On February 19, 2016, “ECM” label released “Quiver”, the tenth Ralph Alessi album. It was recorded in September 2014, at “Rainbow Studios” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
On February 17, 2014, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Burn Your Fire for No Witness” the second Angel Olsen studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by John Congleton.
Personnel:
Angel Olsen – vocals, guitar
Stewart Bronaugh – bass, guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, effects
Joshua Jaeger – drums, piano, organ, keyboards
John Congleton – piano, organ, keyboards, engineer, mixing
On February 13, 2015, “RCA” label released “Love Stuff”, the debut Elle King studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by John Hill, Dave Bassett, Jeff Bhasker, Martin Johnson, Jacknife Lee and Eg White.
Personnel:
Elle King – lead vocals, guitar, banjo, beats
Jacknife Lee – lead vocals
Dave Bassett, Martin Johnson Jacknife Lee, Blake Mills, Hunter Perrin, Mark Ronson, Eg White – guitar
Blake Mills – bouzouki
Dave Bassett – keyboards, bass, drums, percussion
Jacknife Lee – keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, organ, piano
John Hill – keyboards, synthesize, programming
Jeff Bhasker – organ, piano
Kyle O’Quin – organ, piano
Jamie Muhoberac – organ
Jeff Bhasker, Martin Johnson, Jamie Muhoberac, Brandon Paddock – piano
Brandon Paddock, Mark Ronson, Sebastian Steinberg – bass
Sam Bell, Jeff Bhasker, Patrick Carney, Zach Carothers, James Gadson, John Gourley, John Hill, Martin Johnson, Patrick Keeler, Kyle O’Quin, Darren Weiss – drums, percussion, beats
Zach Carothers, Scarlet Cherry, John Gourley, Martin Johnson, Tyler Sam Johnson, Elle King, Phillip Lawrence, Kyle O’Quin, Alisan Porter – backing vocals
Martin Johnson, Kyle Moorman, Brandon Paddock – programming
Jeff Bhasker, Michael H. Brauer, Tom Elmhirst, Martin Johnson, Vance Powell, Alex Salibian, Eg White – mixing
Mark Bengtson – mixing assistant
Ben Baptie, Tyler Sam Johnson, Brandon Paddock – production assistant
Track listing:
Where the Devil Don’t Go – Elle King, Sterling Fox
Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King, Dave Bassett
Under the Influence – Elle King, Dave Bassett
Last Damn Night – Elle King, Jeff Bhasker
Kocaine Karolina – Elle King, Jeff Bhasker
Song of Sorrow – Elle King
America’s Sweetheart – Elle King, Martin Johnson
I Told You I Was Mean – Elle King
Ain’t Gonna Drown – Elle King, Jeff Bhasker
Jackson – Elle King, Amanda Ghost, Dave McCracken, Felipe Aparicio
On February 4, 2014, “Polyvinyl” label released “Angel Guts: Red Classroom”, the ninth Xiu Xiu studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at James Stewart’s home studio in Los Angeles, and at “Elmwood Recording Studio” in Dallas, Texas, and was produced by John Congleton.
Personnel:
James Stewart – vocals, synthesizer, drum machine, recording
On February 3, 2015, “P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.” label released “Sauna”, the seventh Mount Eerie album. It was recorded in 2014 and was produced by Phil Elverum.
On January 28, 2014, “Mexican Summer” label released “Held in Splendor”, the second Quilt studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “ Mexican Summer” in-house studio in New York City, and was produced by Jarvis Taveniere.
Personnel:
Anna Fox Rochinski – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, piano, organ
Shane Butler – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, loops
Keven Lareau – vocals, bass
John Andrews – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, organ, saw
Daniel Bachmann – lap steel guitar
Jarvis Taveniere – bass guitar
Renata Zeiguer – violin
Alexandra Jones – cello
Adam Schatz – saxophone
Natalie Mering – vocals
Al Carlson – engineer
Davey Jewell – engineer assistant
Jeff Lipton – mastering
Maria Rice – mastering
Jack Schneider – painting
Allison Pharmakis – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Anna Fox Rochinski, Shane Butler, Keven Lareau and John Andrews.
On January 21, 2014, “High Note” label released “Icons & Influences”, the 32nd George Cables album. It was recorded in September 2013, at “Systems Two” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by George Cables.
On January 9, 2015, “Domino Recording Company” released “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper”, the fifth Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Miosotis Garage” in Almada, Portugal, “Estudio Namouche” in Lisbon, Portugal,and was produced by Panda Bear and Sonic Boom.
Personnel:
Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) – vocals, JoMoX Xbase 999, Yamaha TX81Z, Moog Voyager, Elektron DPS-1, piano, effects, percussion, art direction
Sonic Boom – EMS Synthi AKS, Fenix II Modular, Moog Voyager, vocoder, effects, mixing, art direction
Simon Davey – mastering
Joaquim Monte – engineer
Pedro Silve – engineer assistant
Rob Carmichael – layout
Hugo Oliveira – interior illustration
Marco Papiro – cover illustrations
Seen – art direction, layout
Track listing:
All tracks are written by Noah Lennox, except where noted.
Sequential Circuits
Mr. Noah
Davy Jones’ Locker – Peter Kember
Crosswords
Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
Boys Latin
Come to Your Senses
Tropic of Cancer
Shadow of the Colossus – Peter Kember
Lonely Wanderer
Principe Real
Selfish Gene
Acid Wash
“Crosswords” contains a sample of “Ashley’s Roachclip”, performed by The Soul Searchers
“Tropic of Cancer” contains samples of “Fragments of the ballet “The Nutcracker” Pas de Deux”
“Lonely Wanderer” contains a sample of “Arabesque No. 1” in E major, composed by Claude Debussy, and performed by François-Joël Thiollier
On December 13, 2014, “Esoteria” label released “Seir”, album by Vlatko Stefanovski. It was recorded December 2009 – October 2013, at the “Esoteria Sound Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Vlatko Stefanovski.
Personnel:
Vlatko Stefanovski – vocal, acoustic, nylon strings, and electric guitar, blues harp, Rhodes electric piano, arranger, recording
Gjoko Maksimovski – bass
Dino Milosavljevićski – drums, percussion
Rade Šerbedžija – voice
Karolina – vocal
Damir Imeri – Rhodes electric piano, keyboards, strings arrangements
Vasil Hadžimanov – Rhodes electric piano
Zoran Madžirov – vibraphone
Vasko Atanasovski – soprano and baritone saxophone
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