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Deradoorian: The Expanding Flower Planet

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On August 21, 2015, “Anticon” label released “The Expanding Flower Planet”, the first Deradoorian studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Angel Deradoorian and Kenny Gilmore.

Personnel:

  • Angel Deradoorian – vocals, drums, guitar, bass guitar, banjo, synthesizer, flute, piano, recording, mixing, layout, design
  • Kenny Gilmore – guitar, synthesizer, recording, mixing
  • Arlene Deradoorian – vocals
  • Niki Randa – vocals
  • Jeremy Hyman – drums
  • Michael Lockwood – drums
  • Sonny Diperri – mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Daniel Higgs – cover artwork
  • Brian DeRan – other artwork
  • Bryant Rutledge – layout, design

Track listing:

  1. A Beautiful Woman
  2. Expanding Flower Planet
  3. Violet Minded
  4. Komodo
  5. Your Creator
  6. The Invisible Man
  7. Dark Lord
  8. Ouneya
  9. The Eye
  10. Grow

Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks: Enter the Slasher House

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On April 7, 2014, “Domino” label released “Enter the Slasher House”, the only Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Angel Deradoorian, Dave Portner and Jeremy Hyman.

Personnel:

  • Dave Portner – lead vocals, guitars
  • Angel Deradoorian – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Hyman – drums

Track listing:

  1. A Sender
  2. Duplex Trip
  3. Blind Babe
  4. Little Fang
  5. Catchy (Was Contagious)
  6. That It Won’t Grow
  7. The Outlaw
  8. Roses on the Window
  9. Modern Days E
  10. Strange Colores
  11. Your Card

The Soft Pink Truth: Shal We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?

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On May 1, 2020, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Shal We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, the fifth Soft Pink Truth (The) album.

Personnel:

  • Drew Daniel – piano, glockenspiel, synth, sampler, editing, mixing
  • Koye Berry – piano
  • M.C. Schmidt – piano, noise
  • Andrew Bernstein – saxophone
  • John Berndt – saxophone
  • Sarah Hennies – vibraphone, bells
  • Colin Self – vocals
  • Jana Hunter – vocals
  • David Serotte – vocals
  • Angel Deradoorian – vocals
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Robert Beatty – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Shall We Go on Swimming
  2. So That Grace May Increase

Ave Tarey: Eucalyptus

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On July 21, 2017, “Domino” label released “Eucalyptus”, the second Avey Tare studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Avey Tare.

Personnel:

  • Avey Tare– vocals, guitar, synthesizer, sampling, mixing, vocal arrangements
  • Angel Deradoorian– vocals
  • Jessika Kinney – vocals
  • Susan Alcorn– pedal steel guitars
  • Ben Finley – bass
  • Breana Gilcher- English horn, oboe, flute
  • Louis Coy – flute, clarinet
  • Eyvind Kang– orchestrations
  • Rob Carmichael – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Avey Tare.

  1. Season High
  2. Melody Unfair
  3. Secret
  4. Lunch Out of Order Pt. 1.
  5. Lunch Out of Order Pt. 2.
  6. Jackson 5
  7. DR aw one for J
  8. PJ
  9. In Pieces
  10. Selection of a Place
  11. Boat Race
  12. Roamer
  13. Coral Lords
  14. Sports in July
  15. When You Left Me

Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampire of the City

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On May 14, 2013, “XL” label released “Modern Vampires of the City”, the third  Vampire Weekend album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Downtown Studios” in New York City; “Echo Park Back House”, “Vox Studios” in Los Angeles; “Slow Death Studios” in Burbank, and was produced by Rostam Batmanglij. “Modern Vampires of the City” was ranked at number 1 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “50 Best Albums of 2013”, and at number one of “Pop Matter’s” list of “The 75 Best Albums of 2013”.

Personnel:

  • Ezra Koenig– lead vocals, piano
  • Rostam Batmanglij – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, piano, guitars, banjo, drum and synth programming, keyboards, shaker
  • Chris Baio– bass
  • Chris Tomson– drums
  • Ariel Rechtshaid– additional drum and synth programming, additional bass, engineer
  • Jeff Curtin – additional drums, engineer
  • Brendan Ryan – accordion
  • Adam Schatz – saxophone
  • Johnny Cuomo – flistle
  • Danny T. Levin – trumpet
  • Elizabeth Lea – trombone
  • Seth Shafer – tuba
  • Angel Deradoorian– backing vocals, additional vocal arrangement
  • Fanny Franklin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ezra Koenig, except where noted. All music by Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig, except where noted.

  1. Obvious Bicycle
  2. Unbelievers – music by Ezra Koenig
  3. Step
  4. Diane Young
  5. Don’t Lie – lyrics by Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij
  6. Hannah Hunt
  7. Everlasting Arms
  8. Finger Back
  9. Worship You
  10. Ya Hey – music Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  11. Hudson – music by Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, and Chris Tomson
  12. Young Lion – music and lyrics by Rostam Batmanglij