On February 21, 2006, “Merge” label released “Destroyer’s Rubies”, the seventh Destroyer studio album. It was recorded May – July 2005, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.
Personnel:
Dan Bejar – vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, tambourine
On February 2, 2005, “Wichita Recordings” label released “Silent Alarm”, the debut Bloc Party studio album. It was recorded June – July 2004, and was produced by Paul Epworth, Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong.
Personnel:
Kele Okereke – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Russell Lissack – lead guitar
Gordon Moakes – bass, backing vocals, synthesizer
Matt Tong – drums, backing vocals
Paul Epworth – programming
Eliot James – programming, recording, additional production
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
On December 14, 2005, “Human Highway Records” label released “Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain”, album by Mono and World’s End Girlfriend. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Mono and World’s End Girlfriend.
On November 5, 2005, “PI” label released “Back in Time”, album by Odyssey the Band. It was recorded in May 2005, at “Orange Bear Studios” in West Orange, NJ, and was produced by James Blood Ulmer.
Personnel:
James “Blood” Ulmer – vocals, guitar
Charles Burnham – violin
Warren Benbow – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by James Blood Ulmer, except where noted.
On October 17, 2005, “Samadhi Sound” label released “Snow Borne Sorrow”, the debut Nine Horses album. It was recorded 2001 – 2005, at “Miloco 3”, “Eden Studios” and “Sphere Studios” in London, “1k Recording Studio” in Philadelphia, “UTS Sound Studio”, “University of Technology” in Sydney, “First Floor Rec.” in Copenhagen, and was produced by David Sylvian.
Personnel:
David Sylvian – vocals, keyboards, guitar, mixing, art direction, executive producer
Steve Jansen – drums, percussion, sample programming, keyboards, mixing
On October 11, 2005, “Yep Roc” label released “As Is Now”, the eight Paul Weller studio album. It was recorded in March 2005, at “Wheeler End Studios” in Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Jan “Stan” Kubert and Paul Weller.
On October 10, 2006, “Pi Recordings” label released “Streaming”, album by Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis and Roscoe Mitchell (the 26th Muhal Richard Abrams album overall). It was recorded in January 2005, at “Systems Two” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell and Muhal Richard Abrams.
Personnel:
Muhal Richard Abrams – piano, horn, percussion, painting
Roscoe Mitchell – saxophones, percussion
George Lewis – trombone, laptop
Rich Lamb – recording
Tom Hamilton – recording, mixing
Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
Figureground – design
Kyle Oddson – photography
Seth Rosner – executive producer
Yulun Wang – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis and Roscoe Mitchell.
On September 20, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Suspicious Activity?”, the fourth Bad Plus (The) studio album. It was recorded in May 2006, at “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Tchad Blake, Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.
Personnel:
Ethan Iverson – piano
Reid Anderson – bass
David King – drums
Tchad Blake – engineer, mixing
Claire Lewis – engineer assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Reid Anderson, except where noted.
Prehensile Dream
Anthem for the Earnest – David King
Let Our Garden Grow – Ethan Iverson
The Empire Strikes Backwards – David King
Knows the Difference
Lost of Love
Rhinoceros Is My Profession
O.G. Original Gentleman – Ethan Iverson
(theme from) Chariots of Fire – Evangelos Papathanassiou
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