Tag Archives: 2012

Klaus Schulze: Shadowlands

On February 22, 2013, “Synthetic Symphony” label released “Shadowlands”, the forty-first Klaus Schulze album. It was recorded in 2012 and was produced by Klaus Schulze.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Schulze – electronics
  • Lisa Gerrard– vocals
  • Crysta Bell– vocals
  • Julia Messenger– vocals
  • Thomas Kagermann– vocals, violin, flute

Track listing:

All tracks by Klaus Schulze.

  1. Shadolights
  2. In Between
  3. Licht und Schatten
  4. The Rhodes Violin
  5. Tibetan Loops

 

The Golden Palominos: A Good Country Mile

On February 21, 2012, Kevn Kinney and The Golden Palominos self – released “A Good Country Mile” album. It was recorded in 2011, at “One East Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Anton Fier.

Personnel:

  • Kevn Kinney– vocals, harmonica, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Aaron Lee Tasjan– acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Scherr– acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Jim Campilongo– guitar
  • Chris Masterson – guitar
  • Leslie Mendelson – piano
  • Jon Cowherd – Hammond organ, piano
  • Andy Hess– bass guitar
  • Anton Fier– drums, percussion, art direction, illustration, design
  • Eleanor Whitmore – violin
  • Lianne Smith – backing vocals
  • Martin Bisi– recording
  • Michael Jung – recording
  • Tony Maimone– recording
  • Yohei Goto – mixing, recording
  • Chris Griffin – recording
  • Scott Hull– mastering
  • Kristy Knight – art direction, illustration, design
  • Jeffery Conn – photography

Track listing:

  1. Never Gonna Change – Jason Isbell
  2. Gotta Move On (Again) – Anton Fier, Kevn Kinney
  3. Challenge – Anton Fier, Kevn Kinney
  4. Hurricane – Kevn Kinney
  5. Wild Dog Moon Pt.2 – Anton Fier, Kevn Kinney
  6. A Good Country Mile – Kevn Kinney
  7. Set in Stone – Anton Fier, Kevn Kinney
  8. Bird – Kevn Kinney
  9. In the Land (Of Things That Used to Be) – Anton Fier, Kavn Kinney
  10. Southwestern State – Jason Ross

Grand General: Same

On February 1, 2013, “Rune Grammofon” label released the self-titled Grand General album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Øra Studio” in Trondheim, Norway, and was produced by Ola Kvernberg, Even Helte Hermansen, Rlend Slettevoll, Trond Frønes and Kenneth Kapstad.

Personnel:

  • Ola Kvernberg– violins, viola
  • Even Helte Hermansen- guitar
  • Erlend Slettevoll- keyboards
  • Trond Frønes- bass
  • Kenneth Kapstad– drums
  • Morten Stendahl – mastering
  • Magnus Børmark– recording, mastering
  • Kim Hiorthøy – sleeve design

Track listing:

  1. Antics – Trond Frønes
  2. The Fall of Troy – Trond Frønes
  3. Clandestine – Trond Frønes
  4. Tachyon – Ola Kvernberg
  5. Ritual – Ola Kvernberg
  6. Red Eye – Trond Frønes

 

Arild Andersen: Mira

On January 28, 2014, “ECM” label released “Mira”, the 19th Arild Andersen album. It was recorded in December 2012, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Arild Andersen- bass
  • Tommy Smith- tenor saxophone, shakuhachi
  • Paolo Vinaccia- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Arild Andersen except where noted.

  1. Bygone
  2. Blussy
  3. Alfie – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  4. Rossetti
  5. Reparate
  6. Raijin – Tommy Smith, Paolo Vinaccia
  7. Le Saleya
  8. Kangiten
  9. Mira
  10. Eight and More
  11. Stevtone – Arild Andersen, Kirsten Bråten Berg

 

Tord Gustavsen Quartet: The Well

On January 27, 2012, “ECM” label released “The Well”, the fifth Tord Gustavsen album. It was recorded in February 2011, in “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Tord Gustavsen– piano
  • Tore Brunborg– tenor saxophone
  • Mats Eilertsen– double bass
  • Jarle Vespestad– drums

Track listing:

All track by Tord Gustavsen.

