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Quilt: Held in Splendor

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On January 28, 2014, “Mexican Summer” label released “Held in Splendor”, the second Quilt studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “ Mexican Summer” in-house studio in New York City, and was produced by Jarvis Taveniere.

Personnel:

  • Anna Fox Rochinski – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, piano, organ  
  • Shane Butler – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, loops  
  • Keven Lareau – vocals, bass
  • John Andrews – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, organ, saw
  • Daniel Bachmann – lap steel guitar
  • Jarvis Taveniere – bass guitar
  • Renata Zeiguer – violin
  • Alexandra Jones – cello
  • Adam Schatz – saxophone
  • Natalie Mering – vocals
  • Al Carlson – engineer
  • Davey Jewell – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering
  • Jack Schneider – painting
  • Allison Pharmakis – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna Fox Rochinski, Shane Butler, Keven Lareau and John Andrews.

  1. Arctic Shark
  2. Saturday Bride
  3. Eye of the Pearl
  4. Mary Mountain
  5. Tie Up the Tides
  6. The Hollow
  7. A Mirror
  8. Just Dust
  9. The World Is Flat
  10. Tired & Buttered
  11. Secondary Swan
  12. Talking Trains
  13. I Sleep in Nature

Yeasayer: Fragrant World

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On August 21, 2012, “Secretly Canadian” label released “Fragrant World”, the third Yeasayer studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Chris Keating, Anand Wilder and Ira Wolf Tuton.

Personnel:

  • Chris Keating – lead and backing vocals, Maschine synth, drum programming, synthesizer, Jupiter MKS-80
  • Anand Wilder – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, Nord, Juno 106,  Jupiter MKS-80, Korg MS-20, Farfisa, Boss Supershifter, organ, cello, drum programming, Electribe, synthesizer, trident piano, ARP Omni 2, talk box, celeste, 12-string guitar, Rhodes, mellotron
  • Ira Wolf Tuton – J bass, backing and melodyne vocals, Omnisphere, Harmonic Octave Generator, Roland SH-2, bass synthesizer, Roland SH-101, ARP 2600, tambourine, Moog Murf, piano
  • Jason Trammell – drums, percussion, MPC
  • Ahmed Gallab – percussion
  • Brian McOmber– drums, percussion
  • “Delicate” Steve Marion– guitar
  • Dan Carey– MPC
  • Al Carlson – melodyne, saxophone
  • Kishi Bashi– strings
  • Elliot Bergman– kalimba
  • Al Carlson – recording
  • Abe Seiferth – additional recording
  • Alexis Smith – engineer
  • Dan Carey – mixing
  • Other Means – design
  • Ana Maria Lucaciu – modeling
  • Jason Nocito – photography

Track listing:

  1. Fingers Never Bleed
  2. Longevity
  3. Blue Paper
  4. Henrietta
  5. Devil and the Deed
  6. No Bones
  7. Reagan’s Skeleton
  8. Demon Road
  9. Damaged Goods
  10. Folk Hero Shtick
  11. Glass of the Microscope