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Aporea: На Рєкахъ Вавл҃нскыхъ

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On March 19, 2017, “AnnapurnA” label released “На Рєкахъ Вавл҃нскыхъ”, album by Aporea. The album is limited edition (250 copies) reissue of the original album from 1988, released only on cassette. The original material is recorded in 1986, at Goran Trajkovski home studio, in Skopje, Macedonia.

Personnel:

  • Goran Trajkovski – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Zoran Trajkovski – percussion, backing vocals
  • Jovan Miovski Brams – upright bass, backing vocals
  • Cvetan Stojanovski – backing vocals
  • Cover art painting “Ratnik” by Lazar Lecik

Track listing:

  1. Ѕвѣздо, Ѩвлѩющаѩ Солнцє
  2. Бєсѣда При Въходє Въ Їєрꙋсалимє
  3. Мѵръ Прєждє Рождєства
  4. На Рєкахъ Вавилонскыхъ
  5. Кондак Св. Прохор Пчинс҃км

Padot na Vizantija: Početok i kraj

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On March 17, 2017, “Ne! Records” label released “Početok i kraj”, the debut Padot na Vizantija album. Album vinyl version contains studio and live recordings, and one garage demo recording, accompanied with a bonus CD, with track versions different than the ones on the vinyl.  The album tracks were recorded 1983 – 1985, at “RTS”, “Dom  na mladi 25 Maj” and “Sala na KK Rabotnicki” in Skopje, Macedonia.

Personnel:

  • Goran Trajkovski – vocals, bass guitar
  • Klime Kovacevski – guitar
  • Shpend Ibrahim – drums
  • Zoran Dabic – guitar
  • Sami Ibrahim – bass guitar
  • Damir Grginic – remastering
  • Robert Ristic – remastering
  • Ne! Records – cover design
  • JW Design – cover design

Track listing:

Vinyl

  1. Pocetok i kraj
  2. Istata sostojba
  3. Nok nad Jugoslavija
  4. 1000 godini temnina
  5. Ne mi treba nikoj
  6. Mozebi jas
  7. Znam deka eden den ke dojdat istite luge
  8. Istata sostojba
  9. Konjanici, konjanici
  10. Pocetok i kraj

The Shins: Heartworms

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On March 10, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Heartworms”, the fifth Shins (The) studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, and was produced by James Mercer and Richard Swift.

  1. James Mercer – voices, guitar, bass, chord organ, harmonica, synthesizer, ukulele, percussion
  2. Mark Watrous – guitar, piano, castanets, kalimba, strings, synthesizer bass
  3. Chris Funk – guitar, dulcimer
  4. Yuuki Matthews – bass, synthesizer, drums, percussion, mixing
  5. Richard Swift – drums, percussion, mellotron, synthesizer
  6. Joe Plummer – drums, engineer
  7. Jon Sortland – drums
  8. Brian Lucey – mastering
  9. Steve Drizos – percussion
  10. Jacob Escobedo – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Mercer.

  1. Name for You
  2. Painting a Hole
  3. Cherry Hearts
  4. Fantasy Island
  5. Mildenhall
  6. Rubber Ballz
  7. Half a Million
  8. Dead Alive
  9. Heartworms
  10. So Now What
  11. The Fear

Laura Marling: Semper Femina

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On March 10, 2017, “More Alarming Records” label released “Semper Femina”, the sixth Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Blake Mills.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Ingram – drums
  • Nick Pini – bass
  • Pete Randall – guitar
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Rob Moose– strings, arrangements
  • Matt Chamberlain– additional drums
  • Sebastian Steinberg – additional bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling, except where noted.

  1. Soothing – Laura Marling, Blake Mills
  2. The Valley
  3. Wild Fire
  4. Don’t Pass Me By
  5. Always This Way
  6. Wild Once
  7. Next Time
  8. Nouel
  9. Nothing, Not nearly

Breeders: All Nerve

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On March 2, 2018, “4AD” label released “All Nerve”, the fifth  Breeders studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Candyland” in Dayton, Kentucky; “Electrical Audio” in Chicago and “Fernwood Studios” in Dayton, Ohio.

Personnel:

  • Kim Deal– lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Kelley Deal– vocals, guitar
  • Josephine Wiggs– vocals, bass, guitar
  • Jim MacPherson– drums
  • Kyle Rector – Farfisa organ
  • Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloane, Dave Mudie, Dylan Ranson-Hughes – backing vocals
  • Steve Albini– engineer, mixing
  • Mike Montgomery, Greg Norman, Tom Rastikis – engineer
  • Matt Boynton – mixing
  • Eric Gorman – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi, Bob Weston– mastering
  • Martin Andersen – photography
  • Chris Bigg – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Kim Deal, except where noted.

