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Adrianne Lenker: Songs / Istrumentals

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On October 23, 2020, “4AD” label released “Songs” and “Instrumentals”, two Adrianne Lenker studio albums. It was recorded April – May 2020, at “Cabin” in Westhampton, Massachusetts, and was produced by Phil Weinrobe and Adrianne Lenker.

Personnel:

  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, acoustic guitar, paintbrush, needles of a white pine tree
  • Phil Weinrobe – recording, mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Brendan Ford – lacquer cut
  • Diane Lee – front and back cover paintings
  • Sarah Schiesser – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Adrianne Lenker.

Songs track listing:

  1. Two Reverse
  2. Ingydar
  3. Anything
  4. Forwards Beckon Rebound
  5. Heavy Focus
  6. Half Return
  7. Come
  8. Zombie Girl
  9. Not a Lot, Just Forever
  10. Dragon Eyes
  11. My Angel

Instrumentals track listing:

  1. Music for Indigo
  2. Mostly Chimes

Stereolab: Chemical Chord

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On August 18, 2008, “4AD” and “Duophonic” labels released “Chemical Chords”, the ninth Stereolab studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Instant Zero” in France, “Press Play” in London.

Personnel:

  • Lætitia Sadier – vocals, mixing
  • Tim Gane – guitar, bass, drums, mixing
  • Joe Watson – keyboards, vibraphone, electronics, drums, mixing
  • Simon Johns – bass, mixing
  • Andy Ramsay – drums, drum machine, electronics, mixing
  • Joe Walters – French horn, mixing
  • Steve Hamilton – brass
  • Dave Liddell – brass
  • Sally Herbert – strings
  • Marcus Holdaway – strings
  • Laura Melhuish – strings
  • Sean O’Hagan – string and brass arrangements
  • Brian Wright – strings
  • Joe Watson – mixing, recording
  • Bo Kondren – mastering
  • Hans Schaaf – mastering assistant
  • House – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Lætitia Sadier and Tim Gane, except where noted.

  1. Neon Beanbag
  2. Three Women
  3. One Finger Symphony
  4. Chemical Chords
  5. The Ecstatic Static
  6. Velley Hi!
  7. Silver Sands
  8. Pop Molecule (molecular Pop 1) – Tim Gane
  9. Self Portrait with “Electric Brain”
  10. Nous vous demandons pardon
  11. Cellulose Sunshine
  12. Fractal Dream of a Thing
  13. Daisy Click Clack
  14. Vortical Phonotheque

The National: First Two Pages Of Frankestein

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On April 28, 2023, “4AD” label released “First Two Pages of Frankenstein”, the ninth National (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Long Pond” in Hudson Valley, New York, and was produced by Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf and Scott Devendorf.

Personnel:

  • Matt Berninger
  • Aaron Dessner
  • Bryce Dessner – orchestration
  • Bryan Devendorf
  • Scott Devendorf
  • Benjamin Lanz – touring member
  • Kyle Resnick – touring member
  • Sufjan Stevens – vocal
  • Phoebe Bridgers – vocal
  • Taylor Swift – vocal
  • Thomas Bartlett
  • Lisa Hannigan
  • Curt Kiser
  • James McAlister
  • So Percussion (Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Teuting, Eric Cha-Beach)
  • Mina Tindle
  • Andi Toma
  • Jan St. Werner

