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Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Young: Jazz Is Dead

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On April 1, 2021, “Jazz Is Dead” label released “Jazz Is Dead” album by Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge. It was recorded in 2021, at “Linear Labs Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge.

Personnel:

  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
  • Adrian Younge – piano, Hammond organ, electric bass, electric guitar, synthesizer, mellotron, vibraphone, autoharp, mixing
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad – piano, Hammond organ, electric bass, electric guitar, synthesizer, mellotron, vibraphone, autoharp, mixing
  • Greg Paul – drums
  • Anitra Castleberry, Elgin Clark, Loren Oden, Saudia Yasmein – vocals
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Julian Montague – design
  • The Artform Studio – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge.

  1. Spiritual Ideation
  2. Visions of Love
  3. Black and Brown
  4. Blue Jungles
  5. Day By Day
  6. The Message
  7. Soulsea

Jimmy Eat World: Integrity Blues

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On October 21, 2016, “RCA” label released “Integrity Blues”, the ninth Jimmy Eat World studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Sunset Sound”, “Chez JMJ”, “Unit 2”, and was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind and Tom Linton.

Personnel:

  • Jim Adkins – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tom Linton – guitar, backing vocals
  • Rick Burch – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Zach Lind – drums, percussion
  • Courtney Marie Andrews – additional vocals 
  • Robin Vining – keyboards, additional vocals
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – keyboards, programming, percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – strings, brass and woodwinds arrangement
  • Steve Aho – music copying, orchestration
  • Vannessa Frebairn-Smith – cello and orchestral session leader
  • Mike Whitson – viola
  • Rob Schear – trumpet
  • Nick Daley – trombone
  • Lara Wickes – English horn
  • Jessica Pearlman – oboe
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – engineer
  • Mike Schuppan – engineer
  • Carlos de la Garza – engineer
  • Jim Adkins – engineer
  • Zach Lind – engineer
  • Geoff Neal – assistant engineer
  • Ken Andrews – mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Olivia Smith – art direction
  • Sandra Luk – art direction
  • Natalie O’Moore – photography

Track listing:

All songs written by Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind and Tom Linton.

  1. You and Me
  2. Sure and Certain
  3. It Matters
  4. Pretty Grids
  5. Pass the Baby
  6. Get Right
  7. You’re Free
  8. The End is Beautiful
  9. Through
  10. Integrity Blues
  11. Pol Roger

Animal Collective: Bridge to Quiet

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On July 3, 2020, “Domino” label released “Bridge to Quiet”, the eleventh Animal Collective album.

Personnel:

  • Avey Tare (David Portner) – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizers, tapes, recording, mixing
  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) – vocals, guitar, sampler, synthesizer, drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Deakin (Josh Dibb) – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, electronics, percussion, drum machine, recording, mixing
  • Geologist (Brian Weitz) – vocals, electronics, sampler, sequencer, synthesizer,  percussion, recording, mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Dave Portner – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

  1. Rain in Cups
  2. Piggy Knows
  3. Sux-Bier Passage
  4. Bridge to Wuiet

Tally Hall: Good & Evil

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On June 21, 2011, “Quack! Media” released “Good & Evil”, the second Tally Hall studio album. It was recorded October – November 2009, at “The Sunset Sound Factory” in California, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Rob Cantor – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Joe Hawley – vocals, guitar, percussion, art direction, design
  • Zubin Sedghi – vocals, bass
  • Andrew Horowitz – vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Ross Federman – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Bora Karaca – keyboards, accordion, whistling, acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Todd Burke – recording
  • Wren Rider – studio tech
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Rob Cantor, Joe Hawley, Andrew Horowitz, and Zubin Sedghi.

  1. Never Meant to Know – Rob Cantor
  2. & – Joe Hawley
  3. You & Me – Rob Cantor
  4. Cannibal – Zubin Sedghi
  5. Who Are You – Rob Cantor
  6. Sacred Beast – Joe Hawley
  7. Hymn for a Scarecrow – Joe Hawley
  8. A Lady – Joe Hawley
  9. The Trap – Zubin Sedghi
  10. Turn the Lights Off – Joe Hawley
  11. Misery Fell – Andrew Horowitz
  12. Out in the Twilight – Rob Cantor
  13. You – Andrew Horowitz
  14. Fate of the Stars – Andrew Horowitz, Joe Hawley

Black Angels: Passover

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On April 11, 2006, “Light in the Attic Records” label released “Passover” the debut Black Angels album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Cacophony Recorders”, “Wire Recording”, and “Shh! Recording Studios” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Erik Wofford, Ross Ingram, Christian Bland, Nate Ryan, Alex Maas and Stephanie Bailey.

Personnel:

  • Christian Bland – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Nate Ryan – bass, guitar
  • Alex Maas – vocals, bass
  • Stephanie Bailey – drums, percussion
  • Jennifer Raines – drone machine
  • Erik Wofford – recording, mixing
  • Ross Ingram – recording, mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Christian Bland – design
  • Brian Jones – design

Track listing:

  1. Young Men Dead
  2. The First Vietnamese War
  3. Sniper at the Gates of Heaven
  4. The Prodigal Sun
  5. Black Grease
  6. Manipulation
  7. Empire
  8. Better Off Alone
  9. Bloodhounds on My Trail
  10. Call to Arms

The track “Call to Arms” ends at minute 10:42. After 3 minutes and 30 seconds of silence (10:42 – 14:12), begins a hidden song, a cover of Jimmy Cliff’s track “Vietnam”.