  1. Nervous Mary
  2. Wait in the Car – Kim Deal, Richard Presley
  3. All Nerve
  4. MetaGoth – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs
  5. Spacewoman – Kim Deal, Morgan Nagler
  6. Walking With a Killer
  7. Howl at the Summit
  8. Archangel’s Thunderbird – Falk Ulrich Rogner, John Weinzierl
  9. Dawn, Makin an Effort
  10. Skinhead # 2 – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs
  11. Blues at the Acropolis

Undone: Knowing Eva

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On February 27, 2017, “Undu” label released “Knowing Eva”, the first Undone EP. It was recorded in 2016, at bands home studio and was produced by Viktor Gajtanoski.

Personnel:

  • Viktor Gajtanoski – guitars, synth
  • Ronit Bergman – vocal, guitar
  • Mustafa Muso Jonuzovski – bass
  • Andrej Anastasov Daskalovski Edi – drums
  • Noga Shatz – additional guitars
  • Darko Janevski – mixing
  • Carim Clasmann – mastering
  • Nina Theda Black – artwork
  • Filip Mitrov – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ronit Bergman, all music by Ronit Bergman and Viktor Gajtanovski.

  1. Electric Breath
  2. Box
  3. A Song May Start
  4. The Palm of Your Head
  5. Take This Coin

Andy Sheppard: Romaria

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On February 16, 2018, “ECM” label released “Romaria”, the 14th Andy Sheppard album. It was recorded in April 2017, at “Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI” in Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Andy Sheppard– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Eivind Aarset– guitar
  • Michel Benita– double bass
  • Sebastian Rochford– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Sheppard except where noted

  1. And a Day…
  2. Thirteen
  3. Romaria – Renato Teixeira
  4. Pop
  5. They Came From the North
  6. With Every Flower That Falls
  7. All Becomes Again
  8. Forever..

Joan As Police Woman: Damned Devotion

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On February 9, 2018,”PIAS Recordings” label released “Damned Devotion”, the seventh Joan as Police Woman album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Joan Wasser, Parker Kindred and Thomas Bartlett.

Personnel:

  • Joan Wasser – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, drum programming, engineer
  • Thomas Bartlett – bass, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, engineer
  • Oreon Bloedow – bass
  • Matt Whyte – guitar
  • Benjamin Lazar davis – guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Parker Kindred – vocals, drums
  • Jared Samuel – keyboards
  • Adam Sachs – engineer
  • Dan Millice – mastering
  • Luke Moellman – mixing
  • Stephanie Sidjakov – design
  • David A. Fitschen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Wasser.

  1. Wonderful
  2. Warning Bell
  3. Tell Me
  4. Steed (For Jean Genet)
  5. Damned Devotion
  6. The Silence
  7. Valid Jagger
  8. Rely On
  9. What Was It Like
  10. Talk About It later
  11. Silly Me
  12. I Don’t Mind

Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts

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On February 3, 2017, “ECM” label released “Daylight Ghosts”, the eight Craig Taborn album. It was recorded in May 2016, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Craig Taborn– piano, electronics
  • Chris Speed– tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Chris Lightcap– double bass, bass guitar
  • Dave King– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Craig Taborn, except where noted.

  1. The Shining One
  2. Abandoned Reminder
  3. Daylight Ghosts
  4. New Glory
  5. The Great Silence
  6. Ancient
  7. Jamaican Farewell – Roscoe Mitchell
  8. Subtle Living Equations
  9. Phantom Radio

Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

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On January 27, 2017, “Nonesuch” label released “Chris Thile & Brad  Mehldau”, album by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau. It was recorded December 30, 2015 – January 2–3, 2016, at “Avatar Studios’ in New York City, and was produced by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Chris Thile– vocals, mandolin
  • Brad Mehldau– vocals, piano

Track listing:

  1. The Old Shade Tree – Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile
  2. Tallahassee Junction – Brad Mehldau
  3. Scarlet Town – David Rawlings, Gillian Welch
  4. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  5. Independence Day – Elliott Smith
  6. Noise Machine – Chris Thile
  7. The Watcher – Brad Mehldau
  8. Daughter of Eve – Chris Thile
  9. Marcie – Joni Mitchell
  10. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan
  11. Tabhair dom do Lámh – Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin
  12. Fast As You Can – Fiona Apple