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Matt Berry: Heard Noises

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On January 24, 2025, “Acid Jazz” label released “Heard Noises”, the 13th Matt Berry album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Matt Berry.

Personnel:

  • Matt Berry – vocals, acoustic guitar, ARP synthesizer, bass guitar, electric guitar, Farfisa organ, glockenspiel, Hammond B3, Mellotron, Minimoog, organ, Vox Continental, Wurlitzer piano, xylophone, Yamaha keyboards, engineer, mixing, cover art, paintings, photography
  • Craig Blundell – drums, percussion
  • Eric D. Johnson
  • Natasha Lyonne
  • Phil Scragg
  • Kitty Liv
  • Rosie McDermott
  • Mike Thorne – mastering
  • Jaffa – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Berry.

  1. Why on Fire?
  2. Silver Rings
  3. Interlude
  4. Be Alarmed
  5. I Gotta Limit
  6. Wedding Photo Stranger
  7. Stay on the Ground
  8. I Entered as I Came
  9. There Are Monsters
  10. To Live for What Once Was
  11. Canada Dry
  12. The Snakes Will Slide
  13. Interlude 2
  14. Sky High

Ronny Jordan

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On January 13, 2014, Ronald Laurence Albert Simpson aka Ronny Jordan died aged 47. He was musician (guitar) and songwriter, with a recognizable “urban jazz” style, a blend of jazz, R&B and hip-hop. Jordan was at the forefront of the acid jazz movement at the end of the twentieth century.  Jordan recorded eight albums and received  “The MOBO Best Jazz Act Award” and “Gibson Guitar Best Jazz Guitarist Award”.