Tag Archives: 2008

Céu: Vagarosa

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On July 7, 2009, “Universal Music” label released “Vagarosa”, the second Céu studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Beto Vilares and Gustavo Lenza Gui Amabis.

Personnel:

  • Céu (Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças) – vocals, keyboards
  • Beto Villares – vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, mellotron, scratches, programming, arranger bass
  • Fernando Catatau – guitar
  • Marcelo Jeneci – vocals, guitar, accordion
  • Gui Amabis – guitar, bass, keyboards, mellotron, sampler, programming
  • Gustavo Lenza – guitar, keyboards, mellotron
  • Guilherme Ribeiro – keyboards
  • Pepe Cisneros – organ
  • Dengue – bass
  • Lucas Martins – bass, loops
  • Curumin, Gigante Brasil, Pupillo, Serginho Machado – drums
  • Mauricio Alves – reco reco
  • Rodrigo Campos – tamborim, cavaquinho, pandeiro
  • Bruno Buarque – congas, djembe, claves, loops
  • Nahor Gomes – flugelhorn
  • Ubaldo Versolato – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Sidnei Borgani – trombone
  • Guizado (Guilherme Mendonça) – trumpet
  • Anelis Assumpção, B Negão, Luiz Melodia, Thelma de Freitas – vocals
  • Negresko Sis – backing vocals
  • Los Sebosos Postizos – Jorge du Peixe, Lúcio Maia, Dengue, Pupillo, Da Lua, Mundo Livre SA

Track listing:

All tracks by Céu, except where noted.

  1. Sobre o Amor e Seu Trabalho Silencioso
  2. Cangote
  3. Comadi – Céu, Beto Vilares
  4. Bubuia – Céu, Anelis Assumpção, Thalma de Freitas
  5. Nascente – Céu, Siba
  6. Grains de Beauté – Céu, Beto Vilares
  7. Vira Lata
  8. Papa
  9. Ponteiro
  10. Cordão da Insônia – Céu, Beto Vilares
  11. Rosa Menina Rosa – Jorge Ben Jor
  12. Sonâmbulo – Céu, Bruno Buarque, DJ Marco, Serginho Machado, Lucas Martins, Guilherme Ribeiro
  13. Espaçonave – Céu, Fernando Catatau

Radio Birdman: Radios Appear

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In July 1977, “Trafalgar” label released “Radios Appear”, the debut Radio Birdman album. It was recorded 1976 – 1977, at “Trafalgar Studios” in Sydney, and was produced by John Sayers and Charles Fisher. “Radios Appear” was ranked the third best Australian album of all time in a 2008 list compiled by Melbourne newspaper “The Age”. In October 2010, it was ranked No. 13 in the book “100 Best Australian Albums”.

Personnel:

  • Rob Younger – lead vocals
  • Deniz Tek – guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Masuak – guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Pip Hoyle – organ, piano
  • Warwick Gilbert – bass
  • Ron Keeley – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Deniz Tek, except where noted.

  1. TV Eye – Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop
  2. Murder City Nights
  3. Anglo Girl Desire
  4. Man with Golden Helmet
  5. Descent into the Maelstrom
  6. Monday Morning Gunk
  7. Do the Pop
  8. Love Kills
  9. Hand of Law
  10. New Race

Klaus Schulze: Farscape

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On July 4, 2008, “SPV” and “Synthetic Symphony” labels released “Farscape”, the thirty-seventh Klaus Schulze album. It was recorded September–November 2007, in Hambühren, Germany, and was produced by Klaus Schulze.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Schulze – keys
  • Lisa Gerrard – voice
  • Tom Dams – voice recording
  • Thomas Ewerhard – layout, cover design
  • Christian Piednoir – photography
  • Peter Fitt – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Lisa Gerrard, all music by Klaus Schulze.

  1. Liquid Coincidence 1
  2. Liquid Coincidence 2
  3. Liquid Coincidence 3
  4. Liquid Coincidence 4
  5. Liquid Coincidence 5
  6. Liquid Coincidence 6
  7. Liquid Coincidence 7

White Denim: Workout Holiday LP

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On June 23, 2008, “Full Time Hobby” label released “Workout Holiday LP”, the debut White Denim album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by James Petralli, Joshua Block and Steve Terebecki.

Personnel:

  • James Petralli – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Terebecki – vocals, bass
  • Joshua Block – drums

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Talk About It
  2. Shake Shake Shake
  3. Sitting
  4. I Can Tell
  5. Mess Your Hair Up
  6. Heart From Us All
  7. All You Really Have to Do
  8. Look That Way at It
  9. Darksided Computer Mouth
  10. WDA
  11. Don’t Look That Way at It
  12. IEIEI

Aisles: Sudden Walks

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On June 16, 2009, Aisles independently released their second studio album “Sudden Walks”. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Germán Vergara. The album was reissued by Presagio Records.