London Contemporary Orchestra

  • Robert Ames – conductor
  • Harry George – copyist
  • Cassandra Gurling – recording project manager
  • Amy Hinds – orchestra manager
  • Charlotte Marino – assistant orchestra manager
  • Galya Bisengalieva – 1st violin
  • Marianne Haynes – 1st violin
  • Venetia Jollands – 1st violin
  • Raja Halder – 1st violin
  • Charis Jenson – 1st violin
  • Ellie Consta – 1st violin
  • Kirsty Mangan – 1st violin
  • Nicole Crespo O’Donoghue – 1st violin
  • Zahra Benyounes – 1st violin
  • Agata Daraskaite – 1st violin
  • Alexandra Caldon – 1st violin
  • Anna Ovsyanikova – 1st violin
  • Kirsty Mangan – 1st violin
  • Juan Gonzalez – 1st violin
  • Anna De Bruin – 1st violin
  • Matthew Bain – 1st violin
  • Gillon Cameron – 2nd violin
  • Hazel Correa – 2nd violin
  • Claire Hazelton – 2nd violin
  • Guy Button – 2nd violin
  • Mathhew Bain – 2nd violin
  • Radhika De Saram – 2nd violin
  • Mandhira De Saram – 2nd violin
  • Radhika De Saram – 2nd violin
  • Miles Brett – 2nd violin
  • Claire Kennington – 2nd violin
  • Akiko Ishikawa – 2nd violin
  • Jonny Byers – cello
  • Laura Moody – cello
  • Rebecca Burden – cello
  • Ashok Klouda – cello
  • Sergio Serra – cello
  • Peteris Sokolovskis – cello
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Louise McMonagle – cello
  • Daisy Vatalaro – cello 
  • Jonathan Low – recording, mixing
  • Bella Blasko – recording
  • James McAlister – additional production
  • Tony Berg – additional vocal production 
  • Sean O’Brien – additional vocal recording
  • Will Maclellan – additional vocal recording
  • Adam Armstrong – additional recording
  • David Chalmin – additional recording
  • Greg Giorgio – additional recording
  • Peter Katis – additional recording
  • Matt Latchaw – additional recording
  • Jake Merritt – additional recording
  • Matt Poirier – additional recording
  • Ber Quinn – additional recording
  • Ben Rice – additional recording
  • Chad Wahlbrink – additional recording
  • Jeremy Murphy – orchestra recording
  • Liam Hebb – assistant orchestra recording
  • Fiona Cruickshank – orchestra recording
  • Laura Beck – assistant orchestra recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Pentagram (Luke Hayman, Shigeto Akiyama, Gracia Lee)
  • John Solimine – cover photography of Lou Solimine
  • Josh Goleman – band photography

Track listing:

  1. Once Upon a Poolside – Matt Barninger, Carin Besser, Bryce Dessner
  2. Eucalyptus – Matt Berninger, Bryce Dessner
  3. New Order T-Shirt – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner
  4. This Isn’t Helping – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner
  5.  Tropic Morning News – Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Aaron Dessner
  6. Alien – Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Bryce Dessner
  7. The Alcott – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift
  8. Grease in Your Hair – Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Aaron Dessner
  9. Ice Machines – Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Aaron Dessner
  10. Your Mind Is Not Your Friend – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner
  11. Send for Me – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner

Grimes: Miss Anthropocene

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On February 2, 2020, “4AD” label released “Miss Anthropocene”, the fifth Grimes studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Grimes, Dan Carey, I_o, Hana and Chris Greatti.

Personnel:

  • Grimes (Claire Elise Boucher) – vocals, engineer
  • Hana – vocals
  • Pan Wei-Ju – vocals
  • Carlo “Illangelo” Montagnese – mixing
  • Tom Norris – mixing
  • Andy Wallace – mixing
  • Zakk Cervini – mixing
  • Ryder Ripps – creative direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Grimes, except where noted.

  1. So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (art mix)
  2. Darkseid – Grimes, Pan Wei-Ju
  3. Delete Forever
  4. Violence – Grimes, Garrett Lockhart
  5. 4ÆM – Grimes, Ganesh Chandashive, Siddharth-Garima, Sanjay Bhansali, Nasir Faraaz
  6. New Gods
  7. My Name Is Dark (art mix)
  8. You’ll Miss Me When I’m Not Around
  9. Before the Fever
  10. Idoru (art mix)

Helado Negro: Phasor

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On February 9, 2024, “4AD” label released “Phasor”, the eighth Helado Negro studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Helado Negro.

Personnel:

  • Helado Negro – vocals, instrumentation
  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, tone bells
  • Opal Hoyt – vocals, piano
  • Jason Ajemian – bass
  • Andy Stack – bass
  • Jason Nazary – drums, percussion
  • Jason Trammell – drums, percussion
  • Benjamin Julia – drums, percussion
  • Matt Crum – drums, percussion
  • Savannah Harris – drums, percussion
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Rob Frye – drums, percussion
  • Zach Cooper – tempo consultation
  • Roberto Carlos Lange – engineer, mixing 
  • Rachel Alina – mastering
  • Crystal Zapata – design
  • Kristi Sword – drawing
  • Sol Talamantes – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange).

  1. LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)
  2. I Just Want to Wake Up with You
  3. Best for You and Me
  4. Colores Del Mar
  5. Echo Tricks Me
  6. Out There
  7. Flores
  8. Wish You Could Be Here
  9. Es Una Fantasia

Beirut: Gallipoli

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On February 1, 2019, “4AD” label released “Gallipoli”, the fifth Beirut studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “The Relic Room” in New York City, “Sudestudio” in Guagnano, Italy, “Kaiku Studios” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Cach Condon and Gabe Wax.

