Tag Archives: April 2

Ryley Walker: Curse in Fable

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On April 2, 2021, “Husky Pants Records” label released “Curse in Fable”, the eleventh Ryley Walker album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by John McEntire.

Personnel:

  • Ryley Walker – vocals, guitar
  • Bill MacKay – guitar, piano
  • John McEntire – keyboards, synthesizers, vibraphone, engineer, mixing
  • Andrew Scott Young – bass, piano
  • Ryan Jewell – drums, percussion
  • Nancy Ives – cello
  • Douglas Jenkins – arrangements
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Heather Nelson – artwork
  • Michael Vallera – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryley Walker.

  1. Striking Down Your Big Premiere
  2. Rang Dizzy
  3. A Lenticular Slap
  4. Axis Bent
  5. Clad With Bunk
  6. Pond Scum Ocean
  7. Shiva With Dustpan

Glassvegas: Godspeed

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On April 2, 2021, “Go Wow” label released through digital platforms “Godspeed”, the fourth Glasvegas studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by James Allan.

Personnel:

  • James Allan – vocals, recording, artwork, illustrations, design
  • Rab Allam – guitar
  • Paul Donoghue – bass
  • Jonna Lofgren – drums
  • Cenzo Townsend, Darren Lawson – mixing
  • Rob Sellens Camden Clerk – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Angela McCluskey – photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by James Allan except where noted.

  1. Parked Car (Exterior)
  2. Dive
  3. Dying to Live
  4. Shake the Cage (für Theo)
  5. Keep Me a Space
  6. Parked Car (Interior) – Bernard Hermann
  7. Cupid’s Dark Disco
  8. My Body Is a Glasshouse (A Thousand Stones Ago)
  9. In My Mirror
  10. Stay Lit
  11. Godspeed

Godspeed You!: G d’s Pee at State’s End!

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On April 2, 2021, “Constellation Records” label released “G d’s Pee at State’s End!”, the seventh Godspeed You! Black Emperor studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Hotel2 Tango” in Montreal, and was produced by Jace Lasek.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Manuel Menuck – electric guitars, OP-1, radios
  • David Bryant – electric guitars, MG-1
  • Michael Moya – electric guitars
  • Sophie Trudeau – violins, organ
  • Thierry Amar – electric and upright bass
  • Mauro Pezzente – electric bass
  • Aidan Girt – sitting and standing drums
  • Timothy Herzog – sitting and standing drums, glockenspiel
  • Karl Lemieux – 16mm projections
  • Philippe Leonard – 16mm projections

Track listing:

  1. A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) / Job’s Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (Rockets for Mary)
  2. Fire at Static Valley
  3. Government Came / Cliffs Gaze / cliffs’ gaze at empty waters’ rise / Ashes to Sea or Nearer to Thee
  4. Our Side Has to Win

The Futurheads: Rant

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On April 2, 2012, “Nul” label released “Rant” the fifth Futureheads (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “First Avenue” and was produced by Dave Curle.

Personnel:

  • Ross Millard – vocals, arranger
  • Dave Hyde – vocals, arranger
  • Barry Hyde – vocals, arranger
  • David “Jaff” Craig – vocals, arranger
  • Dave Curle – recording engineer
  • Nigel Walton – mastering
  • Stuart Hardie – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Ross Millard, Dave Hyde, Barry Hyde and David Craig, except where noted.

  1. Meantime
  2. Meet Me Halfway – Allan Pineda, Brian Chase, Jaime Gomez, Jean Baptiste, Karen Orzolek, Keith Harris, Nicholas Zinner, Priese Prince Lamont Board, Stacy Ferguson, Sylvia Gordon, William Adams
  3. Robot
  4. Beeswing – Richard Thompson
  5. Thursday
  6. Sumer Is Icumen In – traditional
  7. The Keeper – traditional
  8. The No. 1 Song in Heaven – Giorgio Moroder, Ron Mael, Russell Mael
  9. The Old Dun Cow – traditional
  10. Acapella – David Guetta, Frédéric Riesterer, Jean Baptiste , Kelis Rogers, Makeba
  11. Man Ray (includes the track Hanging Johnny)

Tapes ‘n Tapes: Walk It Off

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On April 2, 2008, “XL Recordings” label released “Walk It Off” the second Tapes ‘n Tapes studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

Personnel:

  • Josh Grier – vocals, guitar
  • Jeremy Hanson – drums
  • Matt Kretzman – keyboards, various instruments
  • Erik Appelwick – bass guitar
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Grier.

  1. Le Ruse
  2. Time of Songs
  3. Hang Them All
  4. Headshock
  5. Conquest
  6. Say Back Something
  7. Demon Apple
  8. Blunt
  9. George Michael
  10. Anvil
  11. Lines
  12. The Dirty Dirty

Cabaret Voltaire: Groovy, Laidback and Nasty

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On April 2, 1990, “Parlaphone” label released “Groovy, Laidback and Nasty” the ninth Cabaret Voltaire studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by James Reynolds, Robert Gordon, Mark Brydon, Marshall Jefferson, Stephen Mallinder and Richard H. Kirk.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Mallinder – vocals, keyboards, programming
  • Richard H. Kirk – keyboards, programming
  • Herb Lawson – guitar
  • David Josias – percussion
  • Glenn Morimoto – trumpet
  • Paris Brightledge, Bob Bono (Robert Bond) – vocals
  • Marshall Jefferson – vocals
  • Ten City – vocals
  • Steel – rap
  • Lorita Grahame – vocals
  • Deborah Haslam – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder, except where noted.

