On January 21, 2020, Terence Graham Parry Jones aka Terry Jones died aged 77. He was actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director and historian, best known as founding member of the Monty Python team. He co-created and co-wrote with Michael Palin the series “Ripping Yarns”, co – directed with Terry Gilliam the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, and directed the Python movies “Life of Brian” and “The Meaning of Life”. In 2016, at the “BAFTA Cymru Awards”, Terry Jones received a “Lifetime Achievement award” for his outstanding contribution to television and film.
Tag Archives: 2016
RIB: Bliss
On January 22.01.2017, “MKC”, “Green Hill Records” and “KRAN Records” labels released “Bliss”, the second RIB studio album. It was recorded in March 2016, at “Alshar Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Ivica Jankulovski, Jane Trajkovski, Ivica Dimitrijevic and Filip Stanchevski.
Personnel:
- Jane Trajkovski – guitar, trumpet, arrangements, mixing
- Ivica Dimitrijevic – vocals, guitar, arrangements, mixing
- Filip Stanchevski – drums, percussion, arrangements, mixing
- Dzano Kuch – drums
- Ivica Jankulovski – recording, mixing, mastering
- Kosta Lazarevski – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Jane Trajkovski, Ivica Dimitrijevic and Filip Stanchevski.
High Tide
- Ray
- Somnambulist
- Tender
- Surfing Night
- Bliss
Low Tide
- While I’m Waiting
- Murmur
- You’ll Never Be Alone
- Down in the City
- Serendipity
- Farewell Hug
Anchoress: Confession of a Romance Novelist
On January 15, 2016, “Kscope” label released “Confessions of a Romance Novelist”, the debut Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Catherine Anne Davies and Paul Draper. The album won HMV’s “Welsh Album of the Year”, “Best Newcomer” at the PROG awards.
Personnel:
- Catherine Anne Davies – vocals, piano, guitar, flute, omnichord, mellotron, wurlitzer, glockenspiel, celeste, sampling church bells, orchestra of typewriters
- Paul Draper – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Catherine Anne Davies, except where noted.
- Long Year
- What Goes Around
- Doesn’t Kill You
- You and Only You
- One for Sorrow
- S. Fuck You
- Popular
- Bury Me
- Intermission (Notes to the Editor)
- Waiting to Breathe
- Chip on Your Shoulder
- Confessions of a Romance Novelist
- Rivers of Ice – Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Iain Maclachlan
Hinds: Leave Me Alone
On January 8, 2016, “Lucky Number” and “Mom + Pop Music” labels released “Leave Me Alone”, the debut Hinds studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Paco Loco Studios” in Cadiz, Spain, and was produced by Diego Garcia.
Personnel:
- Carlotta Cosials – vocals, guitar
- Ana García Perrote – vocals, guitar
- Ade Martín – bass guitar
- Amber Grimbergen – drums
- Miqu Brightside – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Carlotta Cosials, Amber Grimbergen, Ade Martin and Ana García Perrote.
- Garden
- Fat Calmed Kiddos
- Warts
- Easy
- Castigadas en el Granero
- Solar Gap
- Chill Town
- Bamboo
- San Diego
- And I Will Send Your Flowers Back
- I’ll Be Your Man
- Walking Home
Lambchop: FLOTUS
On November 4, 2016, “City Slang” label released “FLOTUS (For Love Often Turns Us Still), the twelve Lambchop studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Kurt Wagner and Jeremy Ferguson.
Personnel:
- Kurt Wagner – vocals, guitar, editing, paintings
- Tony Crow – piano
- Matt Swanson – bass
- Scott Martin – drum Programming, drums
- Ryan Norris – drum programming, guitar, Moog synthesizer, organ, piano, synthesizer, editing, additional production
- Matt Glassmeyer – tenor saxophone, clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, cornet, horn arrangements
- Alicia Bognanno – backing vocals
- Jeremy Ferguson – engineer, mixing
- Sean R. Badum – assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Kurt Wagner, except where noted.
- In Care of 8675309 – Kurt Wagner
- Directions to the Can – Ira Kaplan, Wagner
- FLOTUS
- JFK
- Howe
- Old Masters
- Relatives #2
- Harbor Country
- Writer
- NIV
- The Hustle – Ryan Norris, Kurt Wagner
Empire Of The Sun: Two Vines
On October 28, 2016, “Virgin EMI” label released “Two Vines”, the third Empire of the Sun studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Studio 161”, “Henson Studios”, “Woody Jackson Studios” in Los Angeles, “Island Sound” in Hawaii, and was produced by Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Donnie Sloan.
