Tag Archives: 2012

Dave Holland: Prism

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On September 2, 2013, “Dare2” label released “Prism”, the 20th Dave Holland album. It was recorded in August 2012, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Louise Holland and Dave Holland.

Personnel:

  • Dave Holland – bass
  • Kevin Eubanks – guitar
  • Craig Taborn – piano, electric piano
  • Eric Harland – drums
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Chris Allen – engineer assistant
  • Ted Tuthill – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Kevin Byrd – artwork
  • Susan Archie – design
  • Ulli Gruber – photography
  • Louise Holland – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Holland, except where noted.

  1. The Watcher – Kevin Eubanks
  2. The Empty Chair (for Clair)
  3. Spirals – Craig Taborn
  4. Choir – Eric Harland
  5. The Color of Iris – Kevin Eubanks
  6. A New day
  7. The True meaning of Determination – Craig Taborn
  8. Evolution – Kevin Eubanks
  9. Breathe

Chilly Gonzales: Solo Piano II

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On August 27, 2012, “Gentle Threat” label released “Solo Piano II”, the 13th Chilly Gonzales album. It was recorded in December 2011, at “Studio Pigalle” in Paris, France.

Personnel:

  • Chilly Gonzales – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Chilly Gonzales.

  1. White Keys
  2. Kenaston
  3. Minor Fantasy
  4. Escher
  5. Rideaux Lunaires
  6. Nero’s Nocturne
  7. Venetian Blinds
  8. Evolving Doors
  9. Epigram in E
  10. Othello
  11. Train of Thought
  12. Wintermezzo
  13. La Bulle
  14. Papa Gavotte

Blackberry Smoke: The Whipporwill

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On August 14, 2012, “Southern Ground” label released “The Whippoorwill”, the third Blackberry Smoke studio album. It was recorded July – August 2011, and was produced by Clay Cook, Matt Mangano, Zac Brown, Charlie Starr, Richard Turner, Paul Jackson, Brandon Still and Brit Turner.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Starr – lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, banjo
  • Paul Jackson – vocals, guitar
  • Brandon Still – piano, organ
  • Richard Turner – vocals, bass guitar
  • Brit Turner – drums, percussion
  • Matt Mangano – acoustic guitar
  • Clay Cook – percussion, harmonium
  • Brendan Wallace – bagpipes
  • Maureen Murphy, Lo Carter, Kyla Jade – backing vocals
  • Sarah Dugas – backing vocals
  • Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
  • Matt Wallace, Mike Fraser – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Trey Wilson – production coordinator
  • Brit Turner – art direction
  • Justin Helton, Tim Pederson – cover design
  • David Stuart – photography

Track listing:

  1. Six Ways to Sunday – Charlie Starr
  2. Pretty Little Lie – Travis Meadows, Charlie Starr
  3. Everybody Knows She’s Mine – Charlie Starr
  4. One Horse Town – Travis Meadows, Jeremy Spillman, Charlie Starr
  5. Ain’t Much Left of Me – David Lee Murphy, Charlie Starr, Richard Turner, Paul Jackson, Brandon Still, Brit Turner.
  6. The Whippoorwill – Charlie Starr
  7. Lucky Seven – Travis Meadows, Charlie Starr, Richard Turner, Paul Jackson, Brandon Still, Brit Turner.
  8.  Leave a Scar – Travis Meadows, Charlie Starr
  9. Crimson Moon – Zac Brown, Matt Mangano, Charlie Starr
  10. Ain’t Got the Blues – Charlie Starr
  11. Sleeping Dogs – Gordon Kennedy, Charlie Starr, Richard Turner, Paul Jackson, Brandon Stil, Brit Turner
  12.  Shakin’ Hands with the Holy Ghost – Charlie Starr
  13. Up the Road – Charlie Starr

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Amaro Freitas: Sankofa

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On June 25, 2021, “Far Out Recordings” label released “Sankofa”, the third Amaro Freitas album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Estúdio Carranca” in Torre, Recife, Brazil, and was produced by Amaro Freitas.

Personnel:

  • Amaro Freitas – piano
  • Jean Elton – double bass
  • Hugo Medeiros – drums, percussion
  • Vinicius Aquino – recording, mixing
  • Arthur Joly – mastering
  • Laercio Costa – art direction
  • Acidum Project – artwork
  • Bloco Gráfico – design
  • Alessandro Renaldin – additional design
  • Carlo Mesquita – image editor
  • Helder Tavares – photography
  • Pete Norman – lacquer cut
  • Joe Davis – A&R
  • Laercio Costa – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Amaro Freitas.

