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DAVID SYLVIAN Dead Bees On A Cake – Interview (1999 UKrpromotional only interview CD, features thirty five questionsrfor an open-ended radio interview conducted by SallyrStratton, along with fourteen track-by-track comments fromrDavid himself;within a glossy card wallet picture sleeve withrthe full Question cues listed on the reverse CDIVDJ2876)
TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
rQUESTIONS:
1. Do you like to think of yourself as sitting outside the mainstream of today’s pop music?
2. How influential do you think Japan was as a group and has that influence lasted?
3. Was how you looked as important as how you sounded in those days?
4. Why do you think the country Japan embraced the group so warmly?
5. Was the usic you were making then a reaction against punk or did it grow out of the punk ethic?
6. Why do you think Japan was a successful group?
7. A lot of people thought you were mad to split up at the peak of your success – why did it happen?
8. When did you first come up with Ryuichi Sakamoto and how did that come about?
9. When ‘Brilliant Trees’ was such a big success were you reassured that you’d done the right thing in going solo?
10. How did your solo and collaborative carerr progress from then on?
11. Why did you decide to regroup the Japan members as Rain Tree Crow at the end of the 80’s?
12. Do you think you would ever resurrect that line-up again?
13. Has your interest in the visual side of being a musician, in videos for example, developed over the course of your career?
14. Have other areas of the visual arts like cinema been more influential?
15. Why did you move to the US?
16. There are a lot of references to the elements and the skies &light in the songs – do you have a close relationship with the natural world?
17. Do you think something of the clarity in your environment found it’s way into the lyrics of the songs?
18. At what point did you feel ready to put out another solo album?
19. Did you find that you captured things on this album that would not have been achieved in a more sterile studio environment?
20. You ere the writer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist on this album – did you enjoy having so much control?
21. When you went back and put the parts down yourself did you use samples or were you using real instruments?
22. How did you pick the musicians you did use on the album?
23. You mentioned earlier that Ryuichi Sakamoto’s expereince of orchestration impressed you in those early days.Did you work together on the orchestral arrangements for this album?
24. Does this album have a theme?
25. Do you think you’re likely to get the ‘new age’ label attached to your music with this album?
26. How did you decide upon the title ‘Dead Bees On A Cake’?
27. You’ve talked about the spiritual motivation behind this album, what was motivating you as a musician?
28. There’s quite a variety of styles on here from blues to jazz to the Indian influences.How do you merge them all together?
29. Do you find talking about your songs a liberating experience or does it make you uncomfortable?
30. Over the years, you’ve been involved in many artistic endeavours outside music, is it important for you to keep a hand in with the rest of the arts?
31. Are your children responsive to your work?
32. Where di the album artwork come from?
33. Are you planning any concerts to promote the album?
34. Are there any other collaborations you’ve yet to achieve?
35. Will we have to wait as long for your next album?
TRACK BY TRACK:
36. Let’s talk about ‘I Surrender’
37. On to ‘Dobro £1…’
38. There’s a bluesey feel to ‘Midnight Sun’
39. Thalheim
40. Godman
41. Alphabet Angel
42. Krishna Blue
43. The Shining Of Things
44. Cafe Europa
45. Pollen Path
46. All Of My Mother’s Names
47. Wanderlust
48. Priase – Pratah Smarami
49. And then you end the album with ‘Darkest Dreamin’
rArtist – David Sylvian (click link for complete listing)
rTitle -Dead Bees On A Cake (click link for more of the same title)
rPromo – This item is a Promotional Item – Promos or ‘advance’ pressings differ to final or commercial releases, and are often unique. Typically sent to record stores, radio stations and DJs to market the artist, music, or both.
rYear of Release – 1999
rFormat – CD album (CDLP)
rRecord Label – Virgin
rCatalogue No – CDIVDJ2876 (click link for more)
rCountry of Origin – United Kingdom (UK)
rLanguage – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our .
rAdditional info – Wallet Sleeve, Deleted, Picture Sleeve
rGlobal Trade Item Number (GTIN) – 5052795495528
rCondition – This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above ). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.Click here for more info.
rRareVinyl.com Ref No – SYLCDDE132898
rAlternative Names – David Silvian.
rRelated Artists – Adom, Blackfield, D.E.P, Ian Walton, Indigo Falls, Jansen-Barbieri, Japan, JBK, Masami Tsuchiya, Mick Karn, Nine Horses, No-Man, Porcupine Tree, Rain Tree Crow, Readymade, Richard Barbieri, Russell Mills, Steve Jansen, Steven Wilson, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Takagi Masakatsu, The Dolphin Brothers, Tweaker.
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rGENRES
rElectronica, Male Solo, Rock.
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