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Jan Gunnar Hoff: Fly North

On January 6, 2014, “Losen Records” label released “Fly North”, the 14th  Jan Gunnar Hoff album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Rainbow Studios” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Arve Henriksen and Jan Gunnar Hoff.

Personnel:

  • Jan Gunnar Hoff – piano, keyboards
  • Arve Henriksen – vocals, trumpet
  • Anders Jormin – bass
  • Marilyn Mazur – drums, percussion
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording, mixing
  • Darcy Proper – editing
  • medicineheads.com – design
  • Petter Furuseth – front cover photography
  • Guro Skjelderup – group photography
  • Mari Rokkan – Jan Gunnar Hoff photography
  • David Fishel – liner notes
  • Odd Gjelsnes – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jan Gunnar Hoff.

  1. Fly North
  2. Living
  3. Arise
  4. Places
  5. Sacrifice
  6. Böcklin
  7. Spheres
  8. Valse De Décembre
  9. Questions
  10. Gathering

Mercury Rev: The Secret Migration

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On January 24, 2005, “V2 Records” label released “The Secret Migration”, the sixth Mercury Rev album.  It was recorded in 2004, at the “Six Hours Studios”, Tarbox Observatory, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Jonathan Donahue, Sean Mackowiak, Carlos Anthony Molina and Jason Miranda.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Donahue – vocals, guitar
  • Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak – guitar, keyboards, clarinet, tettix wave accumulator
  • Carlos Anthony Molina – bass
  • Jason Miranda – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jonathan Donahue, Sean Mackowiak, Jason Miranda and Carlos Anthony Molina.

  1. Secret for a Song
  2. Across Yer Ocean
  3. Diamonds
  4. Black Forest (Lorelei)
  5. Vermillion
  6. In the Wilderness
  7. In a Funny Way
  8. My Love
  9. Moving On
  10. The Climbing Rose
  11. Arise
  12. First-Time Mother’s Joy (Flying)
  13. Down Poured the Heavens