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Agitation Free: Malesch

In December 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Malesch”, the debut Agitation Free album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Audio-Ton Studio” in Berlin, and was produced by Wolfgang Sandner and Peter Strecker.

Personnel:

  • Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich – lead electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, Bavarian zither, Hammond organ
  • Jörg Schwenke – rhythm guitar
  • Michael Hoenig – EMS Synthi A, Vox Continental organ
  • Michael Günther – Fender Jazz bass, live-tapes
  • Burghard Rausch – congas, drums, marimbaphone, timbales
  • Peter Michael Hamel – Hammond organ
  • Uli Pop – bongos 

Track listing:

All track by Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich, Jörg Schwenke, Michael Hoenig, Michael Günther

And Burghard Rausch

  1. You Play for Us Today
  2. Sahara City
  3. Ala Tul
  4. Pulse
  5. Khan el Khalili
  6. Malesch
  7. Rücksturz

Dizzy Gillespie: The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band

In December 1968, “MPS” label released “The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band”,a live album by Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded in 1968, on “Berlin Jazz Festival” at “Berlin Philharmonic Hall” in Berlin, and was produced by Joachim-Ernst Berendt.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
  • James Moody – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Chris Woods – alto saxophone
  • Paul Jeffrey – tenor saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Stu Hamer – trumpet
  • Jimmy Owens – trumpet
  • Victor Paz – trumpet
  • Dizzy Reece – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Ted Kelly – trombone
  • Tom McIntosh – trombone
  • Mike Longo – piano
  • Paul West – double bass
  • Otis Finch – drums

Track listing:

  1. Things to Come – Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller
  2. One Bass Hit – Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller
  3. Frisco – Mike Longo
  4. Con Alma – Dizzy Gillespie
  5. The Things Are Here – Dizzy Gillespie
  6. Theme – Birks’ Works – Dizzy Gillespie, Barney Kessel

Kraftwerk: Minimum – Maximum

On June 6, 2005, “Kling Klang” label released “Minimum-Maximum”, the first Kraftwerk live album. It was recorded in 2004, on concerts in Warsaw, Ljubljana, Moscow, Berlin, London, Budapest, Tallinn, Riga, Tokyo, and San Francisco, and was produced by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.

Personnel:

  • Ralf Hütter – vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing
  • Florian Schneider – supplementary vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing
  • Henning Schmitz – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer
  • Fritz Hilpert – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Man-Machine – Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter
  2. Planet of Visions – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  3. Tour de France (Étape 1) – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  4. Chrono – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Maxime Schmitt
  5. Tour de France (Étape 2) – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  6. Vitamin – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter
  7. Tour de France – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  8. Autobahn – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult
  9. The Model – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult
  10. Neon Lights – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  11. Radioactivity – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult
  12. Trans – Europe Express – Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult
  13. Metal on Metal – Ralf Hütter
  14. Numbers – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  15. Computer World – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  16. Home Computer – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  17. Pocket Calculator – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  18. Dentaku – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  19. The Robots – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  20. Elektro Kardiogramm – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter
  21. Aéro Dynamik – Fritz Hilpert, Ralph Hütter, Florian Schneider, Maxime Schmitt
  22. Musique Non-Stop – Karl Bartos, Ralph Hütter, Florian Schneider

Killing Joke: NIght Time

On February 11, 1985, “E.G” label released “Night Time”, the fifth Killing Joke studio album. It was recorded August – September 1984, at “Hans Tonstudio” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Jaz Coleman – vocals, keyboards
  • Kevin “Geordie” Walker – guitar
  • Paul Raven – bass guitar
  • Paul Ferguson – vocals, drums
  • Brian McGhee – engineer
  • Thomas Stiehler – engineer
  • Chris Kimsey – mixing
  • Rob O’Connor – design
  • Jeff Veitch – photography
  • Alex Zander – crew
  • Brad Nelson – crew
  • Fil. E. – crew

Track listing:

All tracks by Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Geordie Walker and Paul Raven, except where noted.

