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Young Fathers: Heavy, Heavy

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On February 3, 2023, “Ninja Tune” label released “Heavy Heavy”, the fourth Young Fathers studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Out of the Blue” in Leith, Scotland, “Narcissus Studio” in London, “Northwind” in Durban, South Africa, and was produced by Graham “G” Hastings At the 2023 “Mercury Prize”, the album won the “Scottish Album of the Year Award”.

Personnel:

  • Alloysious Massaquoi – vocals, toms, percussion
  • Graham “G” Hastings – vocals, percussion, piano, organ, Vox Continental, Transcendent, Jasper, Korg Minipops, Boss PC-2, Mellotron, Syntrx, ER-1 drum machine
  • Kayus Bankole – vocals, percussion
  • Liam Hutton – drums, percussion, talking drum, timpani, bin with chains
  • Iain Berryman – guitar, bazouki, piano, percussion
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Hal Ritson – keyboards, programming
  • Raven Bush – strings
  • Tapiwa Mambo – vocals
  • Toyiz Mchunu – vocals
  • Nomasonto Mthembu – vocals
  • Anele Mthembu – vocals
  • Nonhlanhla Mhlongo – vocals
  • Graham “G” Hastings – engineer
  • Iain Berryman – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Drew Dungate-Smith – additional engineering
  • Kristian Donaldson – additional engineering
  • Niklas Fairclough – additional engineering
  • Andrea Cozzaglio – engineer assistant
  • Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Baptie – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Hingston Studio – design, art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings and Alloysious Massaquoi, except where noted.

  1. Rice
  2. I Saw
  3. Drum
  4. Tell Somebody
  5. Geronimo
  6. Shoot Me Down
  7. Ululation – Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi, Tapiwa Mambo
  8. Sink or Swim
  9. Holy Moly
  10. Be Your Lady

Robert Foster: The Candle And The Flame

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On February 3, 2023, “Tapete Records” label  released “The Candle and the Flame”, the eighth Robert Forster album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Alchemix Studios” in Brisbane, Australia, and was produced by Karin Baumler, Robert Foster and Louis Forster.

  • Robert Forster – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Loretta Forster – vocals, electric guitar
  • Louis Forster – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, toy piano
  • Adele Pickvance – bass, congas
  • Luke McDonald – vocals, bass, piano, electric guitar
  • Tony McCall – drums
  • Scott Bromiley – vocals, drums, organ, acoustic guitar
  • Chrissy Dunaway Reilly – violin
  • James Harrison – cello
  • Karin Bäumler – vocals, xylophone
  • Marly Luske – recording
  • Victor Van Vugt – mixing
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Jan Lankisch – art direction
  • Katrin Schubert – drawing
  • Bleddyn Butcher – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Forster.

  1. She’s a Fighter
  2. Tender years
  3. It’s Only Poison
  4. The Roads
  5. I Don’t Do Drugs I Do Time
  6. Always
  7. There’s a Reason to Live
  8. Go Free
  9. When I Was Young Man

Steve Vai: Inviolate

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On January 28, 2022, “Favored Nations” label released “Inviolate”, the tenth Steve Vai studio album.It was recorded in 2021, at “Harmony Hut” in Encino, California, “Studio 666” in Northridge, California, and was produced by Steve Vai.

Personnel:

  • Steve Vai – guitars, left – handed guitar parts, bass, programming
  • Bryan Beller – bass
  • Henrik Linder – bass
  • Billy Sheehan – bass
  • Philip Bynoe – bass
  • Jeremy Colson – drums
  • Terry Bozzio – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Vai.

  1. Teeth of the Hydra
  2. Zeus in Chains
  3. Little Pretty
  4. Candlepower
  5. Apollo in Color
  6. Avalancha
  7. Greenish Blues
  8. Knappsack
  9. Sandman Cloud Mist

Pinegrove: 11:11

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On January 28, 2022, “Rough Trade” label released “11:11”, the fifth Pinegrove studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Levon Helm Studios” in Woodstock, “The Building” in Marlboro, New York, and was produced by Evan Stephens Hall and Sam Skinner.  

