Dead Bees on a Cake

Dead Bees on a Cake
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
Damage: Live (1994) Dead Bees on a Cake (1999) Approaching Silence (1999)

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Pitchfork Media	(7.3/10) link

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.

1. "I Surrender" – 9:24
2. "Dobro #1" (Sylvian/Bill Frisell) – 1:30
3. "Midnight Sun" (Sylvian/Johnny Moore/Charles Brown/Eddie Williams) – 4:00
4. "Thalheim" – 6:07
5. "Godman" – 4:02
6. "Alphabet Angel" – 2:06
7. "Krishna Blue" – 8:08
8. "The Shining of Things" – 3:09
9. "Cafe Europa" – 6:58
10. "Pollen Path" – 3:25
11. "All of My Mother's Names" – 6:11
12. "Wanderlust" – 6:43
13. "Praise" (Shree Maa/Sylvian)– 4:02
14. "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