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Muse: Drones

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On June 5, 2015, “Warner Bros” label released “Drones”, the seventh Muse studio album. It was recorded October 2014 – April 2015, at “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, “Officine Meccaniche” in Milan, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard.

Personnel:

  • Matt Bellamy – lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, arrangements
  • Chris Wolstenholme – bass, backing vocals
  • Dominic Howard – drums
  • Will Leon Thompson – dialogue
  • Michael Shiloah – dialogue
  • John F. Kennedy – recorded dialogue of April 1961 Secret Societies speech 
  • Alessandro Cortini – modular synthesizers
  • Edoardo De Angelis – concertmaster, violin
  • Sarah Cross – violin
  • Freiherr von Dellingshausen – violin
  • Anna Minella – violin
  • Elia Mariani – violin
  • Gian Guerra – violin
  • Gian Lodigiani – violin
  • Gianmaria Bellisario – violin
  • Marco Corsini – violin
  • Michelle Torresetti – violin
  • Tommaso Belli – violin
  • Valerio D’Ercole – violin
  • Maria Lucchi – viola
  • Serena Palozzi – viola
  • Valentina Emilio Eria – viola
  • Andrea Scacchi – cello
  • Eliana Gintoli – cello
  • Francesco Sacco – cello
  • Martina Rudic – cello
  • Linati Omar – contrabass
  • Massimo Clavenna – contrabass
  • Audrey Riley – string arrangements, conductor
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
  • Olle “Sven” Romo – additional programming
  • Tommaso Colliva – additional production, engineer
  • Adam Greenholtz – additional engineering
  • Eric Mosher – engineer assistant
  • Giuseppe Salvadori – engineer assistant
  • Jacopo Dorici – engineer assistant
  • John Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
  • Rich Costey – additional production, mixing
  • Marlo Borgatta – mixing assistant
  • Giovanni Versari – mastering
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering 
  • Matt Colton – mastering 
  • Durand Trench – dialogue recording
  • Matt Mahurin – art direction, illustration, package design

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.

  1. Dead Inside
  2. Drill Sergeant
  3. Psycho
  4. Mercy
  5. Reapers
  6. The Handler
  7. JFK
  8. Defector
  9. Revolt
  10. Aftermath
  11. The Globalist – Matt Bellamy, Edward Elgar
  12. Drones – Matt Bellamy, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

How To Destroy Angels: Welcome Oblivion

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On March 5, 2013, “Columbia” label released “Welcome Oblivion”, the debut How to Destroy Angels studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Mariqueen Maandig, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan.

Personnel:

  • Mariqueen Maandig
  • Trent Reznor
  • Atticus Ross
  • Rob Sheridan
  • Alessandro Cortini– co-writing, performance
  • Blumpy – recording
  • Dustin Mosley – additional engineering
  • Jun Murakawa – additional engineering
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Tom Baker – mastering

Track listing:

Vinyl edition

All tracks by Mariqueen Maandig, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan.

  1. The Wake – Up
  2. Keep It Together
  3. And the Sky Began to Scream
  4. Ice Age
  5. Welcome Oblivion
  6. On the Wing
  7. Too Late, All Gone
  8. The Province of Fear
  9. How Long?
  10. Strings and Attractors
  11. Recursive Self-Improvement
  12. Unintended Consequences
  13. Unintended Consequences
  14. We Fade Away
  15. The Loop Closes
  16. Hallowed Ground

Nine Inch Nails: The Slip

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On July 22, 2008, “The Null Corporation” label released “The Slip”, the seventh Nine Inch Nails studio album. It was recorded in April 2008, and was produced by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder.

Personnel:

  • Trent Reznor– performance, art direction
  • Josh Freese– drums
  • Robin Finck– guitar
  • Alessandro Cortini – keyboards, bass, guitar
  • Atticus Ross–  engineer, programming
  • Alan Moulder– engineer, mixing
  • Michael ‘Blumpy’ Tuller – engineer
  • Brian Gardner, Tom Baker– mastering
  • Steve “Coco” Brandon – room tuning
  • Rob Sheridan– art direction
  • Simon Thirlaway – direction of photography, camera operating
  • Hilton Goring, Dan Bombell, Ethan McDonald – camera operating

Track listing:

All tracks by Trent Reznor.

  1. 999,999
  2. 1,000,000
  3. Letting You
  4. Discipline
  5. Echoplex
  6. Head Down
  7. Lights in the Sky
  8. Corona Radiata
  9. The Four of Us Are Dying
  10. Demon Seed

Nine Inch nails: Hesitation Marks

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On September 3, 2013, “Columbia” label released “Hesitation Marks”, the eighth Nine Inch Nails studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, and was produced by Alan Moulder, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Personnel:

  • Trent Reznor– vocals, electronics, guitar, percussion, bass, Wurlitzer, dulcitone, wheelharp, piano, saxophone
  • Lindsey Buckingham– guitars
  • Adrian Belew– guitars, electronics, backing vocals
  • Daniel Rowland – electronics, guitar, additional sound design
  • Alessandro Cortini– electronics
  • Pino Palladino– bass
  • Ilan Rubin– toms, live drums
  • Eugene Goreshter– strings, electronics, violin, bass
  • Joshua Eustis– backing vocals
  • Atticus Ross– engineer
  • Jun Murakawa, Dustin Mosley, Ghian Wright– engineer
  • Michael Patterson– engineer, mixing
  • Alan Moulder– engineer, mixing
  • Joe Barresi– drum recording
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Russell Mills– artwork
  • Rob Sheridan– art direction
  • Mike Fasano– drum technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Trent Reznor, except where noted.

  1. The Eater of Dreams – Trent Reznor, Alessandro Cortini
  2. Copy of a
  3. Came Back Haunted
  4. Find My Way
  5. All Time Low
  6. Disappointed
  7. Everything
  8. Satellite
  9. Various Methods of Escape
  10. Running
  11. I Would for You
  12. In Two
  13. While I’m Still Here – contains a lyrical interpolation from “Weary Blues From Waitin'”  by Hank Williams.
  14. Black Noise