Tag Archives: 2009

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

Nada Surf: I Had a Hi-Fi

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On June 8, 2010, “Mardev Records” label released “I Had a Hi-Fi”, the sixth Nada Surf studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, and was produced by Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca and Ira Elliot.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Caws – vocals, guitar
  • Daniel Lorca – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ira Elliot – vocals, drums
  • Doug Gillard – guitar
  • Joe McGinty – keyboards
  • Louie Lino – programming
  • Philip Peterson, Victoria Parker – string arrangements
  • Joe Agnello – mixing
  • John Goodmanson – mixing
  • Louie Lino – mixing
  • Tom Beaujour – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Ryan Smith – mastering assistant

Track listing:

  1. Electrocution
  2. Enjoy the Silence
  3. Love Goes On!
  4. Janine
  5. You Were So Warm
  6. Love and Anger
  7. The Agony of Laffitte
  8. Bye Bye Beauté
  9. Question
  10. Bright Side
  11. Evolución
  12. I Remembered What I Was Going to Say
  13. Conquering Fox (Lino Mix)
  14. Conquering Fox (Dr. Isreal Mix)
  15. Lexicon Dub

Brendan Perry: Ark

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On June 7, 2010, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Ark”, the second Brendan Perry album. It was recorded in 2009, at Ouivvy Studios” in Belturber, Ireland, and was produced by Brendan Perry.

Personnel:

  • Brendan Perry – performer
  • Aidan Foley – mastering
  • Graham Wood – design
  • Dan Van Winkle – front cover photography
  • Sophia Wood – inner cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brendan Perry.

  1. Babylon
  2. The Bogus Man
  3. Wintersun
  4. Utopia
  5. Inferno
  6. This Boy
  7. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
  8. Crescent

The Pineapple Thief: Someone Here Is Missing

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On June 1, 2010, “Kscope” label released “Someone Here Is Missing”, the eighth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Brice Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, programming, arranger, engineer
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, synthesizers, arranger, mixing
  • Jon Sykes – vocals, acoustic and electric bass
  • Keith Harrison – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Mark Bowyer – mixing
  • Dave Turner – mastering
  • Storm Thorgerson – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord.

  1. Nothing at Best
  2. Wake Up the Dead
  3. The State We’re In
  4. Preparation for Meltdown
  5. Barely Breathing
  6. Show a Little Love
  7. Someone Here Is Missing
  8. 3000 Days
  9. So We Row

Broken Records: Until the Earth Begins to Part

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On June 1, 2009, “4AD” label released “Until the Earth Begins to Part”, the debut Broken Records studio album. It was recorded in January 2009, at “Monnow Valley Studio” in Monmouth, and was produced by Ian Caple, James Sutherland, Rory Sutherland, Ian Turnbull, Arne Kolb, Dave Smith, Andrew Keeny and David Fothergill.

Personnel:

  • Jamie Sutherland – vocals
  • Rory Sutherland – violin, guitar, accordion
  • Ian Turnbull – guitar, piano, accordion
  • Arne Kolb – cello
  • Dave Smith – piano, trumpet
  • David Fothergill – bass
  • Andrew Keeny – drums
  • E. Harvard – tenor horn
  • J. Pippen – trombone
  • C. Sefton – tuba
  • D. Guy – double bass
  • J. Bayley – viola
  • Ian Caple – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Manning – engineer assistant
  • Jean-Pierre Chalbos – mastering
  • Sarah Foley – art direction, design, illustrations

Track listing:

  1. Nearly Home
  2. If the News Makes You Sad, Don’t Watch It
  3. Until the Earth Begins to Part
  4. A Promise
  5. Thoughts on a Picture (In a Paper, January 2009)
  6. If Eilert Loveborg Wrote a Song, It Would Sound Like This
  7. Wolves
  8. Ghosts
  9. A Good Reason
  10. Slow Parade

Sugar Rós: Valtari

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On May 23, 2012, “Parlaphone” label released “Valtari”, the sixth Sigur Rós studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2912, at “Sundlaugin”, “Greenhouse Studios”, “Air Studios”, and was produced by Alex Somers, Jón Þór “Jónsi” Birgisson, Georg “Goggi” Hólm, Kjartan “Kjarri” Sveinsson and Orri Páll Dýrason.

