Tag Archives: 2021

Diagonal: 4

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On October 1, 2021, “Cobblers” label released “4”, the fourth Diagonal album.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Pomlett – guitar
  • David Wileman – guitar
  • Nicholas Whittaker – vocals, soprano and alto saxophone
  • Ross Hossack – vocals, synthesizer
  • Alex Crispin – vocals, bass, electric piano, synthesizer, recording, mixing
  • Luke Foster – vocals, drums, percussion, organ, synthesizer
  • Anne Taegert – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Amon
  2. Chroma
  3. Spinning Array
  4. Stellate
  5. Totem

Nolan Potter: Music Is Dead

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On September 24, 2021, “Castle Face Records” label released “Music Is Dead”, the fourth Nolan Potter album.

Personnel:

  • Nolan Potter – performer, engineer, mixing
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Julie Weird – design
  • Christian Sigler – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nolan Potter.

  1. One Eye Flees Aquapolis
  2. Stubborn Bubble
  3. Gregorian Chance
  4. Holy Scroller
  5. Preeminent Minds
  6. Music Is Dead

Cardiacs: LSD

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On September 19, 2025, “Org Records” label released “LSD”, the sixth Cardiacs studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, 2021 – 2024, at “Apollo 8”, and was produced by Jim Smith, Tim Smith and Kavus Torabi.

Personnel:

  • Tim Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass
  • Kavus Torabi – vocals, guitars, EBow guitars
  • Jim Smith – vocals, basses
  • Bob Leith – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Mike Vennart – vocals
  • Rose-Ellen Kemp – vocals
  • Sharron Fortnam – vocals
  • Jane Kaye – vocals
  • Jo Spratley – vocals
  • Suzanne Kirby – vocals
  • Melanie Woods – vocals
  • Claire Lemmon – vocals
  • Craig Fortnam – vocals, glockenspiel, spoken word, arrangements
  • James Larcombe – piano, keyboards
  • Stephen Gilchrist – extra drums
  • Rob Crow – drumfuckery

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Smith, except where noted.

  1. Men in Bed
  2. The May
  3. Gen
  4. Woodeneye
  5. Spelled All Wrong
  6. By Numbers
  7. The Blue and Buff
  8. Skating – Tim Smith, Joanne Spratley
  9. Breed
  10. Volob – Tim Smith, Suzy Kirby
  11. Busty Beez
  12. Lovely Eyes
  13. Ditzy Scene – Kavus Torabi, Tim Smith, Melanie Woods
  14. Downup – Tim Smith, Jim Smith, Kavus Torabi
  15. A Roll from a Dirty Place
  16. Made All Up – Kavus Torabi
  17. Pet Fezant – Emily Jones

Steve Hackett: Surrender Of Silence

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On September 10, 2021, “Inside Out Music” label released “Surrender of Silence”, the 27th Steve Hackett album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Siren” in London, and was produced by Roger King and Steve Hackett.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, charango, zither, percussion
  • Roger King – keyboards, programing, orchestral arrangements, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Jonas Reingold – bass
  • Craig Blundell – drums
  • Nick D’Virgilio – drums
  • Phil Ehart – drums
  • Sodirkhon Ubaidulloev – dutar
  • Rob Townsend – soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, dizi
  • Malik Mansurov – lute
  • Christine Townsend – violin, viola
  • Amanda Lehmann, Durga McBroom, Lorelei McBroom, Nad Sylvan – vocals
  • Tamas Barabas – additional engineering
  • Rachel Leonard – additional engineering
  • Shawn Dealey – additional engineering
  • Atilla Egerhazi – additional engineering
  • Steve Rawkes – additional engineering
  •  Will McPhaul – additional engineering
  • Amanda Lehmann – artwork
  • Thomas Ewerhard – design
  • Jo Hackett – photography
  • Tina Korhonen – photography
  • Martin Krafft – lacquer cut

Track listing:

  1. The Obliterati
  2. Natalia
  3. Relaxation Music for Sharks
  4. Wingbeats
  5. The Devil’s Cathedral
  6. Held in the Shadows
  7. Shanghai to Samarkand
  8. Fox’s Tango
  9. Day of the Dead
  10. Scorched Earth
  11. Esperanza

Built To Spill: When The Wind Forgets Your Name

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On September 9, 2022, “Sub Pop” label released “When the Wind Forgets Your Name”, the ninth Built to Spill studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, in Idaho and Brazil, and was produced by Doug Martsch.

