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Panda Bear: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

On January 9, 2015, “Domino Recording Company” released “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper”, the fifth Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Miosotis Garage” in Almada, Portugal, “Estudio Namouche” in Lisbon, Portugal,and was produced by Panda Bear and Sonic Boom.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) – vocals, JoMoX Xbase 999, Yamaha TX81Z, Moog Voyager, Elektron DPS-1, piano, effects, percussion, art direction
  • Sonic Boom – EMS Synthi AKS, Fenix II Modular, Moog Voyager, vocoder, effects, mixing, art direction
  • Simon Davey – mastering
  • Joaquim Monte – engineer
  • Pedro Silve – engineer assistant
  • Rob Carmichael – layout
  • Hugo Oliveira – interior illustration
  • Marco Papiro – cover illustrations
  • Seen – art direction, layout

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Noah Lennox, except where noted. 

  1. Sequential Circuits
  2. Mr. Noah
  3. Davy Jones’ Locker – Peter Kember
  4. Crosswords
  5. Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
  6. Boys Latin
  7. Come to Your Senses
  8. Tropic of Cancer
  9. Shadow of the Colossus – Peter Kember
  10. Lonely Wanderer
  11. Principe Real
  12. Selfish Gene
  13. Acid Wash

“Crosswords” contains a sample of “Ashley’s Roachclip”, performed by The Soul Searchers

“Tropic of Cancer” contains samples of “Fragments of the ballet “The Nutcracker” Pas de Deux”

“Lonely Wanderer” contains a sample of “Arabesque No. 1” in E major, composed by Claude Debussy, and performed by François-Joël Thiollier

Split Enz: Dizrythmia

On August 29, 1977, “Mushroom Records” label released “Dizrythmia” the third Split Enz album. It was recorded June – July 1977, at “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Geoff Emerick, Timothy Finn, Neil Finn, Edward Rayner, Noel Crombie, Robert Gillies, Malcolm Green, Nigel Griggs and Mal Jacobson.

Personnel:

  • Timothy Finn– vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Neil Finn– vocals, guitars, mandolin
  • Edward Rayner– keyboards
  • Nigel Griggs– bass
  • Malcolm Green– drums
  • Noel Crombie– vocals, percussion
  • Phil Judd– vocals, guitar
  • Mike Chunn– vocals, bass
  • Mal Jacobson– drums, percussion
  • Robert Gillies– saxophones, trumpet
  • Geoff Emerick – engineer
  • Peter Henderson – additional engineering
  • Colin Fairley – engineer assistant
  • Nigel Walker – engineer assistant
  • Noel Crombie, Peter Wagg – design
  • Han Chew Tham – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Finn, except where noted.

  1. Bold as Brass – Tim Finn, Robert Gilles
  2. My Mistake – Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner
  3. Parrot Fashion Love – Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner
  4. Sugar and Spice – Phil Judd
  5. Without a Doubt
  6. Crosswords
  7. Charlie
  8. Nice to Know – Tim Finn, Phil Judd, Eddie Rayner
  9. Jamboree – Tim Finn, Phil Judd, Eddie Rayner, Noel Crombie, Malcolm Green, Robert Gillies, Mike Chunn