Tag Archives: 2020

Michael Kiwanuka: Kiwanuka

On November 1, 2019, “Polydor” label released “Kiwanuka”, the third Michael Kiwanuka studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Danger Mouse and Inflo. The album won the 2020 “Mercury Prize”. 

Personnel

  • Michael Kiwanuka – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, organ, piano, synthesizer, percussion
  • Inflo – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, synthesizer, organ, keyboards, programming, electric guitar, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Kadeem Clarke – synthesizer, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Danger Mouse – percussion, tambourine, electric guitar, keyboards, programming,
  • Jean Kelly – harp
  • Dizzy Daniel Moorehead – saxophone
  • George Hogg – trumpet
  • Chloe Vincent – flute
  • Nathan Allen – percussion
  • James Casey, Alecia Chakour, Jasmine Muhammed, Saundra Williams – backing vocals
  • Paul Boldeau, Yolanda Greaves, LaDonna Harley Peters – backing vocals
  • Wired Strings
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Zara Benyounes – violin
  • Sally Jackson, Patrick Kiernan, Steve Morris – violin
  • Anna Croad – violin
  • Stephanie Cavey – violin
  • Deborah Widdup – violin
  • Eleanor Mathieson – violin
  • Gillon Cameron, Helen Hathorn, Hayley Pomfrett, Kotono Sato, Ellie Stanford – violin
  • Jenny Sacha – violin
  • Sarah Sexton – violin
  • Nick Barr – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Fiona Leggat, Emma Owens – viola
  • Rosie Danvers – cello, string arrangements
  • Bryony James – cello
  • Richard Pryce – double bass
  • Kennie Takahashi – recording, mixing
  • Tom Campbell – recording, strings recording
  • Richard Woodcraft – mixing, strings recording, vocal recording
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing

All tracks by Michael Kiwanuka, Brian Burton, and Dean Josiah Cover.

  1. You Ain’t the Problem
  2. Rolling
  3. I’ve Been Dazed
  4. Piano Joint (This Kind of Love) intro
  5. Piano Joint (This Kind of Love)
  6. Another Human Being
  7. Living in Denial
  8. Hero (intro)
  9. Hero
  10. Hard to Say Goodbye
  11. Final Days
  12. Interlude (Loving the People)
  13. Solid Ground
  14. Light

Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling

On October 30, 2020, “Strut” label released “Swirling”, the second Sun Ra Arkestra album.

Personnel:

  • Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, electronic valve instrument, direction
  • Noel Scott – alto saxophone
  • James Stewart – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Cecil Brooks – trumpet
  • Michael Ray – trumpet
  • Dave Davies – vocals, trombone
  • Vincent Chancey – French horn
  • Farid Barron – piano
  • Dave Hotep – guitar
  • Tara Middelton – lead vocals, violin
  • Tyler Mitchell – bass
  • Wayne Anthony Smith, Jr. – drums
  • Atakatune – congas
  • Elson Nascimento – surdo, percussion
  • Lewis Heriz – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Satellites Are Spinning / Lights on A Satellite
  2. Seductive Fantasy
  3. Angels and Demons at Play
  4. Swirling
  5. Sea of Darkness / Darkness
  6. Astro Black
  7. Infinity / I’ll Wait for You
  8. Queer Notions
  9. Rocket No. 9
  10. Sunology
  11. Door of The Cosmos / Say

Misha Panfilof Sound Combo: Days As Echoes

On August 28, 2020, “Fnr” label released “Days as Echoes”, the second Misha Panfilov Sound Combo album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Misha Panfilov.

Personnel:

  • Misha Panfilov – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, bass, percussion, effects, arrangements
  • Anna Dotsenko – vocals
  • Sasha Petrov – tenor saxophone
  • Kino Toshiki – trumpet
  • Ilja Gussarov – flute
  • Madis Katkosilt – drums
  • Rauno Vaher – drums
  • Jörgen Hermaste – mastering
  • Carl Rowatti – lacquer cut
  • Alberto Ricchi – artwork
  • Hanz Mambo, Mo Manley – design
  • Brent Sawicki – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Misha Panfilov.

