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Ibrahim Maloouf: Illusions

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On November 5, 2013, “Mi’ster Productions” label released “Illusions”, the fifth Ibrahim Maloouf album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Studio Diasporas” in Ivry Sur Seine, France.

Personnel:

  • Ibrahim Maloouf – trumpet, arrangements
  • Yann Martin – lead trumpet
  • Martin Saccardy, Youenn Le Cam – trumpet
  • François Delporte – guitar
  • Frank Woeste – keyboards
  • Laurent David – bass
  • Xavier Rogé – drums
  • Vincent Joinville – engineer, mixing
  • Florent Bobet, Martin Antiphon, Thomas Dappelo – engineer and mixing assistant
  • Pierre Luzy – mastering
  • Arno Weil – design
  • Denis Rouvre – cover and back photography
  • Malena Marquez – booklet photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ibrahim Maloouf.

  1. Illusions
  2. Conspiracy Generation
  3. InPRESSI
  4. Nomade Slang
  5. Busy
  6. If You Wanna Be a Woman
  7. Unfaithful
  8. True Story
  9. Illusion

Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic: Open Me

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On September 23, 2014, “Kakoum Records” label released “Open Me”, the third Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Studio Plus XXX” in Paris, “Studio Grand Large” in Brest, France, “La Fabrique” in Saint-Rémy de Provence, France.

Personnel:

  • Jim Grandcamp – electric guitar
  • Guillaume Perret – electric saxophone, mixing
  • Philippe Bussonnet – electric bass
  • Yoann Serra – drums, sampler
  • Sir Alice – voice
  • Monica Vannier – voice
  • Dominique “Dume” Poutet – recording assistant, mixing
  • Breakz, Déborah Claude, Etienne Geremia – recording assistant
  • Romain Duhamel – mixing assistant
  • Shane “The Cutter” – mastering
  • Guillaume Saix – artwork
  • Eduard Tetzlaff, Emile Holba – photography

Track listing:

  1. Opening
  2. Shoebox
  3. Brutalum Voluptuous
  4. Irma’s Room
  5. Mamuth
  6. Doors
  7. Ponk
  8. Coma

Chilly Gonzales: Solo Piano II

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On August 27, 2012, “Gentle Threat” label released “Solo Piano II”, the 13th Chilly Gonzales album. It was recorded in December 2011, at “Studio Pigalle” in Paris, France.

Personnel:

  • Chilly Gonzales – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Chilly Gonzales.

  1. White Keys
  2. Kenaston
  3. Minor Fantasy
  4. Escher
  5. Rideaux Lunaires
  6. Nero’s Nocturne
  7. Venetian Blinds
  8. Evolving Doors
  9. Epigram in E
  10. Othello
  11. Train of Thought
  12. Wintermezzo
  13. La Bulle
  14. Papa Gavotte

Tomasz Stańko Quartet: Lontano

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On August 25, 2006, “ECM” label released “Lontano”, the fourth Tomasz Stańko Quartet album. It was recorded in November 2005, at “Studios la Buissonne” in Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Tomasz Stańko – trumpet
  • Marcin Wasilewski – piano
  • Slawomir Kurkiewicz – bass
  • Michal Miskiewicz – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Tomasz Stańko except where noted.

  1. Lontano I – Tomasz Stańko, Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz
  2. Cyrhla
  3. Song for Ania
  4. Kattorna – Krzysztof Komeda
  5. Lontano II – Tomasz Stańko, Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz
  6. Sweet Thing
  7. Trista
  8. Lontano III – Tomasz Stańko, Marcin Wasilewski, Slawpmir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz
  9. Tale

Dashiell Hedayat: Obsolete

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In June 1971, “Shandar” label released “Obsolete”, the debut Dashiell Hedayat album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Strawberry Studios” in Hérouville, France.

Personnel:

  • Dashiell Hedayat – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, Cosmic-hedayat-rumble and Cut-ups, design
  • William Burroughs – vocals
  • Sam Wyatt – vocal, backing vocals
  • Daevid Allen – lead guitar
  • Didier Malherbe – saxophone, flute
  • Christian Tritsch – bass, guitar
  • Pip Pyle – drums
  • Gilli Smyth – backing vocals
  • Gilles Sallé – engineer
  • Benjamine Baltimore – design
  • Bernard Lenoir – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dashiell Hedayat.

Eh, Mushroom, Will You Mush My Room?