 Personnel:

  • Doug Martsch – vocals, guitar, keys, recording, mixing, art direction
  • Josh Lewis – piano, recording, mixing, art direction
  • João Casaes – bass, recording, mixing, art direction
  • Lê Almeida – drums, percussion, recording, mixing, art direction
  • Lawrence Bishop, Josh Lewis – recording, mixing
  • Mell Dettmer – mastering
  • Alex Graham – artwork
  • João Casaes, Le Almeida – inside collage
  • Alex Graham, Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – design

Track listing:

All the tracks by Doug Martsch.

  1. Gonna Lose
  2. Fool’s Gold
  3. Understood
  4. Elements
  5. Rocksteady
  6. Spiderweb
  7. Never Alright
  8. Alright
  9. Comes a Day

Ishmael Ensemble: Visions Of Light

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On August 6, 2021, “Severn Songs” label released “Visions of Light”, the second Ishmael Ensemble album. It was recorded in 2021, at “PlayPen” in Bristol, and was produced by Pete Cunningham.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Mullins – electric guitar
  • Pete Cunningham – saxophone, synthesizer, resonator guitar, drums, electronic drums, arrangements
  • Chris Hillier – vocals, piano, electric piano
  • Tiny Chapter – vocals
  • Jake Spurgeon – syntheiser
  • Ned Pegler – synthesizer
  • Holysseus Fly – vocals, piano
  • Lydia Clews – flute
  • Ross Hughes – alto flute, bass clarinet
  • Bethany M. Roberts – violin
  • Bethany Stenning – harp, dulcimer
  • Rich Allen – double bass
  • Harry Stoneham – bass
  • Rory O’Gorman – drums, percussion, bodhran
  • Ali Chant – recording, mixing, additional production
  • Shawn Joseph – mastering
  • Lesley Harry – artwork
  • Rhombus Studio – design
  • Rgys Crouch – lacquer cut

Track listing:

  1. Intro – Pete Cunningham, Stephen Mullins
  2. Feather – Holysseus Fly, Pete Cunningham
  3. Wax Werk – Pete Cunningham
  4. Soma Centre – Jake Spurgeon, Pete Cunningham
  5. Empty Hands – Holysseus Fly, Pete Cunningham
  6. Looking Glass – Pete Cunningham, Bethany Stenning
  7. Morning Chorus – Chris Hillier, Pete Cunningham
  8. Visions of Light – Chris Hillier, Pete Cunningham
  9. The Gift – Pete Cunningham, Tiny Chapter
  10. January – Holysseus Fly, Pete Cunningham

Fuubutsushi: Meridians

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On June 27, 2024, “Cached Media” label released “Meridians”, the debut Fuubutsushi album. It was recorded 2021 – 2023, in California, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania.

Personnel:

  • Chaz Prymek – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, double bass, field recording, recording
  • Mathew Sage – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, harmonica, accordion, guitar, field recording, recording
  • Patrick Shirosihi – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, accordion, glockenspiel, melodica, field recording, recording
  • Chris Jusell – violin, mandolin, marimba, vibraphone, recording
  • Amber Navran – mixing
  • Sean McCann – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Chaz Prymek, Mathew Sage, Patrick Shirosihi and Chris Jusell.

Pacific

  1. Blue Rose
  2. Hamilton
  3. Distance Learner
  4. Tenel Ka (First Crush)

Mountain

  • Prelude to New Flora
  • New Flora
  • Circulating Air
  • Light in the Annex

Central

  • Midori
  • Nora Nora
  • Pool Tile Blue
  • Barrel Duet

Eastern

  1. Wonder Years
  2. Spent for Light
  3. Meridians

Amaro Freitas: Sankofa

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On June 25, 2021, “Far Out Recordings” label released “Sankofa”, the third Amaro Freitas album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Estúdio Carranca” in Torre, Recife, Brazil, and was produced by Amaro Freitas.

