On March 29, 1999, “Virgin” label released “Dead Bees on a Cake”, the fifth David Sylvian studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Right Track Studios” in New York, “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, “Sound House Studio” in Seattle, “Atma Sound” in Minneapolis, “Seedy Underbelly” in Minneapolis, “Synergy Studio” in Napa, California, and was produced by David Sylvian.
Personnel:
- David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drum programming, samples, string arrangements, art director, additional engineering, mixing
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fender Rhodes, orchestrations and string arrangements, brass arrangements, sampled guitar and bansuri, insects
- Tommy Barbarella – Fender Rhodes
- Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar
- Bill Frisell – dobro, acoustic guitar
- Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
- Lawrence Feldman – flute
- Deepak Ram – bansuri
- John Giblin – bass
- Chris Minh Doky – double bass
- Steve Jansen – percussion, loops, cymbals
- Ged Lynch – original drum track, drums
- Skoota Warner – original drum track, drums
- Talvin Singh – tabla and percussion
- Steve Tibbetts – gong
- Ingrid Chavez – vocals
- Shree Maa – vocals
- Dave Kent – engineer, mixing, studio maintenance
- Jacquie Turner – engineer assistant
- Matt Curry – engineer assistant
- Scott Crane – engineer assistant
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Yuka Fujii – art director, artwork co-ordinator
- Shinya Fujiwara – drawings
- Anton Corbijn – photography
- Ingrid Chavez – inlay portrait
- Russell Mills – design (shed)
- Michael Webster – design assistance (storm)
Track listing:
All tracks by David Sylvian, except as noted.
- I Surrender
- Dobro #1 – David Sylvian, Bill Frisell
- Midnight Sun – David Sylvian, Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams
- Thalheim
- God Man
- Alphabet Angel
- Krishna Blue
- The Shining of Things
- Café Europa
- Pollen Path
- All of My Mother’s Names (Summers with Amma)
- Wanderlust
- Praise (Pratah Smarami) – Shree Maa, David Sylvian
- Darkest Dreaming – David Sylvian, Djivan Gasparyan
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