  1. Chrysler
  2. Fille De L’Ombre
  3. Long Song for Zelda
  4. Cielo Drive / 17

Mona Lisa: Avant Qu’il Ne Soit Trop Tard

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In February 1976, “Crypto” label released “Avant Qu’il Ne Soit Trop Tard”, the fourth Mona Lisa album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Studio Antibes”, in La Fontonne, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, and was produced by Jean-Claude Pognant.

.Personnel:

  • Dominique Le Guennec – vocals, flute, synthesizer
  • Pascal Jardon – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jean-Paul Pierson – piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Jean-Luc Martin – vocals, bass, guitar
  • Francis Poulet – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bernard Belan – engineer
  • Jean-Pierre Massiera – engineer
  • Philippe Omnès – engineer, mixing
  • Philippe Huart – design concept, illustration

Track listing:

  1. Le Chant Des Glaces
  2. Allons Z’Enfants
  3. Le Publiphobe
  4. Solaris
  5. La Folie
  6. De Toute Ma Haine
  7. Plus Loin Vers Le Ciel

Tindersticks: The Something Rain

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On February 20, 2012, “Lucky Dog Recordings” label released “The Something Rain”, the ninth Tindersticks studio album. It was recorded May – August, 2011, at “Le Chien Chanceux” in Creuse, France, and was produced by Stuart A. Staples.

Personnel:

  • Stuart A. Staples – vocals
  • David Boulter – vocals, piano, organ
  • Neil Fraser – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Dan McKinna – bass
  • Earl Harvin – drums, percussion
  • David Kitt – guitar
  • Thomas Bloch – cristal baschet
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone
  • Andy Nice – soprano saxophone, cello
  • Julian Siegel – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Will Wilde – chromatic harmonica
  • Gina Foster – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Chocolate – David Boulter
  2. Show Me Everything – David Boulter, Stuart Staples
  3. This Fire of Autumn – Stuart Staples
  4. A Night So Still – Dan McKinna, Stuart Staples
  5. Slippin’ Shoes – Stuart Staples
  6. Medicine – Stuart Staples
  7. Frozen – David Kitt, Stuart Staples
  8. Come Inside – Stuart Staples
  9. Goodbye Joe – David Boulter

Asia Minor: Between Flesh And Divine

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In December 1980, “W.A.M.” label released “Between Flesh and Divine”, the second Asia MInor album. It was recorded in July 1980, at “Studio De La Grande Armée” in Paris, France, and was produced by Setrak Bakirel, Eril Tekeli, Robert Kempler and Lionel Beltrami.

Personnel:

  • Setrak Bakirel – vocals, guitar, bass, arrangements, artwork, design
  • Eril Tekeli – guitar, flute, arrangements
  • Robert Kempler – keyboards, bass, arrangements
  • Lionel Beltrami – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Emanuel Guiot – engineer
  • Bruno Permane – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Eril Tekeli and Setrak Bakirel.

  1. Nightwind
  2. Northern Kights
  3. Boundless
  4. Dedicace
  5. Lost in a Dream Yell
  6. Dreadful Memories

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers: 1958 – Paris Olympia

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In December 1958, “Fontana” label released “1958 – Paris Olympia”, the fourth Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers live album. It was recorded November – December 1958, at “L’Olympia” in Paris, France.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson except where noted.

  1. Just by Myself
  2. I Remember Clifford
  3. Are You Real
  4. Moanin’ – Bobby Timmons
  5. Justice – Thelonious Monk
  6. Blues March
  7. Whisper Not

Jethro Tull: War Child

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On October 14, 1974, “Chrysalis” label released “War Child”, the seventh Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded December 1973 – February 1974, at “Morgan Studios” in London, “Château d’Hérouville” in France, and was produced by Ian Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, alto, soprano and sopranino saxophones
  • Martin Barre – electric guitar, Spanish guitar
  • John Evan – piano, organ, synthesizers, accordion
  • Jeffrey Hammond – lead vocals, spoken word, bass guitar, string bass
  • Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, marimba
  • Dee Palmer – orchestral arrangements
  • Robin Black – engineer
  • Terry Ellis – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

  1. War Child
  2. Queen and Country
  3. Ladies
  4. Back-Door Angels
  5. Sealion
  6. Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day
  7. Bungle in the Jungle
  8. Only Solitaire
  9. The Third Hoorah
  10. Two Fingers