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The Antlers: Familiars

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On June 17, 2014, “ANTI” and “Transgressive” labels released “Familiars”, the fifth Antlers (The) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Antlercorp Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Peter Silberman, Darby Cicci and Michael Lerner.

Personnel:

  • Peter Silberman – vocals, guitar
  • Darby Cicci – vocals, trumpet, upright and electric bass, piano, Rhodes, synths, organ
  • Michael Lerner – drums, percussion
  • Timmy Mislock – guitar
  • Jon Natchez – tenor and baritone saxophone, trombone, euphonium, tuba
  • Andrew Dunn – trombone
  • Brent Arnold – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Silberman.

  1. Palace
  2. Doppelgänger
  3. Hotel
  4. Intruders
  5. Director
  6. Revisited
  7. Parade
  8. Surrender
  9. Refuge

Director: We Thrive On Big Cities

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On October 6, 2006, “Atlantic” label released “We Thrive on Big Cities”, the debut Director studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Michael Moloney, Eoin Aherne, Rowan Averill and Shea Lawlor.

Personnel:

  • Michael Moloney – vocals, guitars
  • Eoin Aherne – guitars
  • Rowan Averill – bass guitar
  • Shea Lawlor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Easy to Me
  2. Standing in My Way
  3. Reconnect
  4. I Only Realise
  5. She’s Saying Things
  6. Leave It to Me
  7. Come with a Friend
  8. Big Cities
  9. Can You Take It
  10. Never Know

Lou Ottens

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On March 6, 2021, Lodewijk Frederik Ottens aka Lou Ottens, died aged 94. He was inventor and engineer, known as the inventor of the audio cassette tape. Nearly 20 years after Philips introduced cassette tapes, Ottens helped the company to develop compact disc technology and, with Sony, to create audio format that would become the industry standard. In 2016, Ottens appeared in a film, “Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape”. The director, Zack Farmer, likened the creation of the cassette to “trying to paint a masterpiece on a postage stamp”.

Leonard Bernstein

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On October 14, 1990, Leonard Bernstein died aged 72. He was pianist, composer,  conductor and music lecturer, regarded as one of the most important, influential and successful artists in the American music history. He was director of the New York Philharmonic and has been conducting concerts with some of the leading world orchestras. As composer he has worked with various music forms including ballet, opera, musicals, film scores, orchestral, chamber, choral, piano and  vocal music. Many of his music works are still regularly performed on the stages around the world, and his best known and most popular musical “West Side Story” is regarded as one of the classics of the world music literature.