  1. Prelude
  2. Playing
  3. Suite
  4. Communion
  5. Circling
  6. Glasgow Intro
  7. On Every Corner
  8. The Well
  9. Communion, Var.
  10. Intuition
  11. Inside

 

I Am Kloot: Let It All In

On January 21, 2013, “Shepherd Moon” label released “Let It All In”, the sixth and final I Am Kloot studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Guy Garvey and Craig Potter.

Personnel:

  • John Bramwell – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Jobson – bass
  • Andy Hargreaves – drums
  • Millienia Strings – strings
  • Max Baillie – viola, violin
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Dan Broad – guitar
  • Christian Madden – synthesizer
  • Bob Marsh – trumpet
  • Nicholas Madden – saxophone
  • Kathryn Edwards – choir
  • John Purton – choir
  • Natalie Purton – choir
  • Rosie Purton – choir
  • Sinead Fletcher – choir
  • Denise Johnson – choir
  • Spencer Rule – choir
  • Emma Towers – choir
  • Erika Van Steensburg – choir
  • Jude Wilcock – choir
  • Becca Williams – choir
  • Guy Garvey – brass and string arrangements
  • Seadna McPhail – engineer
  • Craig Potter – mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Paul Brownless – design
  • Lawrence Watson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Bramwell.

  1. Bullets
  2. Let Them All In
  3. Hold Back the Night
  4. Mouth on Me
  5. Shoeless
  6. Even the Stars
  7. Masquerade
  8. Some Better Day
  9. These Days Are Mine
  10. Forgive Me These reminders

Pere Ubu: Lady from Shanghai

On January 7, 2013, “Fire Records” label released “Lady from Shanghai”, is the fourteenth Pere Ubu studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by David Thomas.

Personnel:

  • David Thomas− vocals, piano, synthesizers, keyboards, organ
  • Keith Moliné− guitar, bass
  • Robert Wheeler − synthesizers
  • Gagarin − piano, organ, synthesizers
  • Michele Temple − bass, guitar, bells
  • Steve Mehlman – vocals, drums, organ
  • Darryl Boon − clarinet

Track listing:

All tracks by David Thomas, Keith Moliné, Robert Wheeler, Gagarin, Micele Temple, Steve Mehlman and Darry Boon.

  1. Thanks
  2. Free White
  3. Feuksley Ma’am, the Hearing
  4. Mandy
  5. And Then Nothing Happened
  6. Musicians Are Scum
  7. Another One
  8. The Road Trip of Bipasha Ahmed
  9. Lampshade Man
  10. 414 Seconds
  11. The Carpenter Sun

Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic

On November 12, 2012, “ECM” label released “Dream Logic”, the sixth Eivind Aarset studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “Punkt Studio & Tjernsbråtan”, in Norway, and was produced by Jan Bang.

Personnel:

  • Eivind Aarset- guitars, bass guitar, electronics, percussion, samples, programming
  • Jan Bang- samples, dictaphone, programming, recording, miing
  • Audun Kleive- log drum sample
  • Erik Honoré, Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording, mixing
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Close (For Comfort)
  2. Surrender
  3. Jukai (Sea of Trees)
  4. Black Silence
  5. Active
  6. Close (Variation I)
  7. Reactive
  8. Homage to Greene
  9. The Whispering Forest
  10. Close (Variation II)
  11. The Beauty of Decay

Terje Isungset and Arve Henriksen: World of Glass

On October 24, 2014, “All Ice” label released “World of Glass”, album by Terje Isungset and Arve Henriksen. It was recorded December 2011, live in Tallinn, and in 2012 in Bergen, Norway, and was produced by Arve Henriksen and Terje Isungset. All instruments used on the album are made out of glass, 15 glass artists worked on making instruments for two years.

Personnel:

  • Arve Henriksen – glass horns, glass trumpets, recording, mixing, editing
  • Terje Isungset – glass percussion, concept, recording, mixing, editing
  • Asle Karstad, Estonian Public Broadcasting – live recording engineer
  • Daniel Mikael Wold – mixing, mastering
  • Lasse Berntzen – album cover
  • Kaupo Kikkas – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Terje Isungset and Arve Henriksen.

  1. Cave
  2. Looking Through
  3. Transparent Shadow
  4. Crystal Clear
  5. Surface
  6. Optical Density
  7. Silica
  8. Obsidian
  9. Float
  10. Crunchy Crystal
  11. Melting Glass Process
  12. Blow
  13. Murano Stories
  14. Prism
  15. Clearness At Departure