Personnel:
- Luke Steele – vocals, bass, guitar, piano, synthesizers
- Nick Littlemore – vocals, keyboards, drums, percussion, melodica, trombone, clavinet
- Steve Bach – keyboards
- Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, backing vocals
- Evan Frasier – mbira
- Teddy Geiger– vocals
- Mito Kasuya – vocals
- Mark Goldenberg – acoustic guitar
- Henry Hey– keyboards
- Tim Lefebvre– bass
- David Wilder – bass
- Jake Najor – drums
- Michael Harris – drum, percussion engineer
- Dexter Story – slit drums
- Te’Amir Yohannes Sweeney – slit drums
- SK Kakraba – gyil
- Todd M. Simon – marimba, vibraphone
- Alan Mark Lightner – marimba, xylophone
- Todd Simon – percussion direction
- Peter Mayes– engineer, mixing
- Mike Marsh – mastering
- Scott Horscroft – production assistance
Track listing:
- Before – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Henry Hey
- High and Low – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Jonathan Sloan
- Two Vines – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Jonathan Sloan
- Friends – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Jonathan Sloan
- There’s No Need – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Jonathan Sloan
- Way to Go – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Tim Lefebvre, Henry Hey
- Ride – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Henry hey, Wendy Melvoin
- Digital Life – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, John Theodore Geiger II
- First Crush – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Henry Hey, Jonathan Sloan
- ZZZ – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Jonathan Sloan
- To Her Door – Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Jonathan Sloan, Lindsey Buckingham
Violeta de Outono: Spaces
On October 14, 2016, “Voiceprint Records” label released “Spaces”, the seventh Violeta de Outono studio album. It was recorded in August 2016, and was produced by Fabio Golfetti,
Personnel:
- Fabio Golfetti– vocals, guitar
- Fernando Alge – guitar, backing vocals
- Fernando Cardoso – keyboards
- Gabriel Costa – bass
- José Luiz Dinola – drums
- Alex Angeloni – engineer, mixing
- Andy Jackson– mastering
- Invisível – cover art (on a sketch by Paul Klee)
Track listing:
All lyrics by Fabio Golfetti, except where noted.
- Imagens
- Kevinland
- Parallax T-Blues
- Imagens (reprise)
- Flowers on the Moon – lyrics by Fernando Alge
- A Painter of the Mind – lyrics by Paul Klee
- Cidade Extinta
White Lies: Friends
On October 7, 2016, “BMG” label released “Friends”, the fourth White Lies studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Studio One” in London, ”The Distillery” in Bath, and was produced by Richard Wilkinson, Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown.
Personnel:
- Harry McVeigh – lead vocals, guitar
- Charles Cave – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums
- Phil Parsons – engineer
- David Wrench, Marta Salogni – mixing
- John Davis – mastering
- Markus Bagå – art direction, design
- Big Active – creative director
- Steve Gullick – photography
Track listing:
- Take It Out on Me
- Morning in LA
- Hold Back Your Love
- Don’t Want to Feel It All
- Don’t Want to Feel It All
- Summer Didn’t Change a Thing
- Swing
- Come On
- Right Place
- Don’t Fall
Goat: Requiem
On October 7, 2016, “Rocket Recordings” label released “Reqiuem”, the third Goat studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Parkeringshuset Studio” in Malmo, Sweden, and was produced by Goat.
Personnel:
- Goat – performers, engineer
- Maher Cissoko – kora
- Henryk Lipp- mastering
- Chris Reeder – design
- Andreas Johansson – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Goat, except where noted.
- Djôrôlen / Union of Sun and Moon – Oumou Sangaré, Goat
- I Sing in Silence
- Temple Rhythms
- Alarms
- Trouble in the Streets
- Psychedelic Lovers
- Goatband
- Try My Robe
- It’s Not Me
- All – Seeing Eyes
- Goatfuzz
- Goodbye
- Ubuntu
Benjamin Clementine: I Tell a Fly
On September 29, 2017, “Behind” and “Virgin EMI” labels released “I Tell a Fly”, the second Benjamin Clementine studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “RAK Studios”, “Abbey Road Studios”, “Studio 13” in London, and was produced by Benjamin Clementine.
Personnel:
- Benjamin Clementine– vocals, artwork
- Alexis Bossard – drums
- Steve Sedgwick – recording, mixing
- Max Anstruther – recording
- Wes Maebe – recording
- Robbie Nelson – recording
- Duncan Fuller – recording assistant
- John Davis – mastering
- Craig Mcdean – photography
- Akatre – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Benjamin Clementine.
- Farewell Sonata
- God Save the Jungle
- Better Story Than a Safe
- Phantom of Aleppoville
- Paris Cor Blimey
- Jupiter
- Ode from Joyce
- One Awkward Fish
- By the Ports of Europe
- Quintessence
- Ave Dreamer
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