Tag Archives: 2016

Matmatah: Plates Coutures

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On March 3, 2017, “La Ouache Production” label released “Plates Coutures”, the fifth Matmatah studio album. It was recorded in August 2016, at “ICP Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Bruno Green, Emmanuel Baroux, Éric Digaire, Benoît Fournier and Tristan Nihouarn.

Personnel:

  • Emmanuel Baroux – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Éric Digaire – vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards, percussions
  • – drums, percussion, guitars, piano
  • Tristan Nihouarn – vocals, guitars, keyboards, harmonica, percussion, flute
  • Bruno Green – keyboards, guitars, percussions
  • Gaëlle Kerrien – choirs
  • Gaëlle Bellaunay – choirs
  • Morgane Mercier – choirs director, choirs
  • Ghislaine Bachelier, Odile Guillarmou, Nadia Le Goff, Grand Palladium – choirs
  • Dana Colley – voice, bass clarinet, saxophones, flute
  • Sebastien Blanchon – trumpet
  • David Dupuis – trombone
  • Jacopo Costa – cimbalum 

Track listing:

 All tracks by Tristan Nihouarn.

  1. Nous y sommes
  2. Lésine pas
  3. Petite frappe
  4. Marée haute
  5. Toboggan
  6. Retour à la normale
  7. Ô ma beauté
  8. Entre en lignes
  9. Overcom
  10. Margipop
  11. Peshmerga

Undone: Family

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On February 25, 2016, “UndU Releases” label released “Family” the third Undone album.

Personnel:

  • Ronit Bergman – vocals, guitar, arranger
  • Noga Shatz – guitar, arranger
  • Darko Janevski – didgeridoo, arranger, recording, mixing
  • Mustafa Muso Jonuzovski – bass
  • Andrej Anastasov – Daskalovski (Edi) – drums, arranger
  • Pedro Wilde – guitar
  • Darko Tasevski – guitar
  • Vlad Kaevski – keyboards, mixing
  • Oliver Mitevski – accordion
  • Filip Mitrov – kaval, wind synth
  • Carim Clasmann – mastering
  • Hagar Maqgen – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Elastic Venues
  2. who AM, we
  3. Ishin – denshin
  4. Thru the Walls
  5. Google is My Boyfriend
  6. The Love Song
  7. Melody Fever
  8. Iron Eggs
  9. Time Bullets
  10. Here Rises Hell

Crystal Fairy: Same

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On February 24, 2017, “Ipecac Recordings” label released the self-titled, debut Crystal Fairy album. It was recorded in 2016, at “E-Clat Morgue Portable Disaster Unit” and “Sound Of Sirens Studio”, and was produced by King Buzzo, Teri Gender Bender, Dale Crover and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.

Personnel:

  • Teri Gender Bender (Teresa Suaréz) – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • King Buzzo (Roger Osborne) – vocals, guitar
  • Omar Rodríguez-López – bass, guitar
  • Dale Crover – drums, guitar
  • Chris Common – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Toshi Kasai – recording
  • Mackie Osborne – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by King Buzzo, Teri Gender Bender, Dale Crover and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, except where noted.

  1. Chiseler
  2. Drugs on the Bus
  3. Necklace of Divorce
  4. Moth Tongue
  5. Crystal Fairy
  6. Secret Agent Rat
  7. Under Trouble
  8. Bent Teeth
  9. Pocesion – Pat Stratford, Lyon Wong, Steve Hunt, Geoff Magner, Mike Hunter
  10. Sweet Self
  11. Vampire X-Mas

Dams of the West: Youngish American

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On February 24, 2017, “30th Century Records” label released “Youngish American”, the debut Dams of the West studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Patrick Carney, Roger Moutenot and Chris Tomson.

Personnel:

  • Chris Tomson – vocals, piano, guitar, drums, percussion
  • Laura Epling – violin
  • Katherine Messer – viola
  • Maggie Chaffee – cello
  • Marc Whitmore, Roger Moutenot – engineer
  • Patrick Carney – mixing
  • Roger Moutenot – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
  • Mick Harper – design
  • Jake Longstreth – design
  • Emily Tomson – photography
  • Edward Bursch – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Tomson.

  1. Bridges and Tunnels
  2. Tell the Truth
  3. Death Wish
  4. The Inerrancy of You and Me
  5. Polo Grounds
  6. Will I Be Known to Her
  7. Flag on the Can
  8. Perfect Wave
  9. Pretty Good WiFi
  10. Youngish American

Matthew Shipp Trio: Piano Song

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On January 27, 2017, “Thirsty Ear” label released “Piano Song”, credited to Matthew Shipp Trio, and the 62nd Matthew Shipp album overall. It was recorded in April 2016, at “Park West” in New York City, and was produced by Peter Gordon.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Shipp – piano
  • Michael Bisio – bass
  • Newman Taylor Baker – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Shipp

  1. Links
  2. Cosmopolitan
  3. Blue Desert
  4. Silence Of
  5. Flying Carpet
  6. Scrambled Brain
  7. Microwave
  8. Mind Space
  9. Void of Sea
  10. The Nature Of
  11. Gravity Point
  12. Piano Song

LP: Lost on You

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On December 9, 2016, “Vagrant Records” label released “Lost on You”, the fourth LP studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Scott Thomas Robinson.

