“I Surrender” by David Sylvian

"I Surrender" comes from Dead Bees on a Cake, the March 1999 album that ended a 12-year wait for a new David Sylvian solo record, and to date it's his last single to reach the UK Top 40, at number 40. Sylvian plays keyboards and sampler, and the supporting cast is choice: Marc Ribot on guitar, Kenny Wheeler on flugelhorn, Lawrence Feldman on flute, Steve Jansen on percussion and Ryuichi Sakamoto on piano.

The album grew out of a false start. Sylvian first worked in New York with Sakamoto, who was set to co-produce, but three weeks in they had only about three days' worth of work to show for it and shelved the project, though pieces of those sessions, Sakamoto's piano among them, made the finished record.

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