  1. Sankofa
  2. Ayeye
  3. Baquaqua
  4. Vila Bela
  5. Cazumbá
  6. Batucuda
  7. Malakoff
  8. Nascimento

Il Bacio Della Medusa: Deus Lo Vult

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On June 14, 2012, Il Bacio Della Medusa self-released “Deus Lo Vult”, band’s third album.

Personnel:

  • Simone Cecchini – voice, choir, acoustic guitar, harp
  • Simone Brozzetti – electric guitar
  • Federico Caprai – bass
  • Diego Petrini – drums, percussion, mellotron, organ
  • Eva Morelli – theremin, wind

Track listing:

  1. Invocazione Alle Muse
  2. Indignatio (Infedeli In Terra Santa)
  3. Urbano II Bandisce La Prima Crociata
  4. Simplicio
  5. Deus Lo Vult
  6. Verso Casa
  7. La Beffa (Non Un Trono, Non Un Regno…Solo Sdegno)

Fire! With Oren Ambaracgi: In A Mouth – The Hand

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On May 11, 2012, “Rune Grammofon” label released “In the Mouth – A Hand, album by Fire! With Oren Ambaracgi. It was recorded in October 2011, at “Eastcote Studios” in London, and was produced by Oren Ambarchi, Mats Gustafson, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin.  

Personnel:

  • Mats Gustafson – tenor saxophone, electronics, electric piano, organ
  • Johan Berthling – electric bass
  • Andreas Werliin – drums
  • Oren Ambarchi – guitar, editing, mixing
  • Philip Bagenal – recording
  • George Murphy – engineer assistant
  • Joe Talia – mixing
  • Byron Scullin – mastering
  • Helino Leja – lacquer cut
  • Marko Kluge – lacquer cut
  • Kim Hiorthøy – design
  • Rune Kristoffersen – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Andreas Werliin, Johan Berthling, Mats Gustafsson and Oren Ambarchi.

  1. A Man Who Might Have Been Screaming
  2. And The Stories Will Flood Your Satisfaction (With Terror)
  3. He Wants to Sleep in a Dream (He Keeps in His Head)
  4. Possibly She Was One, or Had Been One Before (Brew Dog)

Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light

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On April 16, 2012, “Double Six” label released “Sweet Heart Sweet Light”, the seventh Spiritualized studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Jason Pierce.

Personnel:

  • J. Spaceman – vocals, Fender Thinline, Fender Jaguar, Fender Jazzmaster, Vox Starstream, Farfisa, melodica, harmonica, glockenspiel, Gibson L/00 acoustic, mixing, post production
  • Tony ‘Doggen’ Foster – Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Precision Bass, Fender VI
  • Kevin Bales – Gretch Round Badge, Hayman Vibrasonic, Zildjian cymbals
  • Tom Edwards – piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Farfisa Compact, Vox Continental, Elka organ, percussion, timpani
  • Poppy Spaceman – vocals
  • John Coxon – Gibson Firebird
  • Romeo Stodart – vocals, banjo, Gibson 335
  • SJ Selby, Laura Dickenson, Melanie Nyema – vocals
  • Claudia Smith – vocals
  • Evan Parker – alto saxophone
  • Tony Bevan – tenor saxophone
  • Finn Peters – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Ben Edwards – trumpet
  • James Adams – trombone, bass trombone
  • Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Hildur Ársælsdóttir, Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir, Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir – string quartet
  • Emily Pringle, Sali-Wyn Ryan, Henrietta Ridgeon, Laura Anstee – string quartet
  • Hildur Ársælsdóttir – saw
  • Roundhouse Choir – Osnat Schmool (director), Rathi Kumar (assistant director), Ashleigh Thompson, Bukky Abdul, Cathy Manning, Deborah Wilkes, Ian Jeanes, James Dee, Jeanette Bossman, Karyma Ellis, Kat Koch, Lauren Dyer, Louise Murphy, Lucy Bryant, Monika Pomeroy, Nicola Simpson, Phoenix Martins, Pippasha Khan, Rosie Blissett, Sandra Townsend, Sarah Dean, Sarah Wright, Simon Prag, Stefan Vitalis, Stuart Homer-Wright, Victoria Owusu, Usman Saidu
  • Tim Lewis – recording
  • Scott Hackwith – recording
  • Héctor Espinosa – recording
  • Birgir Jón Birgisson – recording
  • Anthony Leung – recording
  • James Aparicio – recording
  • James Aparicio – mixing
  • Rupert Clervaux – post production
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Pierce except where noted.

  1. Huh? (Intro)
  2. Hey Jane
  3. Little Girl
  4. Get What You Deserve
  5. Too Late
  6. Headin’ for the Top Now
  7. Freedom
  8. I Am What I Am – Jason Pierce, Dr. John
  9. Mary
  10. Life Is a Problem
  11. So Long You Pretty Thing – Jason Pierce, Poppy Spaceman

Amadou & Mariam: Folila

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On April 10, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Folila”, the sixth Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded in 2011, in Bomako, Mali and in New York City, and was produced by Marc Antoine Moreau.

