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BadBadNotGood: III

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On May 6, 2014, “Innovative Leisure” label released “III”, the third BadBadNotGood studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Revolution Recording” and “Studio 69” in Toronto, and was produced by Frank Dukes, Matthew Tavares, Chester Hansen and Alexander Sowinski.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Tavares – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electric guitar
  • Chester Hansen – bass guitar, upright bass, electric guitar, synthesizer, sampler
  • Alexander Sowinski – drums, percussion, synthesizer, sampler, photography
  • Leland Whitty – tenor and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; violin, viola
  • Tommy Paxton-Beesley – electric guitar, violin, cello, strings arrangements
  • Tom Moffat – trumpet
  • Stephen Koszler – engineer, mixing
  • Frank Dukes – engineer assistant
  • Matt MacNeil – engineer assistant
  • João Carvalho – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Tavares, Chester Hansen and Alexander Sowinski.

  1. Triangle
  2. Can’t Leave the Night
  3. Confessions
  4. Kaleidoscope
  5. Eyes Closed
  6. Hedron
  7. Differently, Still
  8. Since You Asked Kindly
  9. CS60

James Blake: Friends That Brake your Heart

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On October 8, 2021, “Republic Records” label released “Friends That Break Your Heart”, the fifth James Blake studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by James Blake, Dominic Maker, Jameela Jamil, Take a Daytrip, Joji, Khushi, Josh Stadlen, Metro Boomin, Frank Dukes and Rick Nowels.

Personnel:

  • James Blake – vocals, keyboards, programming, drum programming, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, synth bass, recording, mixing
  • John Christopher Fee – keyboards
  • Hal Ritson – additional piano, guitar, bass
  • Rick Nowels – Rhodes, mellotron, acoustic guitars
  • Nathan Schram – viola 
  • Jameela Jamil – additional arrangement, structure
  • Joji – backing vocals
  • Dominic Maker – additional vocals
  • Khushi – additional arrangement, additional vocals
  • Richard Adlam – additional programming
  • Tom Elmhirst – programming
  • Nico Muhly – string arrangement
  • Take a Daytrip – mixing
  • Brad Bustamante – recording
  • Carl Bespolka – recording
  • Khushi – recording 
  • Tristan Hoogland – recording 
  • Matt Scatchell – engineer
  • Rob Bisel – engineer
  • John Christopher Fee – engineer
  • Dean Reid – mixing 
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing, programming
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Miles Johnston – artwork
  • Bradley Pinkerton – graphic design
  • Matt Burnette-Lemon – package production

Track listing:

  1. Famous Last Words – James Litherland
  2. Life is Not the Same – James Litherland, David Charles, Marshall Biral, Denzel Michael-Akil Baptiste, George Miller
  3. Coming Back – James Litherland, Brittany Hazzard, Dominic Maker, Jameela Jamil, Kalim Patel, Solana Rowe
  4. Funeral – James Litherland
  5. Frozen – James Litherland, Destin Choice Route, Andre Jones
  6. I’m So Blessed You’re Mine – James Litherland, Dominic Maker, Jameela Jamil, Kalim Patel
  7. Foot Forward – James Litherland, Ali Tamposi, Leland Wayne, Adam Feeney, Barry Mann, Dan Hill
  8. Show Me – James Litherland, Dominic Maker, Monica Martin
  9. Say What You Will – James Litherland, Dominic Maker, Stadlen
  10. Lost Angel Nights – James Litherland, Dominic Maker, Ali Tamposi
  11. Friends That Break Your Heart – James Litherland, Rick Nowels
  12. If I’m Insecure – James Litherland, Nico Muhly

James Vincent McMorrow: We Move

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On September 2, 2016, “Faction” label released “We Move”, the third James Vincent McMorrow studio album. It was recorded in 2016 in Los Angeles, Toronto and Dublin, and was produced by James Vincent McMorrow, Frank Dukes, Nineteen85

and Two Inch Punch.

Personnel:

  • James Vincent McMorrow– vocals, drums, Fender Jazz bass, Fender Rhodes, electric guitar, keyboards, Moog bass, piano, Polysix, Prophet 5, synthesizer, synthesizer bass, Yamaha keyboards
  • Two Inch Punch– keyboards, synthesizer, synthesizer bass
  • Frank Dukes– CS-80, Juno
  • Kaan Gunesberk – bass, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Nineteen85– bass, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, synthesizer bass
  • James Byrne – drums
  • Frank Dukes– drum programming
  • Nineteen85, Two Inch Punch– drum programming
  • Kevin Dietz – engineer
  • Ross Dowling – engineer, mixing
  • Phil Hayes – engineer
  • John O’Mahony – mixing
  • Jimmy Douglas – mixing
  • Greg Calbi, John Davis – mastering
  • Samuel Burgess-Johnson – design
  • Emma Doyle – photography

Track listing:

  1. Rising Water – James Vincent McMorrow, Paul Jeffries
  2. I Lie Awake Every Night – Adam King Feenley, James Vincent McMorrow
  3. Last Story – James Vincent McMorrow
  4. One Thousand Times – James Vincent McMorrow, Paul Jeffries
  5. Evil – James Vincent McMorrow, Two Inch Punch
  6. Get Low – James Vincent McMorrow, Nineteen85
  7. Killer Whales – James Vincent McMorrow, Two Inch Punch
  8. Seek Another – James Vincent McMorrow
  9. Surreal – James Vincent McMorrow, Nineteen85
  10. Lost Angles – James Vincent McMorrow