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Mickey Hart: RAMU

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On November 10, 2017, “Verve Forecast” label released “RAMU”, the 16th Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – traps, RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe), beam, percussions, arrangements, sound design, mixing
  • Tarriona “Tank” Ball – vocals
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocals
  • Avey Tare – vocals
  • Peter Coyote – spoken word
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, synth guitar
  • Steve Kimock – guitar, lap guitar
  • Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar
  • Sikiru Adepoju – talking drum
  • Samuel Goodman – strings
  • Jason Hann – additional traps
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, bata, congas
  • Zakir Hussein – tabla, madal, arrangements, mixing
  • Sabir Khan – sarangi
  • Niladri Kumar – sitar, zitar
  • Sekaa Jegog Yuskumara – gamelan
  • Charles Lloyd – saxophone
  • Michal Menert – arrangements, sound design, mixing
  • Adam Tenenbaum, Boris Gladkihl – sound design
  • Nic Pope – recording, mixing
  • Tom Flye, Adam Tenenbaum, Boris Gladkihl, John-Paul McLean, Jason Mills – recording
  • Bassy Bob – additional recording, mixing and production
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Stanley Mouse – cover illustration
  • Jacob Lerman – package design
  • Jay Blakesberg, Atiba Jefferson, Camille Lenain, Susana Millman, John Werner – photography
  • Michal Menert – co-producer
  • Reya Hart – associate producer
  • “Decibel” Dave Dennison – archival

Track listing:

All tracks by Mickey Hart, except where noted.

  1. Auctioneers
  2. Wayward Son – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  3. Big Bad Wolf – Mickey Hart, Tarriona “Tank” Ball
  4. The Lost Coast
  5. Who Do You Think You Are? – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  6. You Remind Me – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  7. When the Morning Comes – Mickey Hart, Tarriona “Tank” Ball
  8. Jerry – Mickey Hart, Jerry Garcia
  9. Wine Wine Wine
  10. Nacare
  11. Spreading the News – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  12. Time Beyond Reason – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia

ABBA: Voyage

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On November 5, 2021, “Polar” label released “Voyage”, the ninth and final ABBA studio album. It was recorded in 1978, 2017 and 2021, at “Riksmixningsverket” in Stockholm, and was produced by Benny Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad – lead and co-lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals
  • Agnetha Fältskog – lead and co-lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals
  • Björn Ulvaeus – harmony and backing vocals, associate producer
  • Benny Andersson – harmony and backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, arrangements, mixing
  • The Children’s Choir of Stockholm International School
  • Lasse Jonsson – guitar
  • Lasse Wellander – guitar
  • Mats Englund – bass
  • Per Lindvall – drums, percussion
  • Jan Bengtson – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Pär Grebacken – clarinet, tenor saxophone, recorder
  • Margareta Bengtson – harp
  • Stockholm Concert Orchestra
  • Kimberley Akester – music director, Children’s Choir of the Stockholm International School
  • Anneli Thompson – musical assistance, Children’s Choir of the Stockholm International School
  • Göran Arnberg – orchestrator, conductor
  • Bernard Löhr – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Linn Fijal – engineer
  • Vilma Colling – engineer
  • Björn Engelmann – mastering
  • Görel Hanser – coordinator
  • Baillie Walsh – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

  1. I Still Have Faith in You
  2. When You Danced with Me
  3. Little Things
  4. Don’t Shut Me Down
  5. Just a Notion
  6. I Can Be That Woman
  7. Keep an Eye on Dan
  8. Bumblebee
  9. No Doubt About It
  10. Ode to Freedom

Christian Scott: The Emancipation Procrastination

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On October 20, 2017, “Ropeadope” label released “The Emancipation Procrastination”, the 13th Christian Scott (Christian aTunde Adjuah) album. It was recorded in April 2016, at “The Parlor” in New Orleans, and was produced by Christian aTunde Adjuah and Chris Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – trumpet, siren, flugelhorn, MIDI controller
  • Braxton Cook – alto saxophone
  • Stephen J. Gladney – tenor saxophone
  • Kris Funn – bass
  • Luques Curtis – bass
  • Weedie Braimah – djembe, bata, congas
  • Joe Dyson Jr. – drums, MIDI controller
  • Corey Fonville – drums, MIDI controller
  • Marcus Gillmore – drums, MIDI controller
  • Elena Pinderhughes – flute
  • Cliff Hines – guitar
  • Dominic Minix – guitar
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Lawrence Fields – piano, electric piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian Scott, except where noted.