Personnel:

  • Evan Stephens Hall – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional engineering, cover painting, photography
  • Joshua F. Marré – guitar, nylon string guitar, processed guitar, slide guitar, additional engineering
  • Sam Skinner – piano, accordion, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, bowed bass strings, electric bass, triangle, engineer, co-mixing
  • Megan Benevente – electric bass, additional engineering
  • Zack Levine – drums, percussion, additional engineering
  • Chris Walla – guitars, keyboards, tambourine, additional engineering, mixing
  • Doug Hall – organ, synthesizer, piano
  • Nandi Rose – vocals, additional engineering
  • Sammy Maine – vocals, photography
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Mira Moore – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Evan Stephens Hall, except where noted

  1. Habitat
  2. Alaska
  3. Iodine
  4. Orange
  5. Flora
  6. Respirate
  7. Let – Evan Stephens, Sam Skinner
  8. So What
  9. Swimming
  10. Cyclone
  11. 11th Hour

MØ: Motordrome

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On January 28, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Motordrome”, the third MØ album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ronni Vindahl, Jakob Littauer, Jam City, Lotus IV, SG Lewis, Sly and Stint.

Personnel:

  • MØ – vocals, vocal production
  • Andreas Lund – guitar
  • Ronni Vindahl – guitar
  • August Rosenbaum – piano
  • Yangze – piano
  • SG Lewis – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Rasmus Littauer – drums, programming
  • Karen Johanne Pedersen – violin
  • Jake Braun – cello
  • Live Johansson – cello
  • Josefine Struckmann Pedersen – backing vocals
  • Melissa Gregerson – backing vocals
  • Jasmine Chen – engineer
  • Matt DiMona – engineer
  • John Hanes – engineer
  • Anthony Dolhai – engineer
  • Geoff Swan – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – vocal production
  • SG Lewis – vocal production
  • Sly – vocal production
  • Caroline Ailin – vocal production
  • Ronni Vindahl – vocal production

Track listing:

  1. Kindness – Karen Marie Ørsted, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jack Latham, Jakob Littauer
  2. Live to Survive – Karen Marie Ørsted, Caroline Ailin, Samuel George Lewis, Sylvester Sivertsen
  3. Wheelspin – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ronni Vindahl
  4. Cool to Cry – Karen Marie Ørsted, Sylvester Sivertsen, Caroline Ailin, Ariel Rechtshaid, Noonie Bao, Linus Wiklund
  5. Youth Is Lost – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer
  6. New Moon – Karen Marie Ørsted, Sylvester Sivertsen, Caroline Ailin, Noonie Bao, Linus Wiklund
  7. Brad Pitt – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ajay Bhattacharya, Michael Pollack, Daniel Schnair, Mads Damsgaard, Ronni Vindahl
  8. Goosebumps – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer
  9. Hip Bones – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ronni Vindahl
  10. Punches – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Mads Damsgaard, Ronni Vindahl, Søren Breum

Silvana Estrada: Marchita

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On January 21, 2022, “Glassnote Records” label released “Marchita”, the debut Silvana Estrada studio album. It was recorded in 2019, in Mexico City, and was produced by Gustavo Guerrero and Daniel Zepeda.

Personnel:

  • Silvana Estrada – vocals, cuatro
  • Roberto Verástegui – organ, piano, keyboards
  • Luri Molina – double bass
  • José Andrés Marquez – drums, percussion
  • Gustavo Guerrero – percussion, backing vocals
  • Andrés Tirado, Jorge Tirado – percussion
  • JC Vertti – percussion, recording
  • Daniel Bitrán Arizpe – percussion, recording, mixing
  • Diego Franco – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Alfredo Pino Cruz – flugelhorn
  • Sergei Gorbenko, Sergei Kossiak – violin
  • Ángel Medina – viola
  • Sona Poshotyan – cello
  • Juanma Trujillo – conductor
  • Ronaldo Alatorre – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Edwin Erazo – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Silvana Estrada.

