Tag Archives: 2004

Coil: The Ape Of Naples

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On December 2, 2005, “Threshold House” label released “The Ape of Naples”, the 17th Coil album. It was recorded 1993 – 2004 (contains reworked and remixed material from 1993 to 2004), and was produced by Peter Christopherson and John Balance.

Personnel:

  • John Balance – vocals, recording
  • Peter Christopher – performer, sequenced by, sound designer, recording
  • François Testory – vocals
  • Thighpaulsandra – keyboards, orchestral styling
  • Ossian Brown – synthesizer
  • Cliff Stapleton – Hurdy gurdy
  • Tom Edwards – marimba
  • Mike York – pipes, duduk
  • Ian Johnstone – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Balance and Peter Christopher.

  1. Fire of the Mind
  2. The Last Amethyst Deceiver
  3. Tattooed Man
  4. Triple Sun
  5. It’s in My Blood
  6. I Don’t Get It
  7. Heaven’s Blade
  8. Cold Cell
  9. Teenage Lightning 2005
  10. Amber Rain
  11. Going Up

Tess Wiley: Not Quite Me

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On January 1, 2004, “Tapete Records” label released “Not Quite Me”. the second Tess Wiley studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Tune-Up Music and “American Etage”, and was produced by Tess Wiley.

Personnel:

  • Tess Wiley – vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar, organ, various instruments, recording
  • Tim Potzas – vocals, guitar, pedal stell guitar
  • Ame Meidow – piano, electric piano
  • Christian Weiss – bass
  • Christian Pfaff – drums
  • Miriam Pfaff – vocals, backing vocals, handclapping
  • Betty Stubenrauch – vocals
  • Ariane Kuster, Debby Menger, Johanna Sophie Hergott – violin
  • Fletsch Wiley – sounds, strings arrangements
  • Tom Meyer – mastering
  • Christian Roth – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tess Wiley.

  1. Not Quite Me
  2. How Does Silence Feel
  3. Let It Come
  4. Nature of the World
  5. Revelry
  6. Delicate Skin
  7. My Fortress and My Shield
  8. Falling In and Out
  9. Happy Now
  10. This Shadow

SID: Renai

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On December 22, 2004, “Danger Crue” label released “Renai”, the debut SID album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Sakura.

Personnel:

  • Mao – vocals
  • Shinji – guitar
  • Aki – bass
  • Yūya – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mao. All music by Shinji, except where noted.

  1. Ajisai
  2. Rinjin – music by Aki
  3. Watashi wa Ame
  4. Vitual Bansankai
  5. Ao – music by Aki
  6. Doyoubi no Onna – music by Aki
  7. Hitsuyouaku – music by Aki
  8. Akagami Shuffle – music by Aki
  9. Mousou Nikki
  10. Owakare no Uta
  11. Kara no Binse, Sora e no Tegami

Nightingale: Invisible

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On December 6, 2004, “Black Mark” label released “Invisible”, the fifth Nightingale album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Studio Underground” in Västerås, Sweden. 

Personnel:

  • Dan Swanö – lead vocals, guitar
  • Dag Swanö – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
  • Erik Oskarsson – co-lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Tom Björn – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Swanö, except where noted.

  1. Still Alive – lyrics by Maxus Widar, music by Dan Swanö
  2. Invisible – Tom Nouga
  3. A Raincheck on My Demise – Tom Nouga
  4. Atlantis Rising
  5. To the End
  6. Misery
  7. The Wake
  8. One of the Lonely Ones – Tom Nouga
  9. Worlds Apart – Tom Nouga
  10. Stalingrad – Tom Nouga

The Toy Dolls: Our Last Album

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On November 29, 2004, “Secret Records” label released “Our Last Album?”, the 13th Toy Dolls (The) album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Trinity Heights Studio” in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and was produced by Michael Algar.

Personnel:

  • Michael “Olga” Algar — vocals, guitar
  • Tommy Goober — vocals, bass
  • Dave “The Nut” Nuttall — vocals, drums
  • Chris Hunter, Chris Wright, Decca Wade, Dave, Lee Right, Gareth, Tony Van Frater, Mick, Neal – backing vocals
  • Fred Purser – engineer, mixing
  • Ciaron Lee Marlow – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Algar, except where noted.

  1. Our Last Intro?
  2. The Death of Barry the Roofer with Vertigo
  3. Cheatin’ Chick from China
  4. Davey’s Days
  5. No One Knew the Real Emu
  6. I Gave My Heart to a Slag Called Sharon from Whitley Bay
  7. Jean’s Been
  8. Rita’s Innocent
  9. She’s So Modern – Bob Geldof, Johnnie Fingers
  10. Chenky Is a Puff
  11. I Caught It from Camilla
  12. Our Last Outro?
  13. The Final Countdown – Joey Tempest
  14. Tony Talks Tripe
  15. Yul Brynner Was a Skinhead (new recording)
  16. Thank You To

Kahil El Zabar’s Ritual Trio: Big M: A Tribute To Malachi Favors

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On October 17, 2006, “Delmark” label released “Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors”, the eleventh Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio album. It was recorded in December 2004, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Steve Wagner and Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Kahil El’Zabar – vocals, drums, earth drums, kalimba, flute
  • Yosef Ben Israel – bass
  • Ari Brown – tenor saxophone, piano
  • Billy Bang – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Kahil El’Zabar, except where noted.