Personnel:

  • Amaro Freitas – piano
  • Jean Elton – double bass
  • Hugo Medeiros – drums, percussion
  • Vinicius Aquino – recording, mixing
  • Arthur Joly – mastering
  • Laercio Costa – art direction
  • Acidum Project – artwork
  • Bloco Gráfico – design
  • Alessandro Renaldin – additional design
  • Carlo Mesquita – image editor
  • Helder Tavares – photography
  • Pete Norman – lacquer cut
  • Joe Davis – A&R
  • Laercio Costa – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Amaro Freitas.

  1. Sankofa
  2. Ayeye
  3. Baquaqua
  4. Vila Bela
  5. Cazumbá
  6. Batucuda
  7. Malakoff
  8. Nascimento

Alaide Costa: O Que Meus Calos Dizem Sobre Mim

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On May 19, 2022, “Três Selos” label released “O Que Meus Calos Dizem Sobre Mim”, the 22nd Alaide Costa album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Da Pá Virada” and “Estúdio Space Blues” in Sao Paolo, “Orbita Studio” and “Cia. Dos Técnicos Studios” in Rio De Janeiro, and was produced by Emicida (Leandro Roque de Oliveira), Marcus Preto and Pupillo (Romário Menezes de Oliveira Jr).

Personnel:

  • Alaide Costa – vocal
  • Leo Mendes – acoustic guitar
  • Fábio Sá – contrabass
  • Pupillo – drums, percussion, music director, liner notes
  • Jota Moraes – vibraphone
  • Antonio Neves, Eduardo Neves, Henrique Albino, Tiquinho – arrangements
  • Alexandre Fontanetti, Big Rabello – recording
  • Elton Bozza, William Luna Jr. – recording
  • Carlos Trilha – mixing, mastering
  • Ariel Nunes – artwork
  • Ênio Cesar – photography
  • William Carvalho – lacquer cut
  • Emicida – liner notes, executive producer 
  • Fátima Guedes, Guilherme Arantes, Lorena Calábria, Ramiro Zwetsch, Tim Bernardes – liner notes
  • Marcus Preto – executive producer
  • João Noronha, Mateus Mondini, Rafael Cortes – project manager
  • Gustavo Paim, Lorena Calábria, Ramiro Zwetsch – project manager
  • Aline Vieira, Amanda Pires, Ana Esaú, Caio Antunes – project manager
  • Daniel Moura, Francesca Ribeiro – project manager
  • Marina Santa Helena – styling
  • Guta Braga – legal

Track listing:

  1. Turmalina Negra – Céu (Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças), Diogo Poças
  2. Nenhuma Ilusão – Fátima Guedes
  3. Tristonho – Alaíde Costa, Nando Reis
  4. Berceuse – Guilherme Arantes
  5. Pessoa-Ilha – Emicida, Ivan Lins
  6. Praga – Erasmo Carlos, Tim Bernardes
  7. Aos Meus Pés – Francisco Bosco, João Bosco
  8. Aurorear – Emicida, Joyce (Joyce Silveira Moreno)

V.A.: Jazz Sabbath Vol. 2

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On April 23, 2022, “Blacklake” label released “Jazz Sabbath – Vol. 2”, album by various artists. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Milton Keanes.

Personnel:

  • Angus Guitaropoulus, Arthur Itis, Newton Abbot Wes Tostrayer – guitar
  • Milton keanes – piano
  • Leighton B’Zard – Hammond organ
  • Jacque T’Fono – upright bass
  • Allen Kees – Fender Rhodes
  • Juan Take – drums
  • Francis Mellie – percussion
  • Fenton Breezley – saxophone, clarinet
  • Elton Spanks-William – trumpet
  • Lester Trumpton – trombone, euphonium
  • Loquacious Fellaish – horns, arrangements
  • Adam Wakeman – mixing
  • Brett Caldas-Lima – mastering
  • Backlake – design

Track listing:

  1. Paranoid
  2. Snowblind
  3. Behind the Wall of Sleep
  4. Sabbra Cadabra
  5. Symptom of the Universe
  6. N.I.B.
  7. Black Sabbath