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John Cale: M:FANS

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On January 22, 2016, “Double Si Records” released “M:FANS”, the sixteenth John Cale studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2015, at “A.R.M.” Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Cale. “M: FANS” features new versions of songs from his 1982 album “Music for a New Society”.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, voice, noises, keyboards, organ, piano, electric piano, acoustic and electric guitar, programmed guitar, bass, programming, synthesizer, drums, viola, samples, recording, mixing
  • Dustin Boyer– guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass, loops, drums, programming, drum machine, drum programming, mixing, recording
  • Deantoni Parks– keyboards, noises, loops
  • Joey Maramba – synth bass
  • Ralph Esposito – synth bass
  • Alex Thomas– drums, samples
  • Chris Bautista – trumpet
  • Jessy Greene– violin
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson– viola
  • Thomas Lea – viola
  • Matt Fish– cello
  • Amber Coffman– vocals
  • William Arthur George Cale – voice
  • Margaret Cale – voice
  • New Direction Church – choir
  • Benjamin Goodman – choir director
  • Adam Moseley – recording, mixing
  • Nita Scott – mixing, executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale, except where noted.

  1. Prelude
  2. If You Were Still Around – John Cale, Sam Shepard
  3. Taking Your Life in Your Hands
  4. Thoughtless Kind
  5. Sanctus (Sanities Mix)
  6. Broken Bird
  7. Chinese Envoy
  8. Changes Made
  9. Library of Force
  10. Close Watch
  11. If You Were Still Around (Choir Reprise) – John Cale, Sam Shepard
  12. Back to the End

The Mute Gods: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

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On January 22, 2016, “inside Out” label released “Do Nothing till You Hear from Me”, the debut Mute Gods (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Roger King.

Personnel:

  • Nick Beggs – lead vocals, bass guitars, Chapman Stick, guitars,  keyboards, programming , executive production
  • Roger King – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, mixing
  • Marco Minnemann – drums, additional percussion, guitars, piano
  • Ricky Wilde – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals, programming
  • Frank van Bogaert – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, backing vocals, mixing
  • Gary O’Toole – drums
  • Nick D’Virgilio – drums, guitars, keyboards
  • Rob Reed – guitars, keyboards
  • Adam Holzman – keyboards, programming
  • Glenn Kelly – recording of ethnic voices
  • Adel Ekladios – Arabic voice
  • Kevin Tang – Mandarin voice
  • Lula Beggs – vocals, FX

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Beggs, except where noted

  1. Do Nothing Till You hear From Me
  2. Praying to a Mute God
  3. Night School for Idiots
  4. Feed the Troll
  5. Your Dark Ideals
  6. Last Man on Earth – Nick Beggs, Ricky Wilde
  7. In the Cross-Hairs – Nick Beggs, Roger King
  8. Strange Relationship
  9. Swimming Horses – Nick Beggs, Nick D’Virgillio, Rob Reed
  10. Mavro Capelo
  11. Father Daughter – Nick Beggs, Ricky Wilde, Lula Beggs

Ty Segall: Emotional Mugger

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On January 22, 2016, “Drag City Records” label released “Emotional Mugger”, the eighth Ty Segall studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Ty Segall and F. Bermudez.

Personnel:

  • Ty Segall- vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, recording
  • Emmett Kelly- guitar
  • Cory Hanson- keyboards
  • Mikal Cronin- bass guitar, handclaps
  • Dale Crover- drums
  • Charles Moothart- drums
  • Evan Burrows- drums
  • King Tuff- vocals
  • The Lollipop Children – vocals
  • Brit Manor – vocals
  • Bermudez – recording
  • Scott Cornish – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Ty Segall, except where noted.