Personnel:

  • Amadou Bagayoko – vocals, guitar, electric guitar
  • Mariam Doumbia – vocals
  • Santigold – vocals
  • Jake Shears – vocals
  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals
  • Ebony Bones – vocals
  • Kyp Malone – vocals
  • Abdallah Oumbadougou – vocals
  • Theophilus London – vocals
  • Tanti Kouaté & Her Choir – choir, chorus
  • Nick Zinner – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Antoine Halet – guitar, acoustic guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitar, doum-doum, harmonica
  • Idrissa Soumaro – organ, piano
  • Victor Axelrod – keyboards, Wurlitzer
  • Amp Fiddler – keyboards
  • Yvo Abadi – bass, drums, percussion
  • Yao Dembele – bass, percussion
  • Ahmed Fofana – bass, flute, keyboards
  • Laurent Griffon – bass
  • Boubacar Dembele – balafon, conga, djembe, doum-doum
  • Vieux Dembélé – djembe
  • Sidiki Diabate – kora
  • Tomani Diabate – kora
  • Sanogo Foussn – doum-doum
  • Bassekou Kouyate – ngoni
  • Manjul – percussion
  • Stuart Bogie – tenor saxophone
  • Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone
  • Jordan McLean – trumpet
  • Christophe Millot – bass clarinet
  • Josh Grant – engineer, mixing
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Renaud Letang – mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Marc Antoine Moreau – arrangements, A&R
  • Julien Bescond – A&R
  • François Morel – design
  • Thomas Moulin – assistant
  • Benoît Peverelli – photography

Track listing:

  1. Dougou Badia – Mariam Doumbia, Santigold
  2. Wily Kataso – Adebamfe, Mariam Doumbia, Kyp Malone
  3. Oh Amadou – Amadou Bagayoko
  4. Metemya – Amadou Bagayoko, Moreau, Jake Shears
  5. Baro – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  6. Africa mon Afrique – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  7. C’est pas facile pour les Aigles – Mariam Doumbia, Ebony Bones
  8. Sans toi – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia
  9. Mogo – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  10. Bagnale – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Abdallah Oumbadougou
  11. Nebe Miri – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Theophilus London
  12. Chérie – Mariam Doumbia

Steve Hackett: Wolflight

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On March 30, 2015, “Inside Out Music” label released “Wolflight”, the 23rd Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2014, and was produced by Roger King and Steve Hackett.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, oud, tiple, harmonica, percussion
  • Roger King – keyboards, programming
  • Nick Beggs – bass, Chapman Stick
  • Chris Squire – bass
  • Gary O’Toole – drums
  • Hugo Degenhardt – drums
  • Rob Townsend – saxophone, duduk 
  • Christine Townsend – violin, viola
  • Amanda Lehmann – vocals
  • Jo Hackett – vocals
  • Malik Mansurov – tar
  • Sara Kovács – didgeridoo
  • Roger King – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Tamas Barabas – recording
  • Harry Pearce – design
  • Maurizio and Angéla Vicedomini – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hackett, except where noted.

  1. Out of the Body
  2. Wolflight – Jo Hackett
  3. Love Song to a Vampire
  4. The Wheel’s Turning – Jo Hackett, Roger King
  5. Corycian Fire – Jo Hackett, Roger King
  6. Earthshine
  7. Loving Sea – Jo Hackett
  8. Black Thunder – Jo Hackett
  9. Dust and Dreams – Roger King
  10. Heart Song

Flying Colors: Same

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On March 26, 2012, “Mascot Label Group” label released the self-titled, debut Flying Colors studio album. It was recorded January – March 2011, and was produced by Peter Collins.

Personnel:

  • Casey McPherson – lead and co-lead vocals
  • Steve Morse – lead and rhythm guitar
  • Neal Morse – co–lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Dave LaRue – bass guitar
  • Mike Portnoy – co-lead vocals, drums, percussion
  • Brian Moritz – additional keyboard
  • Bill Evans – strings, arrangements
  • Jerry Guidroz – recording, engineer
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Bill Evans – cover art, executive producer
  • Roy Koch – layout
  • Brian Moritz – additional production

Track listing:

  1. Blue Ocean
  2. Shoulda Coulda Woulda
  3. Kayla
  4. The Storm
  5. Forever in a Daze
  6. Love Is What I’m Waiting For
  7. Everything Changes
  8. Better Than Walking Away
  9. All Falls Down
  10. Fool in My Heart
  11. Infinite Fire