Tag Archives: 2021

John Scofield: Same

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On May 6, 2022, “ECM” label released the self-titled, the 46th John Scofield album. It was recorded in August 2021, at “Top Story Studio: in Katonah, New York, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Scofield – electric guitar, loops, liner notes
  • Tyler McDiarmid – engineer
  • Christoph Stickel – mastering
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Luciano Rossetti – cover photo
  • Manfred Eicher – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Coral – Keith Jarrett
  2. Honest I Do – John Scofield
  3. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Danny Boy – traditional
  5. Elder Dance – John Scofield
  6. Mrs. Scofield’s Waltz – John Scofield
  7. Junco Partner – traditional
  8. There Will Never Be Another You – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  9. My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
  10. Not Fade Away – Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
  11. Since You Asked – John Scofield
  12. Trance De Jour – John Scofield
  13. You Win Again – Hank Williams

Manchester Orchestra: The Million Masks of God

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On April 30, 2021, “Loma Vista” label released “The Million Masks of God”, the sixth Manchester Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Echo Mountain” in Asheville, North Caroliina, “Favorite Gentlemen” in Atlanta, Georgia, “Sound City” in Los Angeles, “Concord Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Andy Hull, Robert McDowell, Catherine Marks and Ethan Gruska.

Personnel:

  • Andy Hull – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer
  • Robert McDowell – guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Ethan Gruska – keyboards, guitar, percussion, programming
  • Andy Prince – bass guitar
  • Tim Very – drums, percussion
  • Caroline Swon – additional vocals
  • Catherine Marks – engineer, mixing
  • Dowell Gandy – engineer assistant
  • Jamie Martens – engineer assistant
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Hull, Robert McDowell, Ethan Gruska, Andy Prince and Tim Very.

  1. Inaudible
  2. Angel of Death
  3. Keel Timing
  4. Bed Head
  5. Annie
  6. Telepath
  7. Let it Storm
  8. Dinosaur
  9. Obstacle
  10. Way Back
  11. The Internet

Birdy: Young Heart

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On April 30, 2021, “Atlantic” label released “Young Heart”, the fourth Birdy (Jasmine Van den Bogaerde) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Mill Pond Music Studio”, “Moxe Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Sound Emporium”, “Studio 53” and “The Church” in London, and was produced by Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian and James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Jasmine Van den Bogaerde – vocals, guitar, piano, mellotron, synthesizer, organ, vocal recording
  • Daniel Tashian – synthesizer, bass, mellotron, backing vocals, recording
  • James Ford – synthesizer, 12-string guitar, drums, harmonium, Hammond organ
  • Ian Fitchuk – bass guitar, drums, mellotron, recording
  • Tyler Summers – bass clarinet, flute
  • Matt Combs – strings
  • Austin Hoke – cello
  • Rachel Moore – engineer assistant
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Mark Stent – mixing
  • Camden Clarke – mixing assistant
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Robert Sellens – mixing assistant
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Josh Moore – music editor
  • Jonny Wright – additional production
  • Sara Law – executive production

Track listing:

  1. The Witching Hour – Intro – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Daniel Tashian
  2. Voyager – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  3. Loneliness – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Jamie Scott
  4. The Otherside – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  5. Surrender – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  6. Nobody Knows Me Like You Do – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde
  7. River Song – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  8. Second Hand News – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Jonathan Wright
  9. Deepest Lonely – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Neil Ormandy
  10. Lighthouse – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Rachel Furner
  11. Chopin Waltz in A Minor (Interlude) – Frederic Chopin
  12. Evergreen – Jasmin Van den Bogaerde, Benjamin Jaffe, Wendy Wang
  13. Little Blue – Jasmin Van den Bogaerde, Bastian Langebaek
  14. Celestial Dancers – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Foy Vance, James Ford
  15. New Moon – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  16. Young Heart – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ethan Johns

Ted Nugent: Detroit Muscle

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On April 29, 2022, “Pavement Entertainment” label released “Detroit Muscle”, the 18th Ted Nugent album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Michael Lutz, Ted Nugent and Jason Hartless.

Personnel:

  • Ted Nugent – lead vocals, guitar
  • Greg Smith – bass, backing vocals
  • Jason Hartless – drums, backing vocals
  • Michael Lutz – backing vocals
  • Andy Patalan – backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Tim Patalan – engineer
  • Christopher Franchi – artwork
  • Doug Banker – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent.

  1. Detroit Muscle
  2. Come and Take It
  3. Born in the Motorcity
  4. American Campfire
  5. Drivin’ Blind
  6. Just Leave Me Alone
  7. Alaska
  8. Winterspring Summerfall
  9. Leave the Lights On
  10. Feedback Grindfire
  11. Star Spangled Banner

Robin Trower: No More Worlds to Conquer

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On April 29, 2022, “Provogue” label released “No More Worlds To Conquer”, the 26th Robin Trower album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Studio 91” and “Boogie Lab”, and was produced by Robin Trower.

Personnel:

  • Robin Trower – guitar, bass, artwork
  • Richard Watts – vocal
  • Paddy Milner – organ
  • Livingstone Brown – bass, recording, mixing
  • Chris Taggart – drums
  • Sam Winfield – recording
  • Eric Krause – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Trower.

  1. Ball of Fire
  2. No More Worlds to Conquer
  3. Deadly Kiss
  4. Birdsong
  5. Losing You
  6. Waiting for the Rain to Fall
  7. Wither on the Vine
  8. Cloud Across the Sun
  9. Fire to Ashes
  10. The Razors Edge
  11. I Will Always Be Your Shelter

Melody’s Echo Chamber: Emotional Eternal

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On April 29, 2022, “Domino” label released “Emotional Eternal”, the third Melody’s Echo Chamber studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Buller & Bäng” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swahn and Reine Fiske.

Personnel:

  • Melody Prochet – vocal, recording
  • Gustav Ejstes – organ, piano, flute
  • Moussa Fadera – drums
  • Johan Holmegard – drums
  • Josefin Runsteen – strings
  • Fredrik Swahn – recording, mixing
  • Reine Fiske – recording, mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Drew Tetz – artwork (phenakistoscope)
  • Diane Sagnier – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swan and Reine Fiske.

  1. Emotional Eternal
  2. Looking Backward
  3. Pyramids in the Clouds
  4. The Hypnotist
  5. Personal Message
  6. Where the Water Clears the Illision
  7. A Slow Dawning of Peace
  8. Alma the Voyage

Novelbright: Opening Declaration

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On April 28, 2021, “Universal Music Group” label released “Opening Declaration” the second Novelbright studio album.

Personnel:

  • Yudai Takenaka – guitar
  • Kaito Yamada – guitar
  • Sôjirô Oki – guitar
  • Keigo – bass
  • Negi – drums

Track listing:

  1. El Dorado
  2. 開幕宣言
  3. Sunny Drop
  4. 青春旗
  5. ツキミソウ
  6. Friends for Life
  7. さよならインベーダー
  8. Pandora
  9. あなたを求めただけなのに
  10. Bedroom
  11. フェアリーテール
  12. 愛結び
  13. ハミングバード

Spiritualized: Everything Was Beautiful

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On April 22, 2022, “Fat Possum Records” label released “Everything Was Beautiful” the ninth Spiritualized studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Konk Studios”, “Snap Studios”, “ROFL Audio Recording”, “Hackney Road Studios”, “Holy Mountain Studios”, “Fluff Studios”, “Flesh & Bone Studios”, “Urchin Studios”, “Bella Union Studios”, “Decoy Studios” and “Brushfield Street”, and was produced by Dan Cox and J. Spaceman.

Personnel:

  • J. Spaceman (James Spears) – vocals, guitar, banjo, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, dulcimer, autoharp, harmonica, percussion, arrangements, mixing, editing, art direction, design
  • Aaron Cupples, Cenzo Townshend, Darren Lawson, Drew Smith, Emre Ramazanoglu, Guy Massey, Iggy B, Jason Buckle, Misha Hering, Oliver Bayston, Shuta Shinoda, Tom Leach – engineer
  • Armelle Pignon, Ben McCluskey, Josh Green, Max Prior, Robert Sellens – engineer assistant
  • David Wrench – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Cox – engineer, editing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Farrow – art direction, design

Track listing:

 All tracks are written by J. Spaceman.

  1. Always Together with You
  2. Best Thing You Never Had (The D Song)
  3. Let It Bleed (For Iggy)
  4. Crazy
  5. The Mainline Song
  6. The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)
  7. I’m Coming Home Again

Kurt Vile: Watch My Moves

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On April 15, 2022, “Verve Forecast” label released “Watch My Moves”, the ninth Kurt Vile studio album, It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Kurt Vile and Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Vile – vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic and slide guitar, electric guitar, drum machine, synth bass, synthesizer programming, engineer, art direction
  • Rob Laakso – bass, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jesse Trbovich – bass, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
  • Chris Cohen – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Julia Shapiro – vocals, electric guitar
  • Lydia Lund – vocals, electric guitar
  • Cate Le Bon – vocals, piano
  • Farmer Dave Scher – keyboards, lap steel guitar 
  • Craig McQuiston – bass
  • Matt Schuessler – bass, upright bass
  • Kyle Spence – drums, percussion
  • Sarah Jones – drums, percussion
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums, percussion
  • James Stewart – tenor saxophone
  • Annie Truscott – vocals, violin
  • Adam Langellotti – synthesizer programming, engineer
  • Matt Schuessler – engineer
  • Gabe Wax – engineer
  • Ted Young – engineer, mixing
  • Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction, design
  • Joey Lipstein – cover photography
  • Robert Robinson – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Vile except where noted.

  1. Goin’ on a Plane Today
  2. Flyin’ (Like a Fast Train)
  3. Palce of OKV in Reverse
  4. Like Exploding Stones
  5. Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)
  6. Hey Like a Child
  7. Jesus on a Wire
  8. To Sho
  9. Cool Water
  10. Chazzy Don’t Mind
  11. (shiny things)
  12. Say the Word
  13. Wages of Sin – Bruce Springsteen
  14. Kurt Runner
  15. Stuffed Leopard

Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley: Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection

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On April 9, 2021, “Spacebomb Records” label released “Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection”, album by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley. It was recorded in 2020, at “Sound Pure Studios” in Durham, North Carolina, and was produced by Adrian Olsen and Matthew E. White.   

Personnel:

  • Lonnie Holley – vocal, artwork
  • Matthew E. White – overdubbed, editing, post production
  • Alan Parker – guitar, sequencer
  • Daniel Clarke – piano, additional keyboards, synthesizer
  • Devonne Harris – piano, additional keyboards, synthesizer
  • Cameron Ralston – bass, percussion
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Giustino Riccio – percussion, congas, synthesizer
  • Brina Jones – electronic drums, percussion
  • Adrian Olsen – engineer, mixing, overdubbed, editing, post production
  • Chris Boerner – engineer
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Travis Robertson – design
  • David Raccuglia – photography
  • Shawn Brackbill – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew E. White and Lonney Holley.

  1. This Here Jungle of Moderness / Composition 14
  2. Broken Mirror (A Selfie Reflection) / Composition 9
  3. I Cried Space Dust / Composition 12
  4. I’m Not Tripping / Composition 8
  5. Get Up! Come Walk with Me / Composition 7