  1. Days as Echoes
  2. In a Dream
  3. Moonscape Waltz
  4. Together
  5. Few Layers for Smith
  6. Ocean Song

Nubya Garcia: Source

On August 21, 2020, “Concord Jazz” label released “Source” the debut Nubya Garcia album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Nubya Garcia and Kwes Sey.

Personnel:

  • Nubya Garcia – tenor saxophone 
  • Cassie Kinoshi – vocal, tenor saxophone 
  • Sheila Maurice Grey – vocals, trumpet
  • Joe Armon-Jones – keyboards, piano
  • Daniel Casimir – double bass
  • Sam Jones – drums 
  • Diana Sammiguel – vocals, maracas
  • La perla – performer
  • Giovanna Mogollon – vocals 
  • Karen Forero – vocals 
  • Ritchie Seivwright – vocals
  • Akenya – vocals
  • Giles Barrett – recording 

Track listing:

All tracks by Nubya Garcia, except where noted.

  1. Pace
  2. The Message Continues
  3. Source
  4. Together Is a Beautiful Place to Be
  5. Stand with Each Other
  6. Inner Game
  7. La cumbia me está llamando
  8. Before Us: In Demerara & Caura – Akenya
  9. Boundless Beings

Immanuel Wilkins: Omega

On August 7, 2020, “Blue Note” label released “Omega”, the debut Immanuel Wilkins album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Jason Moran.

Personnel:

  • Immanuel Wilkins – alto saxophone
  • Micah Thomas – piano
  • Daryl Johns – upright bass
  • Kweku Sumbry – drums
  • Chris Allen – engineer, mixed
  • Greg Calbi – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Immanuel Wilkins.

  1. Warriors
  2. Ferguson – An American Tradition
  3. The Dreamer
  4. Mary Turner – An American Tradition
  5. Grace and Mercy
  6. Part 1. The Key
  7. Part 2. Saudade
  8. Part 3. Eulogy
  9. Part 4. Guarded Heart
  10. Omega

The Heliocentrics: Telematric Sounds

On August 7, 2020, “Madlib Invazion” label released “Telematric Sounds”, the eleventh Heliocentrics (The) album.  It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Jake Ferguson and Malcom Catto.

Personnel:

  • Dan Smith – guitar, synthesizer, electronics
  • Jake Ferguson – guitar, bass, effects, recording
  • Jack Yglesias – keyboards
  • Oliver Parfitt – synthesizer
  • Jason Yarde – baritone saxophone
  • Sylvia Madlib – hurdy gurdy, sarangi, executive producer
  • Raven Bush – violin, strings, electronics
  • Tom Hodges – electronics
  • Barbora Patkova – vocals
  • Malcom Catto – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering, lacquer cut
  • Errol F. Richardson – art direction
  • Eothen Aram Alapatt – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Telemetric Sounds
  2. DevastationThe Opening
  3. Space Cake
  4. Rehearsal 24
  5. Shattered Mind
  6. The Opening
  7. Left To Our Own Devices

Greg Foat: Symphonie Pacifique

On July 3, 2020, “Strut” label released “Symphonie Pacifique”, the ninth Greg Foat album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Fish Factory Studio” in London, “Post Electric Studio” in Edinburgh, “Kungsten Studios” in Göteborg, Sweden, and was produced by Greg Foat.

Personnel:

  • Greg Foat – piano, keyboards, tubular bells
  • Warren Hampshire – guitar, tubular bells, percussion
  • Thomas Frank – pedal steel guitar
  • Philip Achille – double and electric bass
  • Clark Tracey – drums
  • Moses Boyd – drums
  • Eric Young – percussion, congas
  • Art Themen – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Dave Bitelli – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Kano Kawashima – violin
  • Felix Tanner – viola
  • Jessica Kerr, Niamh Molloy – cello
  • Heather Wrighton – harp
  • Elina Ryd, Erik Dahl, Hannah Tolf, Pablo Cope – choir
  • Mattias Glava – choir recording, engineer
  • Rod Jones – strings recording
  • James Thorpe – engineer
  • Mark Ashfield – mastering
  • Peter Beckmann – mastering
  • Henry Valensi – artwork
  • Matt Thame – design
  • James Thorpe – photography
  • Frank Merritt – lacquer cut
  • Quinton Scott – coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Foat, except where noted.

