Monthly Archives: May 2020

Faust: Fresh Air

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On May 5, 2017, “Bureau B” label released “Fresh Air”, the 13th Faust studio album.  It is a combination of live and studio recordings captured during a 28-day tour of the USA in March and April 2016.

Personnel:

  • Werner “Zappi” Diermaier
  • Jean-Hervé Péron
  • Maxime Manac’h
  • Beata Budkiewicz
  • Michael Day
  • Braden Diotte
  • Jürgen Engler
  • Ulrich Krieger
  • Barbara Manning – vocals
  • Robert Pepper
  • Ysanne Spevack
  • Ulrike Stöve
  • Dirk Dresselhaus– editing, mixing
  • Tom Meyer – mastering
  • Jeanne-Marie Varain – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Werner “Zappi” Diermaier, Jean-Hervé Péron and Maxime Manac’h.

  1. Fresh Air
  2. Birds of Texas
  3. Partitur
  4. La Poulie
  5. Chlorophyl
  6. Lights Flicker
  7. Fish
  8. American Sperm (bonus track 7” single)
  9. Partitur Lang (bonus track 7” single)

The Delays: Everything’s the Rush

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On May 5, 2008, “Fiction” label released “Everything’s the Rush”, the third Delays studio album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Youth.

Personnel:

  • Greg Gilbert – lead vocals, guitar
  • Aaron Gilbert – keyboards, programming, backing vocals
  • Colin Fox – bass
  • Rowly – drums
  • Paddy Lannigan – bass
  • Chris Laurence – bass
  • Perry Mason – strings
  • Warren Zielinski – strings
  • James McLeod – strings
  • Johnathan Rees – strings
  • Mark Berrow – strings
  • Liz Edwards – strings
  • Christopher Tombling – strings
  • Dai Emanuel – strings
  • Michael McMenemy – strings
  • Boguslav Kostecki – strings
  • Patrick Kiernan – strings
  • David Woodcock – strings
  • Tom Pigott-Smith – strings
  • Cathy Thompson – strings
  • Jackie Shave – strings
  • Rita Manning – strings
  • Julian Leaper – strings
  • Wil Malone – strings arrangements
  • Rachel Bolt – viola
  • Ivo Jan van der Werff – viola
  • George Robertson – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Garfield Jackson – viola
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Ben Chappell – cello
  • Tony Pleeth – cello
  • Caroline Dale – cello
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Tim Bran – programming
  • Clive Goddard – engineer
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • William Paden Hensley – digital editing, mixing assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Gilbert and Aaron Gilbert, except where noted.

  1. Girl’s On Fire
  2. Hooray
  3. Love Made Visible
  4. One More Lie in
  5. Keep It Simple
  6. Pieces – Greg Gilbert
  7. Touch Down
  8. Friends Are False
  9. No Contest
  10. Silence – Greg Gilbert
  11. Jet Lag

Nils Petter Molvær: Solid Ether

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On May 5, 2000, “ECM” label released “Solid Ether”, the fourth Nils Petter Molvær album. It was recorded in 1999 and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Nils Petter Molvær- trumpet, piccolo trumpet, electronic trumpet, synthesizer, bass, loops, electronics, sampler, effects, percussion, pianosynth-bass, vocoder trumpet, voice effects, beats, sound treatment
  • Eivind Aarset- guitar, effects
  • Audun Erlien– bass
  • Rune Arnesen, Per Lindvall – drums
  • DJ Strangefruit – voice, electronics, sampler, scratches
  • Sidsel Endresen- vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Nils Petter Molvær, except where noted.

  1. Dead Indeed
  2. Vilderness 1
  3. Kakonita
  4. Merciful 1 – Nils Petter Molvær, Sidsel Endresen
  5. Ligotage
  6. Trip
  7. Vilderness 2
  8. Tragamar
  9. Solid Ether
  10. Merciful 2 – Nils Petter Molvær, Sidsel Endresen

And So I Watch You From Afar: Heirs

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On May 4, 2015, “Sergent House” label released “Heirs”, the fourth And So I Watch You From Afar studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Rock O’Reilly

Personnel:

  • Rory Friers – vocals, guitar
  • Niall Kennedy – vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Adger – vocals, bass guitar
  • Chris Wee – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Rock O’Reilly – engineer, mixing
  • Niall Doran – engineer
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Sonny Kay – art, layout

Track listing:

  1. Run Home
  2. These Secret Kings I Know
  3. Wasps
  4. Redesigned a Million Times
  5. People Not Sleeping
  6. Fucking Lifer
  7. A beacon, a Compass, an Anchor
  8. Animal Ghosts
  9. Heirs
  10. Tryer, You

David Torn: Only Sky

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On May 4, 2015, “ECM” label released “Only Sky”, the 16th David Torn album. It was recorded in February 2014, at “Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center Concert Hall” in Troy, NY, and “Cell Labs” in New York City, and was produced by David Torn.

Personnel:

  • David Torn- guitars, oud, live-sampling and manipulation

Track listing:

All tracks by David Torn.