Personnel:

  • Jón Þór “Jónsi” Birgisson – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, sampler
  • Georg “Goggi” Hólm – vocals, bass
  • Kjartan “Kjarri” Sveinsson – vocals, keyboards, piano, flute
  • Orri Páll Dýrason – drums
  • Amiina (Hildur Ársælsdóttir, Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir) – strings, string arrangements
  • Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Palina Arnadóttir, Borunn Ósk Marinosdóttir, Margret Arnadóttir, Boigar Magnason – strings
  • Holmfridur Benediktsdóttir, Hildur F. Havarjurdóttir, Bjorg Gardursdóttir, Sulka B. Svanhuitardóttir, Brynhildur Melot, Hera Eriksdóttir – backing vocals
  • Daníel Bjarnason – string arrangements
  • The Sixteen – choir
  • Eamonn Dougan – choral direction

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Jón Þór “Jónsi” Birgisson, Georg “Goggi” Hólm, Kjartan “Kjarri” Sveinsson and Orri Páll Dýrason.

  1. Ég anda
  2. Ekki múkk
  3. Varúð
  4. Rembihnútur
  5. Dauðalogn
  6. Varðeldur
  7. Valtari
  8. Fjögur píanó

Tame Impala: Inner Speaker

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On May 21, 2010, “Modular Recordings” label released “Inner Speaker”, the debut Tame Impala studio album. It was recorded June – August 2009, at “Wave House” in Injidup, Australia, and was produced by Kevin Parker. At the 2010 , Inner Speaker won “Australian Album of the Year” award.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Parker – vocals, various instruments, recording
  • Dom Simper – bass guitar, additional guitar, additional sound effects
  • Jay Watson – drums, guitar
  • Tim Holmes – engineer
  • Dave Fridmann – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Leif Podhajsky – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Parker, except interlude after “The Bold Arrow of Time”, by Jay Watson and Kevin Parker.

  1. It Is Not Meant to Be
  2. Desire Be Desire Go
  3. After Ego
  4. Lucidity
  5. Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?
  6. Solitude Is Bliss
  7. Jeremy’s Storm
  8. Expectation
  9. The Bold Arrow of Time
  10. Runway, Houses, City, Clouds
  11. I Don’t Really Mind

Marmaduke Duke: Duke Pandemonium

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On May 11, 2009, “14th Floor” label released “Duke Pandemonium”, the second Marmaduke Duke studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by J.P. Reid and Simon Neil.

Personnel:

  • The Atmosphere (Simon Neil) – performance, recording
  • The Dragon (JP Reid) – performance, recording
  • Michael Logg – vocals
  • Connie Mitchell – vocals
  • Fergus Munro – tambourine, drum sample, hi-hats, snare drum
  • The Octopus (Rich Costey) – mixing 
  • Charlie Stavish – mixing assistant
  • Noah Goldstein – mixing assistant
  • Ben Bell – additional recording
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Matthew Agoglia – mastering assistant
  • .Kevin Wstenberg – photography
  • Hannah Edwards – costume design

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Neil and JP Reid.

  1. Heartburn
  2. Everybody Dance
  3. Silhouettes
  4. Music Show
  5. Kid Gloves
  6. Demon
  7. Erotic Robotic
  8. Je Suis Un Funky Ho,,e
  9. Rubber Lover

65DaysofStatic: We Were Exploding Anyway

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On April 26, 2010, “Hassle Records” label released “We Were Exploding Anyway”, the fourth 65daysofstatic studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “2fly Studios” in Sheffield, UK, and was produced by Joe Shrewsbury, Paul Wolinski, Rob Jones and Simon Wright.

Personnel:

  • Joe Shrewsbury
  • Paul Wolinski
  • Rob Jones
  • Simon Wright
  • Robert Smith – vocal
  • Alan Smyth – recording
  • Dave Sanderson – recording
  • Chris Tabron – mixing
  • Alex Newport – mixing
  • Paul Gold – mastering
  • Caspar Newbolt – art direction, design
  • Matt Sundin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Shrewsbury, Paul Wolinski, Rob Jones and Simon Wright.

  1. Mountainhead
  2. Crash Tactics
  3. Dance Dance Dance
  4. Piano Fights
  5. Weak4
  6. Come to Me
  7. Go Complex
  8. Debutante
  9. Tiger Girl