Personnel:

  • LP (Laura Pergolizzi) – vocals, guitar, harmonica 
  • Charles Jones, Josh Record, Maiya Sykes, Mike Del Rio – backing vocals
  • Joe Leoni – engineer
  • Mitch McCarthy – engineer 
  • Rob Kinelski – mixing
  • John Greenham Mastering – mastering
  • Randall Leddy – layout, design
  • Michel Compte – photography
  • Taylor Bringuel – creative director
  • Mike Del Rio – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Muddy Waters – LP, Mike Del Rio, Joshua Record
  2. No Witness – LP, Mike Del Rio, Ricky Lina
  3. Lost on You – LP, Nate Campany, Mike Del Rio
  4. Up Against Me – LP, PJ Bianco
  5. Tightrope – LP, Del Rio, Nikolai Potthoff
  6. Other People – LP, Ren Romans, Nate Campany
  7. Into the Wild – LP, PJ Bianco
  8. Strange – LP, Mike Del Rio, Nate Campany
  9. Death Valley – LP, David Thomas
  10. You Want It All – LP, Mike Del Rio, PJ Bianco, Jonathan Malone

Hail the Ghost: Arrhythmia

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On December 6, 2019, “White Heart Records” label released “Arrhythmia”, the second Hail the Ghost studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2019, at “Jam Studios” in Ballinamona, Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland, and was produced by Kieran O’Reilly and Martin Quinn.

Personnel:

  • Kieran O’Reilly – lead and backing vocals, guitar, drums, percussion
  • Eamonn Young – guitars
  • Ian Corr – piano, keyboards
  • Martin Quinn – bass, backing vocals
  • Paul Higgins – guitars
  • Gavin Mulhall – drums
  • Eamonn Young Sr. – saxophone
  • Joe Donnelly – spoken word
  • Zach Minogue O’Reilly – boys laughing
  • Lua Minogue O’Reilly – boys laughing
  • Sveva Robiony – cover art

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kieran O’Reilly, except where noted.

  1. Prologue – Joe Donnelly
  2. Swarms
  3. Gwendolen
  4. Pirouette
  5. Sweetest Dream
  6. Mountain
  7. Black Karma
  8. Sweet Samurai
  9. Loveless
  10. Elegy
  11. Home

The Dear Hunter: All Is as All Should Be

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On December 1, 2017, “Cave and Canary Goods” label released “All Is as All Should Be”, the 14th Dear Hunter (The) EP. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Casey Crescenzo.

Personnel:

  • Casey Crescenzo – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Maxwell Tousseau – guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Robert Parr – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Gavin Castleton – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Nick Sollecito – bass guitar
  • Nick Crescenzo – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Right Wrong
  2. Blame Paradise
  3. Beyond the Pale
  4. Shake Me (Awake)
  5. Withess Me
  6. All Is as All Should Be

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Rising Grace

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On October 28, 2016, “ECM” label released “Rising Grace”, the 21st Wolfgang Muthspiel album. It was recorded in January 2016, at “Studios La Buissonne” in Pernes-les-Fontaines, in France, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Wolfgang Muthspiel – guitar
  • Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet
  • Brad Mehldau – piano
  • Larry Grenadier – double bass
  • Brian Blade – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Wolfgang Muthspiel, except where noted.

  1. Rising Grace
  2. Intensive Care
  3. Triad Song
  4. Father and Sun
  5. Wolfgang’s Waltz – Brad Mehldau
  6. Superonny
  7. Boogaloo
  8. Den Wheeler, Den Kenny
  9. Ending Music
  10. Oak

Jimmy Eat World: Integrity Blues

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On October 21, 2016, “RCA” label released “Integrity Blues”, the ninth Jimmy Eat World studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Sunset Sound”, “Chez JMJ”, “Unit 2”, and was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind and Tom Linton.

Personnel:

  • Jim Adkins – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tom Linton – guitar, backing vocals
  • Rick Burch – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Zach Lind – drums, percussion
  • Courtney Marie Andrews – additional vocals 
  • Robin Vining – keyboards, additional vocals
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – keyboards, programming, percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – strings, brass and woodwinds arrangement
  • Steve Aho – music copying, orchestration
  • Vannessa Frebairn-Smith – cello and orchestral session leader
  • Mike Whitson – viola
  • Rob Schear – trumpet
  • Nick Daley – trombone
  • Lara Wickes – English horn
  • Jessica Pearlman – oboe
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – engineer
  • Mike Schuppan – engineer
  • Carlos de la Garza – engineer
  • Jim Adkins – engineer
  • Zach Lind – engineer
  • Geoff Neal – assistant engineer
  • Ken Andrews – mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Olivia Smith – art direction
  • Sandra Luk – art direction
  • Natalie O’Moore – photography

Track listing:

All songs written by Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind and Tom Linton.

  1. You and Me
  2. Sure and Certain
  3. It Matters
  4. Pretty Grids
  5. Pass the Baby
  6. Get Right
  7. You’re Free
  8. The End is Beautiful
  9. Through
  10. Integrity Blues
  11. Pol Roger