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Kings Of Convenience: Riot On An Empty Street

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On June 21, 2004, “Astralwerks” label released “Riot on an Empty Street”, the second Kings of Convenience studio album. It was recorded September 2003 – March 2004, and was produced by Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe.

Personnel:

  • Erlend Øye – lead, co-lead and harmony vocals, guitar, steel string guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, piano, banjo, trumpet, arrangement 
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – lead, co-lead and harmony vocals, guitar, nylon string guitar, bass, piano, drums, arpeggios, percussion, banjo, arrangements
  • Feist – outro lead vocals
  • Davide Bertolini – bass, upright bass, bowed bass, arrangements
  • Gary Peterson – trumpet, arrangements
  • Tobias Hett – viola, arrangements
  • Siri Hilmen – cello, arrangements
  • Peter Kates – additional cymbals, hi-hat
  • John-Arild Suther – trombone
  • Petter Alexander Olsen – creative consultant 

Track listing:

All tracks by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.

  1. Homesick
  2. Misread
  3. Cayman Islands
  4. Stay Out of Trouble
  5. Know – How – Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye, Feist
  6. Sorry or Pleasure
  7. Love Is Not Big Truth
  8. I’d Rather Dance with You
  9. Live Long – lyrics by Are Glambek Bøe, Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye
  10. Surprise Ice
  11. Gold in the Air of Summer
  12. The Build-Up

Kings of Convenience: Quiet Is the New Loud

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On March, 6, 2001, “Astralwerks” label released “Quiet Is the New Loud”, the debut Kings of Convenience album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Ken Nelson, Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe.

Personnel:

  • Erlend Øye– lead and harmony vocals, steel string acoustic and electric guitars, piano, drums, percussion, string arrangements
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe– lead and harmony vocals, nylon string acoustic and electric guitars, piano, drums, string arrangements
  • Ian Bracken – cello
  • Matt McGeever – cello
  • Ben Dumville – trumpet
  • Tarjei Strøm – drum fills

Track listing:

All tracks by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.

  1. Winning a Battle, Losing the War
  2. Toxic Girl
  3. Singing Softly to Me
  4. I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From
  5. Failure
  6. The Weight of My Words
  7. The Girl from Back Then
  8. Leaning Against the Wall
  9. Little Kids
  10. Summer on the Westhill
  11. The Passenger
  12. Parallel Lines – Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye, Daisy Simons

Future Sound Of London: Lifeforms

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On May 27, 1994, “Astralwerks” label released “Lifeforms”, album by The Future Sound of London. It was recorded 1993 -1884, and was produced by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans.

Personnel:

  • Garry Cobain – keyboards, synthesizer, sampler, guitar, bass, sitar, drums
  • Brian Dougans – keyboards, sampler, synthesizer, drums
  • Ozric Tentacles – soundbytes
  • Robert Fripp – guitar textures and bytes
  • Talvin Singh – tabla tronics
  • Elizabeth Fraser- vocals
  • Yage – engineer
  • FSOL, Buggy G. Riphead, Peter Atkinson, Stephen Marks, P. Knott, Alistair Shay, Martin Poole and Olaf Wendt – artwork, photography

Track listing:

  1. Cascade
  2. Ill Flower
  3. Flak
  4. Bird Wings
  5. Dead Skin Cells
  6. Lifeforms”
  7. Eggshell
  8. Among Myselves
  9. Domain
  10. Spineless Jelly
  11. Interstat
  12. Vertical Pig
  13. Cerebral
  14. Life Form Ends
  15. Vit
  16. Omnipresence
  17. Room 208
  18. Elaborate Burn
  19. Little Brother

Iggy Pop: Préliminaires

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Preliminaires

On May 25, 2009, “Astralwerks” label released “Préliminaires”, the fifteenth Iggy Pop  studio album. It was recorded in 2009 in Miami, Florida and Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Hal Cragin. The album was inspired by Michel Houellebecq’s novel “La Possibilité d’une île” (The Possibility of an Island).

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop – vocals, guitar,  concept
  • Jon Cowherd– piano
  • Lucie Aimé – vocals
  • Hal Cragin – bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards, drum programming
  • Kevin Hupp – drums, congas
  • Tim Ouimette – trumpet
  • Clarence L. Banks – trombone
  • Marc Phaneuf- clarinet

Track listing:

  1. Les feuilles mortes – music by Joseph Kosma, lyrics by Jacques Prévert
  2. I Want to Go to the Beach – Iggy Pop
  3. King of The Dogs – Lil Armstrong, Iggy Pop
  4. Je sais que tu sais – Lucie Aimé, Hal Cragin, Iggy Pop
  5. Spanish Coast – Hal Cragin, Iggy Pop
  6. Nice to Be Dead – Hal Cragin, Iggy Pop
  7. How Insensitive – Vinicius De Moraes, Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
  8. Party Time – Hal Cragin, Iggy Pop
  9. He’s Dead / She’s Alive- Iggy Pop
  10. A Machine for Loving – Hal Cragin, Michel Houellebecq, Iggy Pop; English translation by Gavin Bowd
  11. She’s a Business – Hal Cragin, Iggy Pop
  12. Les feuilles mortes (Marc’s Theme) – music by Joseph Kosma; lyrics by Jacques Prévert