Tag Archives: 1994

Mick Harris & Bill Laswell: Somnific Flux

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On March 7, 1995, “Subharmonic” label released “Somnific Flux”, album by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell. It was recorded in November 1994, at “Wall of Silence” in Birmingham, UK, in December 1994, at “Greenpoint Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Mick Harris – effects, recording, photography
  • Bill Laswell – effects, recording, mixing
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • Layng Martine – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell.

  1. Distal Sonority
  2. Capacious

Clifford Jordan: Masters from Different Worlds

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On March 1, 1994, “Mapleshade” label released “Masters from Different Worlds”, the 32nd Clifford Jordan album. It was recorded in December 1989, at “Mapleshade Studios” in Upper Marlboro, MD, and was produced by Fred Kaplan and Pierre Sprey.

Personnel:

  • Clifford Jordan – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Ran Blake – piano
  • Julian Priester – trombone
  • Windmill Saxophone Quartet:
  • Jesse Meman – alto saxophone
  • Tom Monroe, Ken Plant – tenor saxophone
  • Clayton Englar – baritone saxophone
  • Steve Williams – drums
  • Alfredo Mojica – congas
  • Claudia Polley – vocals
  • Daniel Vong – art direction
  • Michael Wilderman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Something to Live For – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  2. A Touch of Evil – Ran Blake
  3. Arline – Ran Blake
  4. Laura – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
  5. Short Life of Barbara Monk – Ran Blake
  6. Vanguard – Ran Blake
  7. Julia – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  8. Wives and Lovers – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Doug’s Prelude – Clifford Jordan
  10. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills

Bill Laswell & Pate Namlook: Outland

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On February 20, 1994, “FAX +49-69/450464” label released “Outland”, collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook. It was recorded in 1993, at “Klanglabor Frankfurt” in Germany, and was produced by Pete Namlook.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell – electronics
  • Pete Namlook – electronics
  • Oz Fritz – recording
  • Nicky Skopelitis – recording
  • Thi-Linh Le – cover art

Track listing:

  1. From the Earth to the Ceiling (Parts I-XII) – Bill Laswell, Pete Namlook

Christian McBride: Gettin’ to It

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In January 1995, “Verve” label released “Gettin’ to It”, the debut Christian McBride studio album. It was recorded August – September 1994, at “Clinton Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler.

Personnel:

  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Roy Hargrove – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Steve Turre – trombone
  • Cyrus Chestnut – piano
  • Lewis Nash – drums
  • Ray Brown, Milt Hinton – bass
  • Jim Anderson – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.

  1. In a Hurry
  2. The Shade of the Cedar Tree
  3. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  4. Sitting on a Cloud
  5. Splanky – Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish
  6. Black Moon
  7. King Freddie of Hubbard
  8. Night Train – Jimmy Forest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington

Spock’s Beard: The Light

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In January 1995, “SynPhonic” label released “The Light”, the debut Spock’s Beard album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Neal Morse, Alan Morse, Dave Meros and Nick D’Virgilio.

Personnel:

  • Neal Morse – lead vocals, mellotron, Hammond organ, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Alan Morse – vocals, lead electric guitar, cello, mellotron
  • Dave Meros – bass, French horn
  • Nick D’Virgilio – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Molly Pasutti, Wanda Houston – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Neal Morse except where noted.

  1. The Light
  • The Dream
  • One Man – Alan Morse, Neal Morse
  • Garden People
  • Looking Straight into the Light
  • The Man in the Mountain
  • Señor Valasco’s Mystic Voodoo Love Dance
  • The Return of the Horrible Catfish Man
  • The Dream
  • Go the Way You Go
  • The Water
  • Introduction. The Water
  • When It All Goes to Hell
  • A Thief in the Night
  • FU/I’m Sorry
  • The Water (revisited)
  • Runnin’ the Race
  • Reach for the Sky

Bettie Serveert: Lamprey

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On January 24, 1995, “Brinkman Records” label released “Lamprey”, the second Bettie Serveert studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Studio 150” in Amsterdam, Netherlands, “Air Studios” in London, “Kingsway Studios” in New Orleans, and was produced by Frans Hagenaars.