  1. Más o menos antes
  2. La Corriente
  3. Te guardo
  4. Un día cualquiera
  5. Sabré olvidar
  6. Marchita
  7. Tristeza
  8. Carta
  9. Casa
  10. Ser de ti
  11. La enfermedad del siglo

John Cale: Mercy

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On January 20, 2023, “Double Six Records” label released “Mercy” the seventeenth John Cale studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Arm Studios”, EastWest Studios” and “Vox Studios” in Los Angeles, “Snap Studios” in London, and was produced by Nita Scott and John Cale.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, vintage keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional strings, string arrangements, noises, Swarmatron, drone
  • Weyes Blood – vocals
  • Amelia Meath – vocals
  • Tei Shi – vocals
  • Lias Saoudi – vocals
  • Dustin Boyer – guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, noises, backing vocals
  • Nick Sanborn – acoustic guitar
  • Dev Hynes – acoustic guitar
  • Adam J. Harmer – guitar, backing vocals
  • Actress – synthesizers, effects
  • Laurel Halo – additional vocals, synthesizer, effects
  • Brian Weitz – synthesizer
  • Joey Maramba – bass guitar, bowed bass
  • Ian Walker – double bass
  • Deantoni Parks – acoustic and electronic drums, timpani, additional synthesizer
  • Jack Everett – acoustic drums, backing vocals
  • Tony Allen – acoustic drums
  • Nita Scott – additional drums, additional percussion, additional drum programming, backing vocals
  • Marissa Kuney – violin
  • Jenny Takamatsu – violin
  • Eric Gorfain – violin
  • Caroline Buckman – viola
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Rodney Wirtz – viola
  • Matt Fish – cello
  • Nathan Saoudi – Juno, backing vocals
  • Destani Wolf – backing vocals
  • Tokimonsta – effects
  • Dustin Boyer – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Nita Scott – mixing
  • Mikaelin Bluespruce – mixing
  • Seven Davis Jr – mixing
  • Tokimonsta – mixing
  • Justin Raisen – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Actress – additional production
  • Abby Portner – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale.

  1. Mercy
  2. Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere)
  3. Noise of You
  4. Story of Blood
  5. Time Stands Still
  6. Moonstruck
  7. Everlasting Days
  8. Night Crawling
  9. Not the End of the World
  10. The Legal Status of Ice
  11. I Know You’re Happy
  12. Out Your Window

Riverside: ID. Entity

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On January 20, 2023, “Inside Out Music” label released “ID.Entity”, the eighth Riverside studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “The Boogie Town Studio” in Otwock , Poland, “Serakos Studio” in Warsaw, Poland, and was produced by Mariusz Duda.

Personnel:

  • Mariusz Duda – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Maciej Meller – guitar
  • Michał Łapaj – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, organ
  • Piotr Kozieradzki – drums
  • Jarek Kubicki – cover design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mariusz Duda, except where noted.

  1. Friend of Foe – Mariusz Duda, Michal Lapaj
  2. Landmine Blast
  3. Big Tech Brother
  4. Post-Truth
  5. The Place Where I Belong
  6. I’m Done with You
  7. Self-Aware

Ryuichi Sakamoto: 12

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On January 17, 2023, “Milan” and “Commons” labels released “12”, the twentieth Ryuichi Sakamoto album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Personnel:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – electronics, keyboards, mixing
  • Matsumura Kazuyuki – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Shigeru Buzawa – lacquer cut
  • Lee Ufan – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

  1. 20210310
  2. 20211130
  3. 20211201
  4. 20220123
  5. 20220202
  6. 20220207
  7. 20220214
  8. 20220302 – Sarabande
  9. 20220302
  10. 20220307
  11. 20220404
  12. 20220304

Circa Waves: Never Going Under

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On January 13, 2023, “Lower Third” and “PIAS Recordings” labels released “Never Going Under”, the fifth Circa Waves studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Kieran Shudall.

Personnel:

  • Kieran Shudall – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Joe Falconer – vocals, guitar
  • Sam Rourke – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Colin Jones – vocals, drums
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Matty Green – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Connor Dewhurst – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Kieran Shudall, except where noted.

  1. Never Going Under
  2. Do You Wanna Talk
  3. Hell on Earth
  4. Your Ghost
  5. Carry You Home
  6. Northern Town
  7. Electric City
  8. Want It All Today – Kieran Shudall, Sam Rourke
  9. Golden Days
  10. Hold On
  11. Living in the Grey