On October 4, 2019, “Ghosteen Ltd” label released “Ghosteen”, the seventeenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Woodshed” in Malibu, “NightBird” in West Hollywood, “Retreat” in Brighton, “Candy Bomber” in Berlin, “Air” in London, and was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Personnel:
- Nick Cave – lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, mixing, design
- George Vjestica – guitar
- Warren Ellis – synthesizer, loops, flute, violin, piano, backing vocals
- Martyn Casey – bass
- Thomas Wydler – drums
- Jim Sclavunos – vibraphone, percussion
- Augustin Viard – ondes Martenot
- Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit – tablas
- Bruce White – first viola
- Nick Cooper – first cello
- Mary Scully – first double bass
- Ben Foster – string arrangement, conducting
- Sam Thompson – string arrangements assistant
- Lance Powell – recording, mixing
- Kevin Paul – recording
- Ben Thackeray – recording
- Jake Jackson – recording
- Alex Csak – recording assistant
- Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit – recording assistant
- Richard Biethan – recording assistant
- Ingo Krauss – recording assistant
- Oliver Klemp – recording assistant
- John Prestage – recording assistant
- Warren Ellis – mixing
- Andrew Dominik – mixing
- John Armstrong – mixing assistant
- Chris Gehringer – mastering, lacquer cutting
- Tom duBois – cover art
- Hingston Studio – design
- Matthew Thorne – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
- Spinning Song
- Bright Horses
- Waiting for You
- Night raid
- Sun Forest
- Galleon Ship
- Ghosteen Speaks
- Leviathan
- Ghosteen
- Fireflies
- Hollywood
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