On April 2, 1984, “4AD” label released “The Spangle Maker”, the fourth Cocteau Twins EP. It was recorded in 1984, at “Palladium Studios” in Edinburgh, “Rooster Studios” in London, and was produced by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonds.
Personnel:
Elizabeth Fraser – vocals
Robin Guthrie – guitar
Simon Raymonde – bass guitar
John Madden – recording
Jon Turner – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde.
On February 21, 2012, “4AD” label released “Visions”, the third Grimes studio album. It was recorded in August 2011, at “La Brique Studio Space” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Grimes.
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
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.
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)
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.
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
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.
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