  1. Searchin’ – Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder, Marshall Jefferson
  2. Hypnotised
  3. Minute by Minute
  4. Runaway
  5. Keep On (I Got This Feeling)
  6. Magic – Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder, Marshall Jefferson
  7. Time Beats
  8. Easy Life

Spock’s Beard: Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep

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On April 2, 2013, “InsideOut Music” and “Century Media” labels released “Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep”, the eleventh Spock’s Beard studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “The Mouse House” in Altadena, CA, and was produced by Rich Mouser, Alan Morse and John Boegehold.

Personnel:

  • Ted Leonard— lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Alan Morse— electric and acoustic guitars, pedal and lap steel guitar, mandolin, autoharp, backing vocals
  • Ryo Okumoto— organ, mellotron, piano, synths, clavinet, vocoder
  • Dave Meros— bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Keegan— drums, percussion, timpani, backing vocals
  • Neal Morse— additional guitar
  • Stan Ausmus — additional guitar
  • John Boegehold — vocoder
  • Craig Eastman — violin, viola, hurdy-gurdy
  • Rich Mouser – engineer, mixing, mastering

Track listing:

  1. Hiding Out – Ted Leonard
  2. I Know Your Secret – Dave Meros, John Boegehold
  3. A Treasure Abandoned – John Boegehold, Alan Morse
  4. Submerged – Ted Leonard
  5. Afterthoughts – Alan Morse, Neal Morse, Ted Leonard
  6. Something Very Strange – John Boegehold
  7. Waiting for Me – Alan Morse, Neal Morse

Mudhoney: Vanishing Point

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On April 2, 2013, “Sub Pop” label released “Vanishing Point”, the ninth Mudhoney studio album.

Personnel:

  • Mark Arm- vocals, electric and slide guitar
  • Steve Turner– guitar, backing vocals
  • Guy Maddison- bass, backing vocals
  • Dan Peters– drums, guitar, tambourine, glockenspiel
  • Johnny Sangster – piano, backing vocals
  • Ty Bailie – organ, clavinet
  • Ivan Schwartz – synthesizers, theremin
  • Sam Peters, Will Peters, Lacey Swain, Emily Nokes, Leiah Maupin – backing vocals
  • Emily Rieman – photography, backing vocals
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Dan Peters, and Guy Maddison.

  1. Slipping Away
  2. I Like It Small
  3. What to Do with the Neutral
  4. Chardonnay
  5. The Final Course
  6. In This Rubber Tomb
  7. I Don’t Remember You
  8. The Only Son of the Widow from Nain
  9. Sing This Song of Joy
  10. Douchebags on Parade

Bat for Lashes: Two Suns

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On April 2, 2009, “The Echo Label” and “Parlaphone” labels released “Two Suns”, the second Bat for Lashes (Natasha Khan) studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009 in California, New York City, London, Brighton and Wales,  and was produced by Natasha Khan and David Kosten.

Personnel:

  • Natasha Khan – lead and backing vocals, synths, drum programming, guitar, piano, harmonium, hands, percussion, string machine, drums, bass synth, vibraphone, organ, engineering, art direction, booklet artwork, concept
  • Ben Christophers – marxophone, pianochord, synths, guitar, phonofiddle
  • Caroline Weeks – synths, bells, flute, handclaps, percussion, backing vocals
  • Kath Mann – saw, violin, viola, backing vocals
  • Alex Thomas– drums, percussion, timpani
  • David Kosten– drum programming, synths, percussion, synth drone, toms, fingers
  • Devin Maxwell – timpani
  • Abi Fry– viola
  • Adem– sampled wine glasses
  • Chris Keating– drum programming
  • Devon Dunaway – backing vocals
  • Robert Roseberry Jr. – backing vocals
  • Matt Lawrence – vocal recording (Scott Walker’s vocals)
  • Mike Nesci – engineer
  • Matt Boynton – engineer
  • Tom Asselin – engineer
  • David Wrench– engineer
  • David Kosten – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Thorn – engineer assistant
  • Tim Bader – engineer assistant
  • Mark Eastwood – mixing assistant
  • Tony Hornecker – set design
  • Andrew Murabito – design
  • David Benjamin Sherry– cover photography
  • Dan Sanders – photographic production

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Natasha Khan, except where noted.

  1. Glass
  2. Sleep Alone
  3. Moon and Moon
  4. Daniel
  5. Peace of Mind
  6. Siren Song
  7. Pearl’s Dream
  8. Good Love
  9. Two Planets
  10. Travelling Woman
  11. The Big Sleep

 

Jan Garbarek: Mnemosyne

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On April 2, 1999, “ECM” label released “Mnemosyne”, the 33rd Jan Garbarek album, and his second one with the Hilliard Ensemble. It was recorded in April 1998, and was produced by Manfred Eicher and Jan Garbarek.

Personnel:

  • Jan Garbarek– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Hilliard Ensemble– vocal ensemble
    • Rogers Covey-Crump– tenor vocals
    • John Potter– tenor vocals
    • Gordon Jones – baritone vocals
    • David James – countertenor vocals
  • Friedrich Hölderlin – lyrics

Track listing:

  1. Quechua Song
  2. O Lord in Thee Is All My Trust
  3. Estonian Lullaby
  4. Remember Me My Dear
  5. Gloria
  6. Fayrfax Africanus
  7. Agnus Dei
  8. Novus Novus
  9. Se Je Fays Dueil
  10. O Ignis Spiritus
  11. Alleluia Nativitatis
  12. Delphic Paean
  13. Strophe and Counter-Strophe
  14. Mascarados
  15. Loiterando
  16. Estonian Lullaby
  17. Russian Psalm
  18. Eagle Dance
  19. When Jesus Wept
  20. Hymn to the Sun