Personnel:

  • Zach Condon – lead and backing vocals, piano, Rhodes piano, Farfisa orga, Hammond organ, pump organ, ukulele, trumpet, accordion, percussion, synth, Moog Voyager synthesizer, modular synthesizer, bells, Roland keyboard, ROLI Seaboard keyboard, shaker, drum machine, vocal recording, mixing
  • Paul Collins – bass, double bass, guitar, baritone guitar, Farfisa organ, tape machine, drum machine, modular synthesizer, percussion, synthesizer, space echo, backing vocals
  • Nick Petree – drums, percussion, hand drums, baritone ukulele, backing vocals
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet
  • Ben Lanz – trombone, brass arrangements
  • Gabe Wax – engineer, mixing
  • Francesco Donadello – mastering
  • Norman Nitzsche – mastering
  • Brody Condon – artwork
  • Ben Wilkerson Tousley – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Zach Condon, except where noted, all music by Zach Condon.

  1. When I Die – Zach Condon, Ryan Condon
  2. Gallipoli
  3. Varieties of Exile
  4. On Mainau Island
  5. I Giardini
  6. Gauze für Zah
  7. Corfu
  8. Landslide
  9. Family Curse
  10. Light in the Atoll
  11. We Never Lived Here
  12. Fin

Clan Of Xymox: Medusa

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On November 25, 1986, “4AD” label released “Medusa”, the second Clan of Xymox studio album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by John Fryer, Ronny Moorings, Anka Wolbert and Pieter Nooten.

Personnel:

  • Ronny Moorings – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Pieter Nooten – vocals, keyboards
  • Anka Wolbert – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar
  • John Fryer – engineer
  • Keith Mitchell – engineer
  • Vaughan Oliver – design
  • Nigel Grierson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ronny Moorings, Pieter Nooten and Anka Wolbert.

  1. Theme I
  2. Medusa
  3. Michelle
  4. Theme II
  5. Louise
  6. Lorretine
  7. Agonised by Love
  8. Masquerade
  9. After the Call
  10. Back Door

Dead Can Dance: Spleen And Ideal

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On November 25, 1985, “4AD” label released “Spleen and Ideal”, the second Dead Can Dance studio album. It was recorded September – November 1985, at “Woodbine” in Warwickshire, England, and was produced by John A. Rivers, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, all other instruments
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, all other instruments, art direction
  • Richard Avison – trombone
  • Simon Hogg – trombone
  • Carolyn Costin – violin
  • Gus Ferguson – cello
  • Martin McCarrick – cello
  • James Pinker – timpani
  • Tony Ayres – timpani
  • Andrew Hutton – soprano vocals
  • John A. Rivers – engineer
  • Jonathan Dee – engineer
  • Colin Gray – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.

  1. De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)
  2. Ascension
  3. Circumradiant Dawn
  4. The Cardinal Sin
  5. Mesmerism
  6. Enigma of the Absolute
  7. Advent
  8. Avatar
  9. Indoctrination (A Design for Living)

Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde: The Moon And The Melodies

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On November 10, 1986, “4AD” label released “The Moon and the Melodies” studio album by Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins). It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde.

Personnel:

  • Harold Budd – piano
  • Elizabeth Fraser – vocals
  • Robin Guthrie – guitar
  • Simon Raymonde – bass guitar
  • Richard Thomas – saxophone, drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde and Harold Budd.

  1. Sea, Swallow Me
  2. Memory Gongs
  3. Why Do You Love Me?
  4. Eyes are Mosaics
  5. She Will Destroy You
  6. The Ghost Has No Home
  7. Bloody and Blunt
  8. Ooze Out and Away, Onehow

Deerhunter: Weird Era Cont.

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On October 28, 2008, “Kranky” and “4AD” labels released “Weird Era Cont.”, the fourth Deerhunter studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, and was produced by Bradford J. Cox, Joshua Fauver, Lockett Pundt and Moses Archuleta.

Personnel:

  • Bradford J. Cox – vocal, guitar, keyboards
  • Lockett Pundt – vocals, guitar
  • Joshua Fauver – bass
  • Moses Archuleta – drums
  • Drew Vandenberg – guitar, piano, percussion
  • David Barbe – guitar, Wurlitzer, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Backspace Century
  2. Operation
  3. Ghost Outfit
  4. Dot Gain
  5. Vox Celeste
  6. Cicadas
  7. Vox Humana
  8. VHS Dream
  9. Focus Group
  10. Slow Swords
  11. Weird Era
  12. Moon Witch Cartridge
  13. Calvary Scars II / Aux. Out