On January 22, 2016, “Double Si Records” released “M:FANS”, the sixteenth John Cale studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2015, at “A.R.M.” Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Cale. “M: FANS” features new versions of songs from his 1982 album “Music for a New Society”.

Personnel:

• John Cale – vocals, voice, noises, keyboards, organ, piano, electric piano, acoustic and electric guitar, programmed guitar, bass, programming, synthesizer, drums, viola, samples, recording, mixing
• Dustin Boyer– guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass, loops, drums, programming, drum machine, drum programming, mixing, recording
• Deantoni Parks– keyboards, noises, loops
• Joey Maramba – synth bass
• Ralph Esposito – synth bass
• Alex Thomas– drums, samples
• Chris Bautista – trumpet
• Jessy Greene– violin
• Miguel Atwood-Ferguson– viola
• Thomas Lea – viola
• Matt Fish– cello
• Amber Coffman– vocals
• William Arthur George Cale – voice
• Margaret Cale – voice
• New Direction Church – choir
• Benjamin Goodman – choir director
• Adam Moseley – recording, mixing
• Nita Scott – mixing, executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale, except where noted.

1. Prelude
2. If You Were Still Around – John Cale, Sam Shepard
3. Taking Your Life in Your Hands
4. Thoughtless Kind
5. Sanctus (Sanities Mix)
6. Broken Bird
7. Chinese Envoy
8. Changes Made
9. Library of Force
10. Close Watch
11. If You Were Still Around (Choir Reprise) – John Cale, Sam Shepard
12. Back to the End