  1. Squealer
  2. Californian Hills
  3. Emotional Mugger / Leopard Priestess
  4. Breakfast Eggs
  5. Diversion – Eddy Grant
  6. Baby Big Man (I Want a Mommy)
  7. Mandy Cream
  8. Candy Sam
  9. Squealer Two – Ty Segall, Cory Hanson
  10. U.O.T.W.S.
  11. The Magazine

David Bowie: Black Star

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On January 8, 2016, “ISO”, “RCA”, “Columbia”, and “Sony” labels released “Black Star”, the twenty-fifth and final David Bowie studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Magic Shop” and “Human Worldwide Studios”, in New York City, and was produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti.  The album was voted Best album of 2016, in the annual choices by many medias including The A.V. Club, Mojo, Newsweek, Paste, Q, Rolling Stone (Readers Poll), Uncut and The Wire Magazine. “Black Star” became Bowie’s only album to top the “Billboard 200” in the United States, and it remained at the number one position in the UK charts for three weeks. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; in Austria by “IFPI”; in Belgium by “BEA”; in Canada by “Music Canada”; in France by “SNEP”; in Italy by “FIMI”, and in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– vocals, acoustic guitar, “Fender Guitar”, harmonica, string  arrangements, mixing
  • Ben Monder– guitar
  • Jason Lindner– piano, organ, keyboards
  • Tim Lefebvre– bass
  • Mark Guiliana– drums, percussion
  • James Murphy– percussion
  • Donny McCaslin– flute, saxophone, woodwinds
  • Tony Visconti– strings, engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Killen– engineer
  • Erin Tonkon – backing vocals, engineer assistant
  • Kabir Hermon – engineer assistant
  • Tom Elmhirst– mixing
  • Joe Visciano – mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Blackstar
  2. Tis a Pity She Was a Whore
  3. Lazarus
  4. Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) – David Bowie, Maria Schneider, Paul Bateman, Bob Bharma
  5. Girl Loves Me
  6. Dollar Days
  7. I Can’t Give Everything Away

Paul Bley

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On January 3, 2016, Hyman Paul Bley died aged 83. He was musician   (piano) and composer, one of the most important figures of the free jazz movement of the 60s and for his innovations and influence on trio playing. He has recorded and performed with many famous musicians, including: Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Percy Heath, Al Levitt, Dave Pike, Charlie Haden, Lennie McBrowne, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca, Dewey Johnson,  Marshall Allen, Eddie Gómez, Milford Graves, Kent Carter, Barry Altschul, Mark Levinson, Paul Motian, Billy Elgart, John Gilmore, Annette Peacock, Dick Youngstein, Glen Moore, Frank Tusa, Steve Hass, Bobby Moses, Han Bennink, Dave Holland, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Bruce Ditmas, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Connors, Lee Konitz, George Cross McDonald, Chet Baker, John Scofield, Jesper Lundgaard, Aage Tanggaard, John Surman, Bill Frisell, Ron McClure, John Abercrombie, Red Mitchell, Michal Urbaniak, Bob Cranshaw,  Keith Copeland, Hans Koch, Franz Koglmann, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Tony Oxley, Jane Bunnett, Herbie Spanier, Geordie McDonald, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips, Furio Di Castri, David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas, Sonny Greenwich, Rich Perry, Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis, Masahiko Togashi, Jakob Bro, Don Ellis, Sonny Rollins and Andreas Willers.

George Michael

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On December 25, 2016, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou aka George Michael died aged 53. He was singer, songwriter, and record producer, member (with Andrew Ridgeley) of the duo Wham!, and had a very successful solo career. In his 30-years long career, Michael sold more than 80 million records worldwide, becoming one of the most successful commercial artists in the history of the modern music. He also received many awards including three “Brit Awards”; four “MTV Video Music Awards”; four “Ivor Novello Awards”; three “American Music Awards” and two “Grammy Awards”.

John Parfitt

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On December 24, 2016, Richard John Parfitt died aged 68. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, performed with The Harrison Twins (Jean and Gloria Harrison); The Spectres; Graham Bonnet; Rolf Harris, but he was best known as singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist of Status Quo.

Leon Russell

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On November 13, 2016, Claude Russell Bridges aka Leon Russell died aged 74. He was musician (piano, keyboards, guitar, bass, baritone horn) and songwriter, with successful solo career. His best known track “A Song for You ”,has been recorded and performed by more than 100 music acts. Russell has recorded and performed with many famous musicians including  The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, John Lennon, Ringo Starr  ,George Harrison, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Ike & Tina Turner, and the Rolling Stones. In 2011, Russell was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”