On May 5, 2017, “ECM” label released “Cross My Palm with Silver”, the ninth Avishai Cohen album. It was recorded in September 2016, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.
Personnel:
Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
Tommy King – piano
Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
Jake Longstreth – guitar
John Nixon – guitar
Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Gendel – saxophone
Serena McKinney – violins
Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
Jude Law – lead vocals
Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
Dalton Ricks – engineer
Nick Rowe – engineer
Chris Kasych – engineer
John DeBold – engineer
Hiroya Takayama – engineer
Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
Dave Schiffman – engineer
P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
Michael Harris – engineer
Jude Law – engineer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Chris Galland – mixing
Robin Florent – mixing assistant
Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
Emily Lazar – mastering
Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
Nick Harwood – art direction
Primo Kahn – cover design
Public-Library – cover design
Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.
Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
Harmony Hall
Bambina
This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
Big Blue
How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
Unbearably White
Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
Married in a Gold Rush
My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
Sunflower
Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
On April 29, 2016, “ATO Records” label released “Nonagon Infinity”, the eighth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2016 at “Daptone Studios” in Brooklyn, New York.
Personnel:
Stu Mackenzie – vocals, electric guitar, synthesizer, organ, zurna, additional mixing
On April 15, 2016, “Laser’s Edge” label released “Pretending 2 Run”, the sixth Tiles studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Terry Brown.
Personnel:
Paul Rarick – lead and backing vocals
Chris Herin – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, banjo, keyboards, trumpet
Jeff Whittle – vocals, bass guitar, fretless bass, keyboards
Mike Stern – lead guitar
Kim Mitchell – lead guitar
Adam Holzman – keyboards
Kevin Chown – additional bass
Mark Evans – drums, percussion
Ian Anderson – flute
Mike Portnoy – additional drums
Max Portnoy – additional drums
Colin Edwin – programming, loops
Terry Brown – mixing
Peter J. Moore – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Chris Herin, except where noted.
Pretending to Run – lyrics by Chris Herin, music by Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Shelter in Place
Stonewall
Voir Dire – Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Drops of Rain
Taken by Surprise – lyrics by Chris Herin, music Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle, Mark Evans
Refugium
Small Fire Burning – lyrics by Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Midwinter – lyrics by Chris Herin, music by Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Weightless – lyrics by Chris Herin, music by Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Friend of Foe
Battle Weary
Meditatio
Other Arrangements – Adam Holzman
The Disappearing Floor – lyrics by Chris Herin, music by Chris Herin, Mark Evans
On April 13, 2016, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Bonxie”, the third and final Stornoway studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Bank Cottage Studio”, “Moles Studio”, “Great Wolford Church”, and was produced by Gil Norton, Brian Briggs, John Ouin, Oli Steadman and Rob Steadman.
Personnel:
Brian Briggs – vocals, guitar
John Ouin – keyboards
Oli Steadman – bass
Rob Steadman – drums, artwork
Dan Austin – Engineer
George Shilling – engineer, mixing
Craig Potter – mixing
Pete Maher – mastering
Track listing:
All lyrics by Brian Briggs, all music by Brian Briggs, John Ouin, Oli Steadman and Rob Steadman.
On April 8, 2016, “Dine Alone” label released “Distortland”, the ninth Dandy Warhols (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Odditorium”, “The Air Traffic Control” and at Cortney’s apartment, and was produced by Courtney Taylor-Taylor.
Personnel:
Courtney Taylor-Taylor – vocals, recording, cover photography
On March 31, 2017, “Mute” label released “Silver Eye”, the seventh Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded July 2015 – December 2016, in Dallas, Texas, and London, England, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.
Personnel:
Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, instruments, engineer
Will Gregory – instruments, engineer
Leo Abrahams – guitar
Charlie Jones – bass guitar
Sebastian Sternberg – live drum loops
Robert Brian – drums
Andy Savours – programming
David Wrench – additional programming
John Congleton – additional drum programming
Nick Batt – additional drum programming
Sebastian Sternberg – live drum loops recording
Mark Frith – drum recording
Iain Berryman – additional engineering
Alessandro Baldessari – additional engineering
Pete Hutchings – additional engineering
Marco Migliari – additional engineering
David Wrench – mixing
Marta Salogni – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Matt Colton – mastering
The Haxan Cloak – co-production
John Congleton – co-production
Leo Abrahams – additional production
Andy Savours – additional production
Alison Goldfrapp – art direction, photography
Mat Maitland – album design
Track listing:
All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.
Anymore
Systemagic
Tigerman
Become the One
Faux Suede Drifter – Alsion Goldfrapp, Will Gregory, Bobby Krlic
On March 19, 2021, “Interscope” and “Polydor” labels released “Chemtrails Over the Country Club”, the seventh Lana Del Rey studio album. It was produced 2015 – 2016, 2019 – 2020, at “Conway” in Los Angeles, “Electric Lady” in New York City, and was produced by Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels and Jack Antonoff.
Personnel:
Lana Del Rey – vocals
Jack Antonoff – piano, guitar, bass, Mellotron, keyboards, twelve-string acoustic guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, synthesizers, Model B synth-bass, Hammond B3, organ, Rhodes, drums, percussion, programming
Rick Nowels – acoustic guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, bass
On March 17, 2017, “Nonesuch” label released “Salutations”, the eighth Conor Oberst studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, and was produced by Jim Keltner and Conor Oberst.
Personnel:
Conor Oberst – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, harmonica
Jonathan Wilson – guitar, piano, synthesizer
Ian Felice – electric guitar, backing vocals
M. Ward – guitar
James Felice – piano, organ, Wurlitzer, accordion, backing vocals
Blake Mills – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, guitarrón
Josh Rawson – bass, backing vocals
Gus Seyffert – bass
Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Greg Farley – violin, backing vocals
Daphne Chen – violin
Eric Gorfain – violin
Leah Katz – viola
Richard Dodd – cello
Pearl Charles – backing vocals
Jim James – backing vocals
Andy LeMaster – backing vocals
Maria Taylor – backing vocals
Gillian Welch – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Conor Oberst, except where noted.
Too Late to Fixate
Gossamer Thin
Overdue – Conor Oberst, James Felice
Afterthought
Next of Kin
Napalm
Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)
Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out
Barbary Coast (Later)
Tachycardia
Empty Hotel by the Sea
Anytime Soon – Conor Oberst, Jonathan Rice, Taylor Goldsmith, Jonathan Wilson
On March 6, 2021, Lodewijk Frederik Ottens aka Lou Ottens, died aged 94. He was inventor and engineer, known as the inventor of the audio cassette tape. Nearly 20 years after Philips introduced cassette tapes, Ottens helped the company to develop compact disc technology and, with Sony, to create audio format that would become the industry standard. In 2016, Ottens appeared in a film, “Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape”. The director, Zack Farmer, likened the creation of the cassette to “trying to paint a masterpiece on a postage stamp”.