  1. Prelude
  2. Symphonie Pacifique
  3. Undulation – Philip Achille
  4. Anticipation
  5. Mu
  6. Yonaguni
  7. Island Life
  8. Nikinakinu
  9. Man vs Machine – Greg Foat, Moses Boyd
  10. Before the Storm
  11. After the Storm
  12. Meditation on a Pedal Steel – Thomas Frank
  13. Lament for Lamont
  14. Pointe – Vénus – Greg Foat, Warren Hampshire
  15. Mother’s Love – Greg Foat, Sam Chagumachinyi
  16. Epilogue Three Tenors – Art Themen, Favid Bitelli, Rob Мach

Ebi Soda: Ugh

On May 22, 2020, “Sola Terra Records” label released “Ugh”, the debut Ebi Soda album.

Personnel:

  • Conor Knight – guitar
  • Hari-Lee Evans – keyboards 
  • Louis Jenkins – keyboards
  • Vvilhelm – trombone, synth
  • Hari-Lee Evans – bass
  • Sam Schlich-Davies – drums

Track listing:

  1. Ecchi
  2. Mas the Orc
  3. Zip Your Boots Up Lad
  4. Run for President
  5. Spooki
  6. Keisha billip
  7. Playstation
  8. Summer One
  9. Something to Do in the Future
  10. Meow meow

Anna Högberg Attack: Lena

On April 25, 2020, “Omlott” label released “Lena”, album by Anna Högberg Attack *the second Anna Högberg studio album). It was recorded in 2020, at “Atlantis Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden.

Personnel:

  • Anna Högberg – alto saxophone
  • Elin Larsson – tenor saxophone
  • Niklas Barnö – trumpet
  • Lisa Ullén – piano
  • Elsa Bergman – bass
  • Anna Lund – drums
  • Göran Stegborn – mixing
  • Henrik Alsér – mastering
  • Lisa Grip – cover, layout, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna Högberg.

  1. Papa Kom Hem
  2. Det Är Inte För Sent
  3. Dansa Margit
  4. Tjuv
  5. Pärlemor
  6. Äntligen

Papa Roach: Ego Trip

On April 8, 2022, “New Noize” label released “Ego Trip”, the eleventh Papa Roach studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Colin Brittain, Jason Evigan, Nicholas Furlong, Andrew Goldstein, Drew Fulk, Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance and Tony Palermo.

Personnel:

  • Jacoby Shaddix – vocals
  • Jerry Horton – guitars
  • Tobin Esperance – bass
  • Tony Palermo – drums
  • Anthony Esperance – additional guitars
  • Jonathan Gering – keyboards, programming
  • Erica Sliver – backing vocals
  • Meron Ryan – backing vocals
  • Fever 333
  • Sueco
  • Andrew Migliore – string arrangements
  • Jason Evigan – engineer
  • Nicholas Furlong – engineer
  • Drew Fulk – engineer
  • Michael Nolasco – engineer
  • Brenden Collins – engineer assistant
  • Colin Brittain – mixing
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Kevin McCombs – additional production
  • Darren Craig – creative director, design
  • Bryson Roatch – creative director
  • Jim Hughes – layout

Track listing:

  1. Kill the Noise
  2. Stand Up
  3. Swerve
  4. Bloodline
  5. Liar
  6. Ego Trip
  7. Unglued
  8. Dying to Believe
  9. Killing Time
  10. Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)
  11. Always Wandering
  12. No Apologies
  13. Cut the Line
  14. I Surrender