Personnel:

  • Sebastián Vergara – lead vocals
  • Germán Vergara – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Rodrigo Sepúlveda – vocals, guitar
  • Alejandro Meléndez – keyboards
  • Aston Hayes – bass
  • Felipe Candia – drums, percussion
  • Rodrigo Galarce – acoustic bass
  • Sebastián Jordán – trumpet

Theatrical scene in “Mariachi”

  • Gloria Münchmeyer – Old woman
  • Julio Jung – Man
  • Aline Kuppenheim – Woman

Track listing:

All tracks by Sebastián Vergara, Germán Vergara, Rodrigo Sepúlveda, Alejandro Meléndez, Aston Hayes and Felipe Candia.

  1. Mariachi
  2. Revolution of Light
  3. Summer Fall
  4. The Maiden
  5. Smile of Tears
  6. Hawaii

Dredg: The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion

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On June 9, 2009, “Ohlone Recordings” label released “The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion”, the fourth Dredg studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “The Plant Studios”, “Tiny Telephone”, “Decibelle Recording Studios” and “Barefoot Studios”, and was produced by Matt Radosevich.

Personnel:

  • Gavin Hayes – vocals
  • Mark Engles – guitars
  • Drew Roulette – bass, symbols illustrations
  • Dino Campanella – drums, piano
  • Gisele Hayes – toy piano
  • Seyah Hayes – toy piano
  • Ben ‘The King’ Perkoff – horns
  • Terry ‘The Bari’ Forgette – horns
  • Judgement Day – strings
  • Geoff Bilson – additional sounds
  • Michael Romanowski – mastering
  • Rohner Segnitz – artwork, design
  • Rohner Segnitz – illustrations re-rendered

Track listing:

All tracks by Gavin Hayes, Mark Engles, Drew Roulette and Dino Campanella.

  1. Pariah
  2. Drunk Side
  3. Ireland
  4. Stamp of Origin: Pessimistic
  5. Light Switch
  6. Gathering Pebbles
  7. Information
  8. Stamp of Origin: Ocean Meets Bay
  9. Saviour
  10. RUOK?
  11. I Don’t Know
  12. Mourning This Morning
  13. Stamp of Origin: Take a Look Around
  14. Long Days and Vague Clues
  15. Cartoon Showroom
  16. Quotes
  17. Down to the Cellar
  18. Stamp of Origin: Horizon

Aimee Mann: @#%&*! Smilers

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On June 2, 2008, “Super Ego Records” label released “@#%&*! Smilers” (pronounced Fucking Smilers), the seventh Aimee Mann studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “The Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Paul Bryan.

Personnel:

  • Aimee Mann – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bowed acoustic
  • Paul Bryan – bass, backing vocals, horn arrangements
  • Jamie Edwards – keyboards
  • Jebin Bruni – Moog 
  • Chris Bruce – guitar solo 
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Willie Murillo – trumpet
  • Mark Visher – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Jason Thor – trombone and bass trombone
  • Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen, Amy Wickman, Alyssa Park, Terry Glenny, Marisa Kuney, Melisa Reiner – violins
  • Leah Katz, Caroline Buckman, David Sage – violas
  • Richard Dodd, Alan Matthews, John Krovaza – cellos
  • Buddy Judge – backing vocals
  • Kimon Kirk – backing vocals
  • Sean Hayes – duet vocals
  • Dave Eggers – whistling
  • Patrick Warren – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Aimee Mann, except where noted.

  1. Freeway
  2. Stranger into Starman
  3. Looking for Nothing
  4. Phoenix
  5. Borrowing Time
  6. It’s Over
  7. 31 Today
  8. The Great Beyond
  9. Medicine Wheel – Aimee Mann, Gretchen Seichrist
  10. Columbus Avenue
  11. Little Tornado
  12. True Believer – Aimee Mann, Grant Lee Phillips
  13. Ballantines

Spritualized: Songs in A & E

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On May 26, 2008, “Sanctuary Records” label released “Songs in A&E”, the sixth Spiritualized studio album. It was recorded in 2007, in Cedars, Nottingham, and was produced by Jason Pierce.