  1. Crumb-Puck-U-Lent
  2. Oof
  3. Freedom Flexibility – Billy Bang
  4. Big M
  5. Kau
  6. Maghoustut
  7. Malachi

Alice Coltrane: Translinear Light

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On September 28, 2004, “Impulse” label released “Translinear Light”, the 17th and final Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded April 2000 – June 2004, and was produced by Ravi Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer
  • Ravi Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, sleigh bells
  • Oran Coltrane – alto saxophone
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • James Genus – bass
  • Jack De Johnette – drums
  • Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
  • The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Sita Ram – traditional
  2. Walk with Me – traditional
  3. Translinear Light – Alice Coltrane
  4. Jagadishwar – Alice Coltrane
  5. This Train – traditional
  6. The Hymn – Alice Coltrane
  7. Blue Nile – Alice Coltrane
  8. Crescent – John Coltrane
  9. Leo – John Coltrane
  10. Triloka – Alice Coltrane
  11. Satya Sai Isha – traditional

Marianne Faithfull: Before The Poison

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On September 28, 2004, “Anti Records” label released “Before the Poison”, the 16th Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded June – October 2003, at “The Fallout Shelter” and “Mayfair Studio” in London, and was produced by PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Hal Willner, Rob Ellis and Head.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – lead vocal, handclapping
  • PJ Harvey – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, slide bass, piano, synth
  • Diana Gutkind – piano
  • Adrian Utley – synth bass, bass, acoustic and electric guitar, toy piano, sampling
  • Rob Ellis – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, handclapping, piano, vibraphone, sound effects, string arrangements
  • Catherine Browning – violin
  • Andy Nice – cello
  • Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Jim Sclavunos – musicians
  • Rik Simpson – recording, engineer assistant, mixing
  • Head – recording, mixing
  • Andrew Rugg- engineer assistant
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Jean Baptiste Mondino – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Mystery of Love – PJ Harvey
  2. My Friends Have – PJ Harvey
  3. Crazy Love – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  4. Last Song – Marianne Faithfull, Damon Albarn
  5. No Child of Mine – PJ Harvey
  6. Before the Poison – Marianne Faithfull, PJ Harvey
  7. There Is a Ghost – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  8. In the Factory – Marianne Faithfull, PJ Harvey
  9. Desperanto – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  10. City of Quartz – Marianne Faithfull, Jon Brion

Keb’ Mo’: Peace…Back By Popular Demand

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On September 21, 2004, “Sony” label released “Peace…Back by Popular Demand”, the eighth Keb’ Mo’ studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Conway Studios”, “The Village Recorder”, “House Of Blues Studios”, “Encino”, “Stu Stu Studio” in Marina Del Rey, CA, and was produced by Keb’ Mo’.

Personnel:

  • Keb’ Mo’ – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, bass, percussion, dobro
  • Bettye LaVette – vocal
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – acoustic and electric guitar
  • James Harrah – guitar, electric guitar
  • Jeff Paris – Hammond organ, piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, mandoline, synthesizer
  • Greg Phillinganes – organ, piano
  • Michael King – Hammond organ
  • Reggie McBride – bass  
  • Stephen Ferrone – drums
  • Harvey Mason – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Mindi Abair – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Lon Price – saxophone
  • Brian Swartz – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Nicholas Lane – trombone
  • Nikka Costa – soul scat vocal
  • Mark Cargill – violin, concertmaster, fiddle
  • Susan Chatman – violin
  • Karen Elaine Bakunin – viola

Track listing:

  1. For What It’s Worth – Stephen Stills
  2. Wake Up Everybody – John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen
  3. People Got to Be Free – Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati
  4. Talk – Keb’ Mo’
  5. What’s Happening Brother – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.
  6. The Times They Are A-Changin – Bob Dylan
  7. Get Together – Chet Powers
  8. Someday We’ll All Be Free – Donny Hathaway
  9. (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding – Nick Lowe
  10. Imagine – John Lennon

David Sylvian: Manafon

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On September 14, 2009, “Samadhi Sound” label released “Manafon”, the seventh David Sylvian studio album. It was recorded 2004–2007, in Vienna, Tokyo and London, and was produced by David Sylvian.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, electronics, engineer, mixing, art direction
  • Burkhard Stangl – guitar
  • Keith Rowe – guitar
  • Christian Fennesz – guitar, laptop
  • Otomo Yoshihide – acoustic guitar, turntables
  • Tetuzi Akiyama – acoustic and electric guitar
  • John Tilbury – piano
  • Werner Dafeldecker – acoustic bass
  • Evan Parker – saxophone
  • Franz Hautzinger – trumpet
  • Marcio Mattos – cello
  • Michael Moser – cello
  • Toshimaru Nakamura – no input mixer
  • Joel Ryan – tape signal processing
  • Sachiko M. – sine waves
  • Christoph Amann, Toshihiko Kasai, Sebastian Lexer, Neil Tucker – additional engineering
  • Yuka Fujii – art direction
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Atsushi Fukui – David Sylvian portrait and related drawings
  • Ruud van Empel – cover artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by David Sylvian.

  1. Small Metal Gods
  2. The Rabbit Skinner
  3. Random Acts of Senseless Violence
  4. The Greatest Living Englishman
  5. 125 Spheres
  6. Snow White in Appalachia
  7. Emily Dickinson
  8. The Department of Dead Letters
  9. Manafon