  1. At Least There Was Nothing
  2. Spoke With Folks
  3. OK, Shorty
  4. Was a Cave There…
  5. Reaching Barely, Sparely Fraught
  6. I Could Almost See the Room
  7. Only Sky
  8. So Much What
  9. A Goddamned Specific Unbalance

The New Pornographers: Together

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On May 4, 2010, “Last Gang” label released “Together”, the fifth New Pornographers studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Phil Palazzolo. Dan Bejar, Kathryn Calder, Neko Case, John Collins, Kurt Dahle, Tod Fancey and A.C.Newman.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar- vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, vibraphone, percussion
  • Kathryn Calder- vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Neko Case- vocals
  • John Collins- bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards,  kaossilator, Hagstrom 12 string
  • Kurt Dahle- drums, percussion
  • Todd Fancey- guitar, banjo
  • A. C. Newman- vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, banjo
  • Blaine Thurier– keyboards
  • Annie Clark- guitar solo
  • Zach Condon- trumpet
  • The Dap-Kings Horns
  • Cochemea Gastelum – baritone saxophone
  • Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Tara Szczygielski – violin
  • Ben Kalb – cello
  • Will Sheff– backing vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Carl Newman, except where noted.

  1. Moves
  2. Crash Years
  3. Your Hands (Together)
  4. Silver Jenny Dollar – Dan Bejar
  5. Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk
  6. My Shepherd
  7. If You Can’t See My Mirrors – Dan Bejar
  8. Up in the Dark
  9. Valkyrie in the Roller Disco
  10. A Bite Out of My Bed
  11. Daughters of Sorrow – Dan Bejar
  12. We End Up Together

The Cure: Pornography

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On May 4, 1982, “Fiction Records” label released “Pornography”, the fourth Cure studio album. It was recorded January – April 1982, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Phil Thornalley, Robert Smith, Simn Gallup and Lol Tolhurst.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith– vocals, guitar, keyboards, cello, engineer
  • Simon Gallup– bass guitar, keyboards
  • Lol Tolhurst– drums, keyboards
  • Mike Nocito – engineer
  • Phil Thornalley– engineer assistant
  • Ben Kelly – design
  • Michael Kostiff – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst.

  1. One Hundred Years
  2. A Short Term Effect
  3. The Hanging Garden
  4. Siamese Twins
  5. The Figurehead
  6. A Strange Day
  7. Cold
  8. Pornography

Bobby Gregg

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On May 3, 2014, Robert Grego aka Bobby Gregg, died aged 78. He was musician (drums) and record producer, he was member of the band The Hawks, which later become known as The Band. Gregg was best known for his work with Bob Dylan (Like a Rolling Stone), Simon & Garfunkel (The Sound of Silence), Peter, Paul & Mary and John Cale.

Steve Harley: Stranger Comes to Town

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On May 3, 2010, “Absolute” label released “Stranger Comes to Town”, the fifth Steve Harley studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Steve Harley.

Personnel:

  • Steve Harley– vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Barry Wickens– violin, viola, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Robbie Gladwell– arpeggio guitar parts,12 string acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
  • James Lascelles– keyboards, percussion, Hammond organ, Mini-Moog synthesizer, Hammered dulcimer, piano, melodica, synthesizer, strings synthesizer
  • Lincoln Anderson – bass, double bass
  • Stuart Elliott– drums, hand drums, percussion
  • Katie Brine – backing vocals
  • Kerr Nice – piano
  • Grace Nickalls – choir
  • Joe Dobson – choir
  • Marcus Greenwood – choir
  • Masie Colquhoun – choir
  • Maya Hodgson – choir
  • Sam Hewitson – choir
  • Nick Brine – engineer
  • Dougal Watt – studio assistant
  • Owen Morgan – studio assistant
  • Alex Edmunds – studio assistant
  • Nelson Milburn – studio assistant
  • Tom Povall – post production
  • Denis Blackham– mastering
  • Mark Scarfe at Aarlsen – design
  • Mike Callow – photography

Track listing:

  1. Faith & Virtue – Steve Harley, Barry Wickens
  2. Take the Men & the Horses Away – Lincoln Anderson, Stuart Elliot, Steve Harley, James Lascelles, Barry Wickens
  3. For Sale, Baby Shoes. Never Worn – Steve Harley
  4. Stranger Comes to Town – Steve Harley
  5. The Old Man – Steve Harley
  6. True Love Will Find You in the End – Daniel Johnston
  7. No Bleeding Hearts – Steve Harley
  8. Blinded With Tears – Jim Cregan, Steve Harley
  9. Before They Crash the Universe – Steve Harley
  10. 2,000 Years from Now – Robbie Gladwell, Steve Harley

Marc Ribot: Spiritual Unity

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On May 3, 2005, “PI Recordings” label released “Spiritual Unity”, the 16th Marc Ribot album. It was recorded in October 2004, at “Orange Music Sound Studio” in West Orange, New Jersey, “Tonic” in New York City, and was produced by Marc Ribot.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Roy Campbell– trumpet, pocket trumpet
  • Henry Grimes– bass
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Francois Lardeau – engineer
  • Bill Mulvey – engineer
  • Dominik Huber – photography

 Track listing:

All tracks by Albert Ayler.

  1. Invocation
  2. Spirits
  3. Truth Is Marching In
  4. Saints
  5. Bells