Editing David Sylvian (section)

===1995-1999: Slow Fire Tour and ''Dead Bees on a Cake''===
At the end of August 1995, Sylvian undertook a one-man solo tour which he called 'Slow Fire – A Personal Retrospective', with dates in Italy, Germany, Japan, Belgium, The Netherlands, England, Canada and North America.<ref>Slowfire – A Personal Retrospective 1995, Tour Program</ref> The last show on the tour was played in New York City at [[The Town Hall (New York City)|The Town Hall]] 11 November 1995. The show featured songs drawn from throughout Sylvian's career, singing and playing piano and guitar.<ref>{{cite book|last=E.Young|first=Christopher|title=On the Periphery|publisher=Malin Publishing Ltd.|year=2013|pages=186}}</ref>

In 1999, Sylvian released ''[[Dead Bees on a Cake]]'', his first solo album proper since ''[[Secrets of the Beehive]]'' 12 years earlier. Once the album was mixed at Dave Kents Napa Studio, the project was finished, from the beginning to end a process that extended from 1993 to the late summer of 1998, ''Dead Bees on a Cake'' eventually being released in March 1999.<ref>{{cite book|last=E Young|first=Christopher|title=On the Periphery|publisher=Malin Publishing Ltd|year=2013|pages=197}}</ref>

The album gathered together the most eclectic influences of all his recordings, ranging from soul music to jazz fusion to blues to Eastern-inflected spiritual chants, and most of the songs' lyrics reflected the now 41-year-old Sylvian's inner peace resulting from his marriage, family, and beliefs. Guest musicians included long-time friend Ryuichi Sakamoto, classically trained [[tabla]] player [[Talvin Singh]], avant-garde guitarist [[Marc Ribot]], jazz trumpeter [[Kenny Wheeler]], and contemporary jazz guitarist [[Bill Frisell]]. In 2010, Sylvian said, "Since the early '80s I've been interested in deconstructing the familiar forms of popular song, in retaining the structure but removing the pillars of support. My work continually returns to this question: how much of the framework can you remove while still being able to identify what is, after all, a familiar form?"<ref name="Rowe" />