On May 17, 2021, Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou aka Vangelis died aged 79. He was musician (piano, keyboards, drums, percussion), composer and producer, member of the bands The Forminx and Aphrodite’s Child, but was best known for his work as solo artist. In 1981, Vangelis won the “Academy Award” for the soundtrack to “Chariots of Fire”, and composed music for the movies “Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004). As solo artist he released 23 albums.
On May 14, 2021, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Nonesuch” labels released “Delta Kream”, tenth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in December 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.
Personnel:
Dan Auerbach – lead vocals, electric guitar
Patrick Carney – drums, percussion
Kenny Brown – electric guitar
Eric Deaton – bass
Sam Bacco – additional percussion
Tchad Blake – mixing
Ryan Smith – mastering
M. Allen Parker – engineer
Caleb Van Buskirk – additional engineering
Michael Deano – engineer assistant
Mickey Smay – engineer assistant
Track list
Crawling Kingsnake – John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman
On May 14, 2021, “Impulse!” label released “Black to the Future”, the fourth Sons of Kemet studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Livingston Studio 1” in London, and was produced by Shabaka Hutchings and Dilip Harris.
On May 12, 2021, “Division 81” label released “Cosmic Transitions”, the second Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few studio album. It was recorded in 2021 at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Sean Owens.
Personnel:
Isaiah Collier – soprano and tenor saxophone, effects, liner notes
On May 7, 2021, “Warp Records” label released “Bright Green Field”, the debut Squid studio album. It was recorded March – October 2020, at “Mr. Dan’s Studio” in London, and was produced by Dan Carey.
Personnel:
Louis Borlase – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Anton Pearson – vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
Arthur Leadbetter – keyboards, strings, percussion
On May 7, 2021, “Crush Music” and “Atlantic” labels released “Van Weezer”, the fifteenth Weezer studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2020, and was produced by Suzy Shinn.
Personnel:
Rivers Cuomo – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards
On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.
Personnel:
Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
Tommy King – piano
Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
Jake Longstreth – guitar
John Nixon – guitar
Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Gendel – saxophone
Serena McKinney – violins
Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
Jude Law – lead vocals
Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
Dalton Ricks – engineer
Nick Rowe – engineer
Chris Kasych – engineer
John DeBold – engineer
Hiroya Takayama – engineer
Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
Dave Schiffman – engineer
P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
Michael Harris – engineer
Jude Law – engineer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Chris Galland – mixing
Robin Florent – mixing assistant
Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
Emily Lazar – mastering
Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
Nick Harwood – art direction
Primo Kahn – cover design
Public-Library – cover design
Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.
Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
Harmony Hall
Bambina
This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
Big Blue
How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
Unbearably White
Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
Married in a Gold Rush
My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
Sunflower
Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
On April 30, 2021, “PeMa” label released “Endless Arcade”, the eleventh Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Clouds Hill Studio” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by
On April 30, 2021, “Modern Sky UK” label released “Coral Island”, the tenth Coral (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Parr Street Studios” in Liverpool, and Ian Murray’s house in Merseyside, and was produced by Chris Taylor, James Skelly, Paul Duffy, Paul Molloy, Nick Power and Ian Skelly.
Personnel:
James Skelly – lead vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
Paul Molloy – guitar, piano, recording, mixing
Nick Power – keyboards, recording, mixing
Paul Duffy – bass, recording, mixing
Ian Skelly – drums, recording, mixing
Ian Murrary – narration
Phil McKinnell – slide guitar, guitar
Chris Taylor – stylophone
Jack Prince – shaker
Fiona Skelly – backing vocals
Niamh Rowe – backing vocals
Chris Taylor – recording, mixing
Richard Turvey – recording
Liam Power – narration recording
Joe LaPorta – mastering
Edwin Burdis – artwork
Mark El-khatib – design
Gabriella Jackson – photography
Simon Cardwell – band photography
Track listing:
Welcome to the Coral Island – James Skelly, Nick Power
Lover Undiscovered – James Skelly
Change Your Mind – James Skelly, Rich Turvey
Mist on the River – James Skelly
Pavilions of the Mind – Nick Power, Paul Duffy
Vacancy – James Skelly, Nick Power
My Best Friend – James Skelly, Nick Power
Arcade Hallucinations – Nick Power
The Game She Plays – James Skelly
Autumn Has Come – James Skelly
The End of the Pier – Nick Power
The Ghost of the Coral Island – Nick Power, Ian Skelly, Paul Duffy, Phil McKinnell
Golden Age – James Skelly, Ian Skelly
Faceless Angel – James Skelly
The Great Lafayette – Nick Power
Strange Illusions – James Skelly, Nick Power
Take Me Back to the Summertime – James Skelly, Ian Skelly
On April 23, 2021, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Sweep it Into Space”, the twelfth Dinosaur Jr. studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Bisquiteen Studio” in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was produced by Kurt Vile and J Mascis.
Personnel:
J Mascis – lead vocals, guitars, bass, engineer
Lou Barlow – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitars
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