Tag Archives: Heartland

Gourishankar: The World Unreal

On January 14, 2011, “ArtBeat Music” label released “The World Unreal”, the third Gourishankar studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2015, at “Manaraga Recording Studios” in Syktyvkar, Russia, and was produced by Nomy Agranson.

Personnel:

  • Jason Offen – lead and backing vocals
  • Nomy Agranson – electric and acoustic guitars, fretted and fret less basses, keyboards, synths, programming, mandolin
  • Svetoslav Bogdanov – drums, percussio
  • Evgeniy Ryabashev – violins
  • Leonid Nesterov – trumpet
  • Alena Sergeeva – classical vocals
  • Darina Popova – atmospheric female voice
  • Maria Domashenko – space backing vocals
  • Anna Popova – ethnic komi vocals
  • Sergey Fedorov – backing vocals
  • Ivan Tropnikov – backing vocals
  • Arseniy Kadanev – children’s voices
  • Vladimir Ovchinnikov – mixing
  • Nikolay ‘Big Nick’ Bogaychuk – executive producer

Track listing:

All music by Nomy Agranson, all lyrics by Jason Offen. Vocal melodies by Jason Offen and Nomy Agranson.

  1. Intro – Fate
  2. Order and Chaos
  3. First Rush
  4. Let it Go
  5. Place for Everything
  6. Heartland
  7. Truth Stays Silent
  8. a) The Deception
  9. b) Money Talks
  10. c) Retribution
  11. World Unreal
  12. Time Follows
  13. Pleasure and Suffering: Part 1
  14. Pleasure and Suffering: Part 2

 

Owen Pallett: Heartland

On January 12, 2010, “Domino” label released “Heartland”, the third Owen Pallett album. It was recorded in 2009, at “The Greenhouse” in Reykjavík, and was produced by Owen Pallett.

Personnel:

  • Owen Pallett – vocals, violin, keyboards, arranger
  • Lisa Chisholm – bassoon
  • Micah Hellbrum – clarinet
  • Sarah Jeffrey – oboe, cor anglais
  • Leonie Wall – flute, piccolo
  • Gabe Radford – horn
  • David Pell – trombone
  • Mike Fedyshyn – trumpet
  • The Czech Symphony Strings / directed by Adam Klemens / recorded by Jan Holzner
  • The St. Kitts’ Winds / contracted by John Marshman / recorded by Jeff McMurrich, Matt Smith
  • Sturla Mio Þórisson – recording
  • Rusty Santos – mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Colin Bergh – design, illustration
  • Jimmy Limit – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Owen Pallett.

  1. Midnight Directives
  2. Keep the Dog Quiet
  3. Mount Alpentine
  4. Red Sun No. 5
  5. Lewis Takes Action
  6. The Great Elsewhere
  7. Oh Heartland, Up Yours!
  8. Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
  9. Flare Gun
  10. E Is for Estranged
  11. Tryst with Mephistopheles
  12. What Do You Think Will Happen Now?