On June 6, 2006, “Blue Note” label released “Pax”, the seventh Andrew Hill album. It was recorded in February 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
On May 15, 2007, “Geffen” label released “Release the Stars”, the fifth Rufus Wainwright studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Second Story” and “Legacy” in New York City, “Brooklyn Recording” in Brooklyn, “Saal 4” in Berlin, “Strongroom” and “Angel Recording Studio” in London, and was produced by Rufus Wainwright.
Personnel:
Rufus Wainwright – vocals, piano, acoustic and nylon guitar, percussion, string arrangement, piano arrangement, horn arrangement, orchestral arrangement
On April 21, 2008, “Sub Pop” label released the self-titled, debut Flight of the Conchords album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by Mickey Petralia.
On April 11, 2006, “Warner Bros” label released “You in Reverse”, the sixth Built to Spill album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Audible Alchemy” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Doug Martsch and Steven Wray Lobdell.
On April 11, 2006, “Light in the Attic Records” label released “Passover” the debut Black Angels album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Cacophony Recorders”, “Wire Recording”, and “Shh! Recording Studios” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Erik Wofford, Ross Ingram, Christian Bland, Nate Ryan, Alex Maas and Stephanie Bailey.
Personnel:
Christian Bland – vocals, guitar, bass
Nate Ryan – bass, guitar
Alex Maas – vocals, bass
Stephanie Bailey – drums, percussion
Jennifer Raines – drone machine
Erik Wofford – recording, mixing
Ross Ingram – recording, mixing
Dave Cooley – mastering
Christian Bland – design
Brian Jones – design
Track listing:
Young Men Dead
The First Vietnamese War
Sniper at the Gates of Heaven
The Prodigal Sun
Black Grease
Manipulation
Empire
Better Off Alone
Bloodhounds on My Trail
Call to Arms
The track “Call to Arms” ends at minute 10:42. After 3 minutes and 30 seconds of silence (10:42 – 14:12), begins a hidden song, a cover of Jimmy Cliff’s track “Vietnam”.
On April 10, 2007, “4AD” label released “23” the seventh Blonde Redhead studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Magic Shop” and “Stay Gold” in New York City, and was produced by Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace/
Personnel:
Kazu Makino – vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar
Amedeo Pace – lead guitar, keyboards, drums
Simone Pace – vocals, bass
Chris Coady – robot voice
Morgan King – French horn
Skúli Sverrisson – bass
Chris Coady – recording
Andy Savours – engineer
Brian Thorn – engineer
Ted Young – engineer
Eddie Jackson – engineer, editing
Alan Moulder – mixing
Rich Costey – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Mitchell Froom – assistance
Alexander Gelman – creative direction
Alex Gross – artwork
David Heasty – art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace.
On April 6, 2009, “Heavenly Recordings” label released “Kingdom of Rust” the fourth Doves studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2009, at “Frank Bough Sound III” in Cheshire, “Green Gates” in Eyam, “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, “Moolah Rouge” Stockport, Manchester, and was produced by Jez Williams, Jim Goodwin, Andy Williams, Dan Austin and John Leckie.
Personnel:
Jez Williams – vocals, guitar, synthesiser, bass, piano, organ, banjo, percussion, mixing
Jim Goodwin – vocals, bass, guitar
Andy Williams – vocals, drums
Martin Rebelski.- piano
Belinda Hammond – violin
Oliver Morris – violin
Alexandra Fletcher – viola
Elinor Gow – cello
Baluji Shrivastav – dilruba
Tom Rowlands – arrangements
Dan Austin – engineer
Adam Whittaker – engineer
Will Hensley – Pro tools engineer, mix assistant
Michael H. Brauer – mixing
Zac Froud – mixing assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Rick Myers – design
Deirdre O’Callaghan – band photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.
On March 24, 2008, “679 Recordings” label released “Twenty One”, the second Mystery Jets studio album. It was recorded October 2006 – December 2007 at “The Madhouse”, “Konk”, “The Pool”, “The Garden”, “Musikbox”, “Olympic Studios”, “The Dairy”, “Hercules Studios”, “Hoxton Square”, “Eden & Sofa Sound” in London, and was produced by Erol Alkan and Stephen Street.
Personnel:
Blaine Harrison – vocals, keyboards, guitar
Henry Harrison – keyboards, guitar, vox
Kai Fish – vocals, bass, engineer
Kapil Trivedi – drums
Laura Marling – vocals
Erol Alkan – engineer, mixing
Ferg Peterkin – engineer, mixing
Cenzo Townshend – engineer, mixing
Alan O’Connell, Ben Mason, Rick Levy, Tom Stanley – engineer
Mark Alloway, Oliver Wright, Pete Hutchings, Zoe – engineer assistant
On March 5, 2007, “Sequel Records” label released “Make Another World”, the fifth Idlewild studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Sub Station” in Rosyth, Scotland, and was produced by Dave Eringa.
Personnel:
Roddy Woomble – lead vocal
Rod Jones – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Allan Stewart – vocals, guitars
Gareth Russell – bass guitar
Colin Newton – drums, percussion
Inara George – vocals
Mick Cooke – trumpet, French horn
Tom Smith – trombone
Dave Eringa – engineer, mixing
Howie Weinberg – mastering
An Evil Empire – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones, Allan Stewart, Gareth Russell and Colin Newton.
On March 3, 2008, “Inside Out” label released “Not as Good as the Book”, the fourth Tangent studio album. It was recorded January 2006 – November 2007, and was produced by Andy Tillison.
Personnel:
Andy Tillison – vocals, guitars, organ, piano, Moog synthesizer
Guy Manning – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki