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Mylène Farmer: L’Emprise

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On November 25, 2022, “Stuffed Monkey” label released “L’Emprise”, the twelfth Mylène Farmer studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Studio Guillaume Tell” in Paris, and was produced by Moby, Archive, Jerôme Devoise and AaRON.

Personnel

  • Mylène Farmer – vocals
  • Dave Pen – guitars 
  • Graham Peskett – piano
  • Yvan Cassar – piano 
  • AaRON (Simon Buret and Olivier Coursier) – voice, piano, electronic drums, mixing
  • Darius Keeler – synths, sound effects, programming
  • Danny Griffiths – synths, sound effects, programming
  • Philip Larsen – additional keyboards, mixing
  • Jon Noyce – bass 
  • Steve “Smiley” Barnard – drums 
  • Doriane Gable – violin
  • Béatrice Muttelet – viola
  • Eric Maria Couturier – cello
  • Raphaël Perraud – cello
  • Pollard Berrier – backing vocals 
  • Woodkid – string arrangements
  • Sally Herbert – string arrangements, conductor
  • David Braccini – concert‐master
  • Jérôme Devoise – mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Yoan Lemoine – visuals
  • Scan Engine – 3D capturing and modelling
  • Rægular – graphics
  • Robin Pitchon – logo calligraphy
  • Tanguy Destable – additional producer

Track listing:

  1. Invisibles – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Woodkid
  2. À tout jamais – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Woodkid
  3. Que l’aube est belle – Mylène Farmer, music by Woodkid
  4. L’Emprise – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Woodkid
  5. Do You Know Who I Am – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Darius Keeler
  6. Rallumer les étoiles – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Moby
  7. Rayon vert – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, Olivier Coursier, Simon Buret, music by Olivier Coursier, Simon Buret
  8. Ode à l’apesanteur – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Woodkid
  9. Que je devienne… – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Woodkid
  10. Ne plus renaître – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Darius Keeler
  11. D’un autre part – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Woodkid, Tanguy Destable
  12. Bouteille à la mer – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Moby, Armen Paul, Dimitri Ehrlich, Pete Gordeno
  13. Rayon Vert – lyrics and music by Olivier Coursier, Simon Buret
  14. Invisibles (piano / voice) – lyrics by Mylène Farmer, music by Woodkid

Bill Nace: Through A Room

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On November 11, 2022, “Drag City” label released “Through a Room”, the third Bill Nace studio album. It was recorded in 2021, in Philadelphia, and was produced by Cooper Crain and Bill Nace.

Personnel:

  • Bill Nace – electric guitar, tape, hurdy gurdy, pipe, taishōgoto, noises
  • Carl Saff – mastering, lacquer cut
  • Daniel Higgs – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Nace.

  1. Intro
  2. Les Echos (Piece for Tuba)
  3. Boil First
  4. E:E
  5. When Orange
  6. Crooked Teeth
  7. The Giant
  8. Ann
  9. Outro

Aimee Mann: Queens Of The Summer Hotel

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On November 5, 2021, “SuperEgo” label released “Queens of the Summer Hotel”, the tenth Aimee Mann studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “United Recording”, and was produced by Paul Bryan.

Personnel:

  • Aimee Mann – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jamie Edwards – piano
  • Anna Butterss – bass guitar
  • Jay Bellerose – percussion, trap kit
  • Aidan Lombard – trumpet
  • Phillip O’Connor – clarinet
  • Sara Andon – flute, alto flute, piccolo
  • Danielle Ondarza – horn
  • Maya Barrera – oboe
  • Paul Bryan – woodwind, strings, backing vocals
  • Daphne Chan – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Paul Bryan – arrangements, conduction
  • Ryan Freeland – engineer, mixing
  • Jens Wortmann – cover collage
  • Scott Silva – cover photo
  • Ed Sherman – design
  • Karen Malluk – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Aimee Mann.

  1. You Fall
  2. Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath
  3. Give Me Fifteen
  4. At the Frick Museum
  5. Home by Now
  6. Checks
  7. Little Chameleon
  8. You Don’t Have yje Room
  9. Suicide Is Murder
  10. You Could Have Been a Roosevelt
  11. Burn It Out
  12. In Mexico
  13. Check (reprise)
  14. You’re Lost
  15. I See You

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

Quincy Jones

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On November 3, 2024, Quincy Delight Jones Jr. died aged 91. He was musician (trumpet), music producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer, with career spanned over 70 years. He was named one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by magazine “Time”.

For his work he received the following awards and honors:

  • Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music (1983)
  • Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Ray Charles in 1984.
  • Grammy Legend Award in 1992
  • Garfield High School in Seattle named a performing arts center after him.
  • Quincy Jones Elementary School, located in South Central Los Angeles, is named after him.
  • Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards in 2008.
  • John F. Kennedy Center Honors in 2001.
  • National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama on March 2, 2011.
  • Los Angeles Press Club Visionary Award in 2014.
  • Honorary doctorate from the Royal Academy of Music, London, in 2015.
  • Ahmet Ertegun Award in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
  • In 2021, Jones was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame as a “foundational inductee”.
  • He won 28 Grammy Awards (third in the list of all-time Grammy award wins).

Quincy Jones was producer of “Thriller” by Michael Jackson (1982), the best sold album in music history (more than 51.3 million copies sold).

As leader, Quincy Jones released 40 albums.  

Fleshwater: We’re Not Here To Be Loved

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On November 4, 2022, “Closed Casket Activities” label released “We’re Not Here to Be Loved”, the debut Fleshwater studio album. It was recorded in July 2021, at “GodCity” in Salem, Massachusetts, and was produced Kurt Ballou.

Personnel:

  • Marisa Shirar – lead vocals, guitar, artwork, layout
  • Anthony DiDio – vocals, guitar, artwork, layout
  • Jeremy Martin – bass, artwork, layout
  • Matt Wood – drums, artwork, layout
  • Kurt Ballou – mixing
  • Nick Townsend – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Marisa Shirar, Anthony DiDio, Jeremt Martin and Matt Wood, except where noted.

  1. Baldpate Driver
  2. Closet
  3. The Razor’s Apple
  4. Woohoo
  5. Linda Claire
  6. Kiss the Ladder
  7. Enjoy
  8. Backstairs Breathing
  9. Foreign

Joe Bonamassa: Time Clocks

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On October 29, 2021, “J&R Adventures” label released “Time Clocks”, the fifteenth Joe Bonamassa album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Germano Studios” in Broadway, New York, “The Hit Factory” in New York City, “The Cave Australia”, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar, liner notes
  • Kevin Shirley – piano, percussion
  • Lachy Doley – piano, organ
  • Steve Mackey – bass
  • Anton Fig – drums, percussion
  • Greg Morrow – percussion
  • Bobby Summerfield – percussion
  • Bunna Lawrie – didgeridoo
  • The Bovaland Orchestra
  • Jeff Bova – orchestration
  • Juanita Tippins, Mahalia Barnes, Prinnie Stevens – backing vocals
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, illustration, design
  • Jason Staniulis – engineer
  • Kevin Shirley – engineer
  • Andrew Yanchyshyn, Nick Jones – engineer assistant
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Brandon Duncan – mixing assistant
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Pat Thrall – post production
  • Lex van Coeverden – lacquer cut
  • Jeff Hamburg – coordinator
  • Ron Weisman – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Pilgrimage – Bobby Summerfield, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
  2. Notches – Charlie Starr, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
  3. The Heart That Never Waits – James House, Joe Bonamassa
  4. Time Clocks – Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
  5. Questions and Answers – James House, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
  6. Mind’s Eye – James House, Joe Bonamassa
  7. Curtain Call – James House, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
  8. The Loyal Kind – Bernie Marsden, Joe Bonamassa
  9. Hanging on a Loser – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
  10. Known Unknowns – Alyssa Bonagura, Joe Bonamassa

Steven Wilson: The Harmony Codex

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On September 29, 2023, “Virgin Music Group” label released “The Harmony Codex”, the seventh Steven Wilson studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2023, at Steven Wilson’s home studio in London, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson – vocals, voices, acoustic and electric guitars, ARP 2600, audio feedback, bass guitar, celesta, Cobalt 8 synthesizer, electric piano, harp, Hammond organ, horn. Mellotron, Moog Arpeggiator, Moog Sub 37 synthesizer, percussion, piano, Prophet-6 synthesizer, Rhodes piano, Solina Strings, strings, theremin, programming, mixing
  • Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals 
  • Rotem Wilson – voices 
  • David Kollar – lead guitar, ambient guitar
  • Niko Tsonev – guitars, lead guitar
  • James Dean Bradfield – guitars
  • Lee Harris – psychedelic guitar
  • Ninet Tayeb – vocals, backing vocals, guitars 
  • Adam Holzman – Rhodes piano, piano, DFAM loops, Modular synthesizer, Moog synthesizer solo, Wurlitzer organ
  • Roland Orzabal – keyboards, programming, additional production
  • Doug Petty – keyboards, strings arrangements 
  • Guy Pratt – bass guitar 
  • Nate Navarro – fretless bass, bass guitar
  • Nicky Wire – bass guitar 
  • Nick Beggs – Chapman stick 
  • Craig Blundell – drums, hi-hat, percussion
  • Aaron Sterling – drums 
  • Sean Moore – drums 
  • Nate Wood – drums 
  • Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
  • Samuel Fogarino – drums 
  • Jason Cooper – tom drum 
  • Theo Travis – flute, saxophone, duduk
  • Nils Petter Molvaer – trumpet
  • Ben Coleman – violin 
  • Jack Dangers – electric beats, programming
  • David Kosten – programming
  • Loz Williams – engineer, production 
  • Manic Street Preachers – engineer, production
  • David Kosten – mixing, additional production
  • Adam Holzman – mixing 
  • Jack Dangers – remix, additional production
  • Dave Eringa – remix
  • Interpol – remix
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Carl Glover – design, photography
  • Hajo Müller – photography
  • Mark Ayres – production 
  • Josef E-Shine – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Inclination
  2. What Life Brings
  3. Economies of Scale – Adam Holzman
  4. Impossible Tighttrope
  5. Rock Bottom – Ninet Tayeb
  6. Beautiful Scarecrow
  7. The Harmony Codex
  8. Time Is Running Out
  9. Actual Brutal Facts
  10. Staircase

The Mars Volta: Same

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On September 16, 2022, “Clouds Hill” label released the self-titled, seventh Mars Volta (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, synthesizers, direction, arrangements, engineer
  • Marcel Rodríguez-López – synthesizers, engineer, mixing
  • Eva Gardner – bass guitar
  • Willy Rodriguez Quiñones – drums
  • Leo Genovese – keyboards
  • Daniel Diaz Rivera – percussio
  • Jon Debaun – engineer
  • Chris Common – engineer
  • Luis Bacqué – engineer
  • Matthew Neighbour – editing
  • Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
  • Alma L. Zayas – art direction, design
  • Adan Guevara – design, layout
  • Stuart Gili-Ross – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Blacklight Shine
  2. Graveyard Love
  3. Shores Story
  4. Blank Condolences
  5. Vigil
  6. Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón
  7. Cerulea
  8. Flash Burns from Flashbacks
  9. Palm Full of Crux
  10. No Case Gain
  11. Tourmaline
  12. Equus 3
  13. Collapsible Shoulders
  14. The Requisition

Clutch: Sunrise On Slaughter Beach

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On September 16, 2022, “Weathermaker Music” label released “Sunrise on Slaughter Beach”, the thirteenth Clutch studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Magpie Cage Recording Studio” in Baltimore, Maryland, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Neil Fallon – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Tim Sult – lead guitar
  • Dan Maines – bass
  • Jean-Paul Gaster – drums, vibraphone
  • J. Robbins – theremin
  • Deborah Bond – backing vocals
  • Frenchie Davis – backing vocals
  • Tom Dalgety – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Neil Fallon, all music by Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines and Jean-Paul Gaster.

  1. Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone)
  2. Slaughter Beach
  3. Mountain of Bone
  4. Nosferatu Madre
  5. Mercy Brown
  6. We Strive for Excellence
  7. Skeletons on Mars
  8. Three Golden Horns
  9. Jackhammer Our Names