Personnel:

  • J Spaceman – vocals, Fender Thinline, Fender Jaguar, Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Custom Vox Starstreamer, Gibson 125, Fender Bass VI, autoharp, harmonicas, melodica, accordion, piano, Gibson L/00, violin, Marshall Artist, HH Custom, Fender Superchamp, Farfisa Compact, Vox Continental, percussion
  • Tony ‘Doggen’ Foster – Fender Jazzmaster, Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, Silvertone Acoustic, Rickenbacker Lap Steel, Fender Rhodes, Fender Twin, Marshall Artist, Hiwatt Custom 50
  • Tom Edwards – vibraphone, marimbas, percussion, timpani, glockenspiel, Fender Rhodes, Hammond, reed organ, melodica, tubular bells
  • Tim Lewis – Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact, synthesizers, piano
  • Richard Warren – Rickenbacker 3000 Bass, Baldwin 704, Fender Precision Bass, Epiphone Casino, Vox Starstream 12, Burns Sonic Bass, Fender Bass VI
  • Kevin Bales – Gretch Roundbadge, George Hayman Vibrasonic, Ludwig Jazz Festival Snare
  • John Coxon – Fender Jaguar, pipe organ
  • Barrie Cadogan – Gibson 330
  • Alex Barrow – accordion
  • Rachel Korine – vocals
  • Ben Edwards – trumpet
  • David Temple – saxophones
  • James Adams – trombone
  • Sara Temple – clarinet
  • Johnny Morcombe – French horn
  • Mary Owen – flute
  • Nicky Sweeney – violins
  • Ian Rathbone – violin
  • Tony Woollard – cello
  • Sharlene Hector, Nomvula Malinga, Jasette Barrett – vocals
  • The Dirtbombs (Mick Collins, Ko Melina, Troy Gregory) – vocals
  • The Choir (Sian Ahern, Rupert Clervaux, Matt Conner, Ben Crook, Dan Gamble, Simon Hill, Sarah McCrory, Kim Gehrig, Sarah Evans, Claire Luke, Poppy Spaceman, Hank Jackson) – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by J Spaceman.

  1. Harmony 1 (Mellotron)
  2. Sweet Talk
  3. Death Take Your Fiddle
  4. I Gotta Fire
  5. Soul on Fire
  6. Harmony 2 (Piano)
  7. Sitting on Fire
  8. Yeah Yeah
  9. You Lie You Cheat
  10. Harmony 3 (Voice)
  11. Baby I’m Just a Fool
  12. Don’t Hold Me Close
  13. Harmony 4 (This Old Man…)
  14. The Waves Crash In
  15. Harmony 5 (Accordion)
  16. Borrowed Your Gun
  17. Harmony 6 (Glockenspiel)
  18. Goodnight Goodnight

Islands: Arm’s Way

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On May 20, 2008, “ANTI” label released “Arm’s Way”, the second Islands studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Mixart Studios”, “Bear Creek Studios”, and was produced by Ryan Hadlock, Nick Thorburn, Sebastian Chow, Alex Chow, Patrick Gregorie, Patrice Agbokou and Aaaron Harris.

Personnel:

  • Nick Thorburn – vocals, guitar, arranger
  • Patrick Gregorie – guitar, bass clarinet
  • Sebastian Chow – vocals, piano, violin, oboe, arranger
  • Alex Chow – violin, viola, synthesizer, percussion, arranger
  • Patrice Agbokou – bass, arranger
  • Aaron Harris – vocals, drums, percussion, arranger
  • Ryan Hadlock – engineer
  • Mathieu Roberge – engineer assistant
  • Doug Boehm, Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Chris Constable – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Rebecca Bird – artwork
  • Philip Laslett – design
  • Alexander Wagner – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Thorburn.

  1. The Arm
  2. Pieces of You
  3. J’aime vous voir quitter
  4. Abonimable Snow
  5. Creeper
  6. Kids Don’t Know Shit
  7. Life in Jail
  8. In the Rushes (contains fragment of “A Quick One While He’s Away” by The Who)
  9. We Swim
  10. To a Bond
  11. I Feel Evil creeping In
  12. Vertigo (It’s a Crime)

Michael Schenker Group: In the Midst of Beauty

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On May 13, 2008, “In-akustik” label released “In the Midst of Beauty”, the thirteenth Michael Schenker Group album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Studio 2” in Neu-Ulm, Germany, “Phantom Recordings” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Michael Schenker, Romi Schickle and Siggi Schwarz.

Personnel:

  • Gary Barden – vocals
  • Michael Schenker – guitars, producer
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Neil Murray – bass
  • Simon Phillips – drums
  • Romi Schickle – engineer, mixing
  • Siggi Schwarz – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Schenker and Gary Barden

  1. City Lights
  2. Competition
  3. I Want You
  4. End of the Line
  5. Summerdays
  6. A Night to Remember
  7. Wings of Emotion
  8. Come Closer
  9. The Cross of Crosses
  10. Na Na
  11. I Am the One
  12. Ride on My Way