  1. The Emancipation Procrastination
  2. AvengHer
  3. Ruler Rebel (X. aTunde Adjuah Remix)
  4. Ashes of Our Forever
  5. In the Beginning (Interlude) – Weedie Braimah
  6. Michele with One L
  7. The Cypher
  8. Videotape – Colin Charles Greenwood, Thomas Edward Yorke, Philip James Selway
  9. Gerrymandering Game – Cliff Hynes, Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  10. Unrigging November
  11. Cages – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  12. New Heroes – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields

King Krule: The Ooz

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On October 13, 2017, “True Partner Sounds” and “XL” labels released “The Ooz”, the third King Krule studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Dilip Harris and Archy Marshall.

Personnel:

  • King Krule (Archy Marshall)– vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, vocoder, engineer
  • Jack Towell – guitar
  • Nana Giobbi – piano
  • James Wilson – bass, vocals 
  • George Bass – drums
  • Andy Ramsay – percussion, drum programming
  • Dilip Harris – triangle, percussion, vibraphone, synth, marimba
  • Marc Pell – bongos, tambourine
  • Ignacio Salvadores – saxophone
  • Okay Kaya – additional vocals
  • Beatriz Ortiz Mendes – spoken word
  • Maria Dmetriev – spoken word
  • Adam Marshall – spoken word, backing vocals
  • Idris Vicuña – spoken word
  • Maya Coline – backing vocals
  • Ella Rimmer – backing vocals
  • Dilip Harris – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Ramsay – engineer
  • Senor El Funkelinos – engineer
  • Connor Atanda – engineer
  • Barry Grint – mastering

Track listing:

All music by Archy Marshall, all lyrics by Archy Marshall, except where noted.

  1. Biscuit Town
  2. The Locomotive
  3. Dum Surfer
  4. Slush Puppy – Archy Marshall, Kaya Wilkins
  5. Bermondsey Bosom (Left)
  6. Logos
  7. Sublunary
  8. Lonely Blue
  9. Cadet Limbo
  10. Emergency Blimp
  11. Czech One
  12. A Slide In (New Drugs)
  13. Vidual
  14. Bermondsey Bosom (Right)
  15. Half Man Half Shark
  16. The Cadet Leaps
  17. The Ooz
  18. Midnight 01 (Deep Sea Diver)
  19. La Lune

Black Country Communion: BCCIV

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On September 22, 2017, “Mascot” label released “BCCIV”, the fourth Black Country Communion studio album. It was recorded in 2017 at “EastWest Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Hughes – vocals, bass
  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar, mandolin
  • Derek Sherinian – keyboards
  • Jason Bonham – drums, percussion
  • Kevin Shirley – additional percussion, mixing
  • Gerry O’Connor – fiddle 
  • Jared Kvitka – engineer
  • Bo Bodnar – engineer assistant
  • Cramer Helton – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Dennis Friel Art Studios – cover artwork, design, illustrations
  • Dale Voelker – package design
  • Neil Zlozower – portrait photography
  • Annie Lesser – studio photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Glenn Hughes, except where noted, all music by Joe Bonamassa and Glen Hughes.

  1. Collide
  2. Over My Head
  3. The Last Song for My Resting Place – lyrics by Joe Bonamassa
  4. Sway
  5. The Cove
  6. The Crow
  7. Wanderlust
  8. Love Remains
  9. Awake
  10. When the Morning Comes
  11. With You I Go

Mark Turner: Temporary King

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On September 7, 2018, “ECM” label released “Temporary Kings” album by Mark Turner and Ethan Iverson. It was recorded in June 2017, at “Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI Studio” in Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Mark Turner – tenor saxophone
  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Stefano Amerio – engineer
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Max Franosch – cover photography
  • Robert Lewis – back cover and liner photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ethan Iverson, except where noted.