Madlib: Shades of Blue

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On June 24, 2003, “Blue Note” label released “Shades of Blue”, is a remix album by Madlib, on tracks from the archives of “Blue Note” label. It was recorded in 2003, at “The Bomb Shelter” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Madlib.

Personnel:

  • Madlib – beats, interpretation, remixing, turntables
  • Medaphoar – vocals
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
  • Ahmad Miller – vibraphone
  • Dan Ubick – guitar
  • Morgan Adams III – organ
  • Joe McDuphrey – keyboards, organ, Fender Rhodes
  • Jeff Jank – bass, art direction, design
  • Malcolm Catto – drums
  • Otis Jackson, Jr. – drums
  • Yesterdays New Quintet
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Gordon H. Jee – creative director
  • Zach Hochkeppel – product manager
  • Eli Wolf – executive producer
  • Peanut Butter Wolf – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Introduction
  2. Slim’s Return – Monk Higgins
  3. Distant Land – Donald Byrd
  4. Mystic Bounce – Ronnie Foster
  5. Stormy – Buddy Buie/ James Cobb / James B. Cobb Jr.
  6. Blue Note Interlude
  7. Please Set Me Easy
  8. Funky Blue Note
  9. Alfred Lion Interlude
  10. Stepping Into Tomorrow – Larry Mizell
  11. Andrew Hill Break – Andrew Hill
  12. Montara – Bobby Hutcherson
  13. Song for My Father – Horace Silver
  14. Footprints – Wayne Shorter
  15. Peace / Dolphin Dance – Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver
  16. Outro

The Fratellis: Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied

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On August 21, 2015, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied”, the fourth Fratellis (The) album. It was recorded in November 2014, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Jon Fratelli– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Will Foster- piano, keyboards
  • Barry Fratelli – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mince Fratelli – drums, backing vocals
  • Cameron Lister – engineer
  • Tony Hoffer- mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Fratelli and Tony Hoffer.

  1. Me and the Devil
  2. Impostors (Little by Little)
  3. Baby Don’t You Lie to Me
  4. Desperate Guy
  5. Thief
  6. Dogtown
  7. Rosanna
  8. Slow
  9. Getting Surreal
  10. Too Much Wine
  11. Moonshine

Fitz and The Tantrums: More Than Just a Dream

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On May 7, 2013, “Elektra” label released “More Than Just a Dream”, the second  Fitz and The Tantrums studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “The Sound Factory” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Michael Fitzpatrick– vocals, keyboards, engineer
  • Noelle Scaggs– vocals, percussion
  • James King– saxophone, flute, guitar
  • Jeremy Ruzumna – keyboards
  • Joseph Karnes – bass guitar
  • John Wicks– drums, percussion
  • Tony Hoffer– guitar, programming, additional synths
  • Todd Burke – recording, mixing
  • Neal Avron– mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Kames and John Wicks, except where noted.

  1. Out of My League
  2. Break the Walls – Chris Seefried, Sia Furler, Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Kames, John Wicks
  3. The Walker
  4. Spark – Dave Bassett, Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Kames, John Wicks
  5. 6am
  6. Fools Gold – Dave Bassett, Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Kames, John Wicks.
  7. Keepin’ Our Eyes Out
  8. Last Raindrop – Chris Seefried, Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Kames, John Wicks.
  9. House on Fire – Chris Seefried, Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Kames, John Wicks
  10. The End
  11. Get Away – Chris Seefried, Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Kames, John Wicks
  12. Merry Go Round

Silversun Pickups: Swoon

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On April 14, 2009, “Dangerbird” label released “Swoon”, the second Silversun Pickups album. It was recorded July 2008 – February 2009, at “Sunset Sound”, “Sound Factory” and “Paramount Studios”, and was produced by Dave Cooley. The album cover uses the artwork “St. Clair”; the inside packing features pieces “Disembodiment” and “Reverberations”, all paintings from the collection entitled “The Flowering”, by Darren Waterston.

Personnel:

  • Brian Aubert – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Lester – keyboards
  • Nikki Monninger – vocals, bass
  • Chris Guanlao – drums
  • Will Canzoneri – string arrangements
  • Steven Rhodes, Kristen Riley, Jason Gossman – engineer
  • Tony Hoffer, Jason Gossman – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Sara Cumings – layout
  • Steve Gullick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Chris Guaniao and Joe Lester.

  1. There’s No Secrets This Year
  2. The Royal We
  3. Growing Old Is Getting Old
  4. It’s Nice to Know You Work Alone
  5. Panic Switch
  6. Draining
  7. Sort Of
  8. Substitution
  9. Catch and Release
  10. Surrounded (or Spiraling)

Animal Collective: Painting With

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On February 19, 2016, “Domino” label released “Painting With”, the tenth Animal Collective studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “EastWest Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny DiPerri, Noah Lennox, David Portner and Brian Weitz.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox)
  • Avey Tare (David Portner)
  • Geologist (Brian Weitz)
  • John Cale– drone
  • Colin Stetson – saxophone
  • Sonny DiPerri – recording, mixing
  • Brendan Dekora, Jeremy Miller – engineer assistant
  • Remi Barbot – mixing assistant
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Brian DeGraw – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Noah Lennox, David Portner and Brian Weitz.

  1. FloriDada
  2. Hocus Pocus
  3. Vertical
  4. Lying in the Grass
  5. The Burglars
  6. Natural Selection
  7. Bagels in Kiev
  8. On Delay
  9. Spilling Guts
  10. Summing the Wretch
  11. Golden Gal
  12. Recycling