  1. Night Time
  2. Darkness Before Dawn
  3. Love Like Blood
  4. Kings and Queens
  5. Tabazan
  6. Multitudes
  7. Europe
  8. Eighties

Beirut: Gallipoli

On February 1, 2019, “4AD” label released “Gallipoli”, the fifth Beirut studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “The Relic Room” in New York City, “Sudestudio” in Guagnano, Italy, “Kaiku Studios” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Cach Condon and Gabe Wax.

Personnel:

  • Zach Condon – lead and backing vocals, piano, Rhodes piano, Farfisa orga, Hammond organ, pump organ, ukulele, trumpet, accordion, percussion, synth, Moog Voyager synthesizer, modular synthesizer, bells, Roland keyboard, ROLI Seaboard keyboard, shaker, drum machine, vocal recording, mixing
  • Paul Collins – bass, double bass, guitar, baritone guitar, Farfisa organ, tape machine, drum machine, modular synthesizer, percussion, synthesizer, space echo, backing vocals
  • Nick Petree – drums, percussion, hand drums, baritone ukulele, backing vocals
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet
  • Ben Lanz – trombone, brass arrangements
  • Gabe Wax – engineer, mixing
  • Francesco Donadello – mastering
  • Norman Nitzsche – mastering
  • Brody Condon – artwork
  • Ben Wilkerson Tousley – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Zach Condon, except where noted, all music by Zach Condon.

  1. When I Die – Zach Condon, Ryan Condon
  2. Gallipoli
  3. Varieties of Exile
  4. On Mainau Island
  5. I Giardini
  6. Gauze für Zah
  7. Corfu
  8. Landslide
  9. Family Curse
  10. Light in the Atoll
  11. We Never Lived Here
  12. Fin

Edgar Froese: Aqua

On June 27, 1974, “Virgin” and “Brain” labels released “Aqua”, the debut Edgar Froese album. It was recorded November 1973 – March 1974, in Berlin, and was produced by Edgar Froese. It was released in two different mixes, one by “Brain” in Germany, and the other by “Virgin” in the rest of the world.

Personnel:

  • Edgar Froese – piano, keyboards, synthesizers, mellophonium
  • Gunther Brunschen – sounds with artificial head system
  • Tonstudio Pfanz – lacquer cut
  • Monique Froese – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Edgar Froese.

Virgin album

  1. Aqua
  2. Panorphelia
  3. NGC 891
  4. Upland

Brain album

  1. NGC 891
  2. Upland
  3. Aqua
  4. Panorphelia

Swans: The Beggar

On June 23, 2023. “Mute” label released “The Beggar”, the 16th Swans album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Candy Bomber” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Michael Gira.

Personnel:

  • Michael Gira – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, art concept, design
  • Kristof Hahn – vocals, lap steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Christopher Pravdica – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, sounds
  • Dana Schechter – vocals, lap steel guitar, piano, bass guitar, sounds
  • Larry Mullins – vocals, drums, percussion, vibraphone, piano, keyboards
  • Phil Puleo – vocals, drums, percussion, fujara, duduk
  • Norman Westberg – additional guitar
  • Ben Frost – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electric guitar
  • Paul Walfisch – additional piano
  • Jeniffer Gira – backing vocals
  • Laura Carbone – backing vocals
  • Lucy Kruger – backing vocals
  • Ingo Krauss – engineer
  • Doug Henderson – mastering
  • Jasper – lacquer cut
  • Phil Puleo – layout
  • Paul A. Taylor – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Gira.

  1. Paradise
  2. The Beggar
  3. Los Angeles: City of Death
  4. The Parasite
  5. The Memorious
  6. Michael Is Done
  7. Why Can’t I Have What I Want Anytime That I Want?
  8. Unforming
  9. Ebbing
  10. No More of This

These New Puritans: Field Of Reeds

On June 10, 2013 “Infectious Music” label released “Field of Reeds”, the third These New Puritans studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Studio P4 Funkhaus Nalepastraße” in Berlin, “Snap Studios” in London, “Modern World Studios” in Tetbury, England, and was produced by Graham Sutton and Jack Barnett.