  1. Lugano
  2. Temporary Kings
  3. Turner’s Chamber of Unlikely Delights
  4. Dixie’s Dilemma – Warne Marsh
  5. Yesterday’s Bouquet
  6. Unclaimed Freight
  7. Myron’s World – Mark Turner
  8. Third Familiar
  9. Seven Points – Mark Turner

Molchat Doma: Etazhi

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On September 7, 2018, “Detriti Records” label released “Etazhi”, the second Molchat Doma studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, in Minsk, Belarus, and was produced by Roman Komogortsev.

Personnel:

  • Egor Shkutko – vocals
  • Roman Komogortsev – guitar, synthesizers, drum machine, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Pavel Kozlov – bass guitar, synthesizers

Track listing:

All lyrics by Egor Shkutko, except where noted, all music by Roman Komogortsev.

  1. На дне
  2. Танцевать
  3. Фильмы
  4. Волны
  5. Тоска
  6. Прогноз
  7. Судно – lyrics by Boris Ryzhyall
  8. Коммерсанты
  9. Клетка

Rick Astley: Beautiful Life

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On July 13, 2018, “BMG” label released “Beautiful Life”, the eighth Rick Astley studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Rick Astley.

Personnel:

  • Rick Astley – vocals, all instruments
  • Matthew Payne, Nicolas Jones, Connor Smither – brass
  • Dawn Joseph – backing vocals
  • Lauren Johnson – backing vocals
  • Dan Frampton – engineer, mixing
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Rankin – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks Rick Astley.

  1. Beautiful Life
  2. Chance to Dance
  3. She Makes Me
  4. Shivers
  5. Last Night on Earth
  6. Every Corner
  7. I Need the Light
  8. Better Together
  9. Empty Heart
  10. Rise Up
  11. Try
  12. The Good Old Days

Christian Scott: Diaspora

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On June 23, 2017, “Ropeadope” label released “Diaspora”, the eleventh Christian Scott album. It was recorded in April 2016, at “The Parlor” in New Orleans, and was produced by Christian Scott (Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah) and Chris Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Christian Scott – trumpet, siren, sirenette, reverse flugelhorn, SPD-SX, sampling, sonic architecture
  • Lawrence Fields – piano
  • Cliff Hines – guitar
  • Kris Funn – bass
  • Corey Fonville – drums, SPD-SX
  • Joe Dyson Jr. – pan-African Drums, SPD-SX
  • Weedie Braimah – djembe, bata, congas
  • Chief Shaka Shaka – dununba, sangban, kenikeni
  • Beaxton Cook – alto saxophone
  • Elena Pinderhughes – flute
  • Sarah Elizabeth Charles – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Diaspora – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  2. IDK – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  3. Our Ladu Of New Orleans – Christian Scott
  4. Bae (Interlude) – Lawrence Fields
  5. Desire and Burning Girl – Christian Scott
  6. Uncrown Her – John Key Jr.
  7. Lawless – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  8. Completely – Christian Scott
  9. New Jack Bounce (Interlude) – Christian Scott
  10. No Love – Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Håkan Wirenstrandm Yukimi Nagano
  11. The Walk – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields, Sarah Elizabeth Charles

Richard Dawson: Peasant

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On June 2, 2017, “Weird World” label released “Peasant”, the fifth Richard Dawson album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Blank Studio” in Newcastle, UK, and was produced by Sam Grant and Richard Dawson.

Personnel:

  • Richard Dawson – vocal, guitar, drums, electronics, editing, recording, artwork, layout
  • John Davies – trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn
  • Anghard Davies – violin
  • Rhodri Davies – harp, gong
  • Dawn Bothwell, Jake Billingsley, Nathalie Stern, Nev Clay, Rachael Macarthur, Sally Pilkington, Vic Eynon – chorus
  • Sarah Sullivan – vocal, recording
  • Sam Grant – recording, mixing
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Ben Wayman – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Dawson.

  1. Herald (The Parent’s Crusade)
  2. Ogre
  3. Soldier
  4. Weaver (My Very Ancient Friend)
  5. Prostitute
  6. Shapeshifter
  7. Scientist
  8. Hob
  9. Beggar
  10. No-One
  11. Masseuse (The Pin of Quib)