Personnel:

  • Carol van Dijk – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Visser – guitar
  • Herman Bunskoeke – bass
  • Berend Dubbe – drums

Track listing:

  1. Keepsake
  2. Ray Ray Rain
  3. D. Feathers
  4. Re-feel-it
  5. 21 Days
  6. Cybor D
  7. Tell Me, Sad
  8. Crutches
  9. Something so Wild
  10. Totally Freaked Out
  11. Silent Spring

Meat Loaf

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On January 20, 2022, Michael Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf died aged 74. He was singer, song writer and actor, one of the best-selling musicians of all times. His “Bat Out of Hell” trilogy (“Bat Out of Hell”, “Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell”, and “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose”), has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. The first album stayed on the charts more than nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history of modern music. Loaf received “Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance” for the song “I’d Do Anything for Love”. In 1994, in United Kingdom he received the “Brit Award: for Best Selling Album and Single”. On VH1’s list of “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”, he is ranked at number 96.

Stiltskin: The Mind’s Eye

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On October 17, 1994, “White Water Records” label released “The Mind’s Eye”, the debut Stiltskin studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Water Music Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Peter Lawlor.

Personnel:

  • Ray Wilson – vocals
  • Peter Lawlor – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, bass guitar, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ, drums, backing vocals, arranger, recording, engineer
  • James Finnigan – bass, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer piano
  • Ross McFarlane – drums, percussion
  • Sian Bell – cello
  • Ambrosian Singers – choral opening
  • Tessa Sturridge – backing vocals
  • James Finnigan – engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Lawlor.

  1. Intro
  2. Scared of Ghosts
  3. Horse
  4. Rest in Peace
  5. Footsteps
  6. Sunshine and Butterflies
  7. Inside
  8. An Illusion
  9. America
  10. When My Ship Comes In
  11. Prayer Before Birth

Marius Neset: Circle of Chimes

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On September 29, 2017, “Act” label released “Circle of Chimes”, the sixth Marius Neset album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Marius Neset and Anton Eger.

Personnel:

  • Marius Neset – soprano and tenor saxophone, melodica, arranger
  • Ivo Neame – piano
  • Lionel Loueke – vocals, guitar
  • Jim Hart – vibraphone, marimba, percussion
  • Ingrid Neset – piccolo flute, alto flute
  • Andreas Brantelid – cello
  • Petter Eldh – double bass
  • Anton Eger – drums, percussion
  • August Wanngren – recording, mixing
  • Rune Mortensen – mastering, artwork
  • Hyou Vielz – photography
  • Lisbeth Holten – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Marius Neset.

  1. Satellite
  2. Star
  3. A New Resolution
  4. Introduction to Prague’s Ballet
  5. Prague’s Ballet
  6. Life Goes On
  7. Sirens of Cologne
  8. The Silent Room
  9. 1994
  10. Eclipse

Lullaby for the Working Class: Blanket Warm

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On September 24, 1996, “Bar / Non Records” label released “Blanket Warm”, the debut Lullaby for the Working Class studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – April 1996, at “Whoopass Recording Studio” at Lincoln, Nebraska.

Personnel:

  • Ted Stevens – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Mogis – guitar, banjo, mandolin, glockenspiel, recording, mixing
  • A.J. Mogis – bass, recording, mixing
  • Clint Schnase, Shane Aspegren – drums
  • Anil Seth – cello
  • Nathan Putens – clarinet
  • Andy Strain, Johnathon Hischke – trombone
  • Nate Walcott – trumpet
  • Chris Gordon – violin
  • Eric Medley – mastering
  • Thomas Irvin – artwork
  • Rob Walters – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Stevens.

  1. Good Morning
  2. Honey, Drop the Knife
  3. Turpentine
  4. Spreading the Evening Sky with Crows
  5. Boar’s Nest
  6. Eskimo Song Duel
  7. Three Peas in a Pod
  8. Rye
  9. Queen of the Long-Legged Insects
  10. The Drama of Your Life
  11. February North 24th St.
  12. The Wounded Spider
  13. Good Night