Personnel:

  • Jack Barnett – vocals, piano, electric piano, organs, bass guitar, vibraphone, chromatic gongs, unpitched percussion, magnetic resonator piano, sound design, field recordings, drawings
  • Thomas Hein – bass guitar, roto-toms
  • George Barnett – drums, percussion, glass, artwork, photography
  • Elisa Rodrigues – vocals
  • Adrian Peacock – basso profondo
  • Elizabeth Turner – field recording vocal
  • Nicholas Ellis – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Henry Lowther – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Lindsay Kempley – French horn soloist
  • Daniel West – tenor and bass trombone
  • Pete Smith – tuba
  • Elspeth Hanson – viola
  • Chris Laurence – double bass
  • Toby Kearney – vibraphone soloist
  • Faith Leadbetter – piano, electric piano

Stargaze Ensemble

  • Andre de Ridder – conductor
  • Nikolaus Neuser – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Matthias Gödeker – French horn
  • Stefan Most – French horn
  • Florian Juncker – tenor trombone
  • Till Krause – bass trombone
  • Sebastian Kunzke – tuba
  • Paul Valikoski – violin
  • Daniella Strasfogel – violin
  • Justin Caullet – viola
  • Zoe Cartier – cello
  • Kristjan Orii Sigerleifsson – double bass

Synergy Vocal Ensemble

  • Micaela Haslam – director, soprano
  • Julia Wilson-James – soprano
  • Heather Cairncross – alto
  • Rachel Weston – alto
  • Phillip Brown – tenor
  • Andrew Busher – tenor

Children of St Mary’s Church of England Primary School

  • Charlie Dyer
  • Daisy Farthing
  • Maddie Farthing
  • Amber Motti
  • James Norris
  • Jacob Scotford
  • Bethany Scriven
  • Ben McLusky – additional pipe organ                                                             
  • Andrew McPherson – magnetic resonator piano setup and calibration
  • Shiloh – hawk
  • Alan Vaughan – hawk handler
  • Roy at TGM Glazing – glazier
  • Stool Trinovante – saxocone
  • Phill Brown – ensemble recordings
  • Ben McLusky – engineer assistant
  • Christian Bader – engineer assistant
  • Campbell Duncan – assistant engineer
  • Geoff Swan – engineer assistant
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork
  • Paul Steet – artwork assistant
  • Willy Vanderperre – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack Barnett, except where noted.

  1. This Guy’s in Love with You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  2. Fragment Two
  3. The Light in Your Name – Jack Barnett, Michel van der An
  4. V (Island Song)
  5. Spiral
  6. Organ Eternal
  7. Nothing Else
  8. Dream
  9. Field of Reeds

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Baby 81

On April 27, 2007, “RCA” label released “Baby 81”, the fourth Black Rebel Motorcycle Club studio album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been and Nick Jago.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hayes – vocals, guitar, harmonica, mixing
  • Robert Levon Been – vocals, bass, guitar, mixing
  • Nick Jago – drums, mixing
  • Rick Parker – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Mike Prosenko – design
  • Tessa Angus – photography
  • Courtney Brooke – photography
  • Gene Anthony – photography
  • Michael Been – co-producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been and Nick Jago.

  1. Took Out a Loan
  2. Berlin
  3. Weapon of Choice
  4. Windows
  5. Cold Wind
  6. Not What You Wanted
  7. 666 Conducer
  8. All You Do Is Talk
  9. Lien on Your Dreams
  10. Need Some Air
  11. Killing the Light
  12. American X
  13. Am I Only

Momus: Otto Spooky

On February 28, 2005, “Analog Baroque” label released “Otto Spooky”, the 18th Momus studio album. It was recorded in 2004, in Berlin, and was produced by John Talaga.

Personnel:

  • Momus (Nick Currie) – main performer
  • John Talaga – electronics, morphs between songs
  • Bernhard Gal – background sounds
  • James Goggin – design
  • Julia Gorostidi – design assistance

Track listing:

  1. Sempreverde
  2. Life of the Fields
  3. Corkscrew King
  4. Klaxon
  5. Robin Hood
  6. Lady Fancy Knickers
  7. Lute Score
  8. Belvedere
  9. Your Fat Friend
  10. Mr Ulysses
  11. Water Song
  12. Jesus In Furs
  13. Bantam Boys
  14. Cockle Pickers
  15. The Artist Overwhelmed