (1, 6, 11), loops, samples, string arrangements (1, 8), brass arrangements (3), guitar loops (7), bansuri (7), orchestration (1, 8), noises (insects) (10)
- Steve Jansen – cymbals (1), percussion (1, 7, 9), loops
- Shree Maa – vocals (13)
- Ingrid Chavez – vocals (7, 9)
- Marc Ribot – acoustic (5, 10), electric guitar (1, 3, 11), slide guitars (10)
- Bill Frisell – acoustic guitar (7), dobro (2, 7)
- Lawrence Feldman – flute (1)
- Deepak Ram – Bansuri (7)
- Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn (1, 4)
- Tommy Barbarella – Fender Rhodes piano (4, 12)
- Chris Minh Doky – double bass (11)
- John Giblin – bass (4, 12)
- Ged Lynch – drums (4, 10, 12)
- Scooter Warner – drums (5, 11)
- Talvin Singh – tabla (7, 11), percussion (11)
- Steve Tibbetts – gong (7)
Production
- Yuka Fujii - art director, artwork co-ordinator
- David Sylvian – producer, engineer (additional engineering), sound mixing, art director
- Shinya Fujiwara - drawings
- Anton Corbijn - photography
- Ingrid Chavez - inlay portrait
- Russell Mills - design (shed)
- Michael Webster - design assistance (storm)
- Dave Kent – sound engineer, studio maintenance
- Jacquie Turner – assistant engineer
- Matt Curry – assistant engineer
- Scott Crane – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – audio mastering