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Black Midi: Hellfire

On July 15, 2022, “Rough Trade” label released “Hellfire”, the third Black Midi studio album. It was recorded June – August 2021, at “Hoxa HQ” in London, and was produced by Marta Salogni.

Personnel:

  • Geordie Greep – lead vocals, resonator guitar, classical guitar, lap steel, mandolin, bass guitar, grand piano, keyboards, accordion, orchestral whip, triangle, various whistles, snaps, claps, stomps, wooden whip
  • Cameron Picton – lead vocals, classical guitar, resonator guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, sub bass, grand piano, keyboards, synthesizers, harmonica, flute, triangle, sampler, sound design, flute, drone, marxophone, xylophone, crowd noise, snaps, claps, stomps, field recordings, björk bird instrument, radio bed
  • Morgan Simpson – drums, triangle, doumbek, tambourine, salt shaker, guiro, clave, cowbell, maraca, snaps, claps, stomps, woodblock, shaker
  • BJ Cole – pedal steel guitar
  • Finn Carter – grand piano
  • Marta Salogni – Roland Jupiter 8
  • Seth Evans – grand piano, Hammond organ
  • Joe MacLaren – electric upright bass
  • Kaidi Akinnibi – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
  • Ife Ogunjobi – trumpet
  • Joe Bristow – trombone
  • Joscelin Dent-Pooley – violin
  • Demi García Sabat – cajón, palmas, percussion, udu 
  • Blossom Caldarone – cello
  • Max Goulding – triangle, handclaps, snaps, stomps
  • Mike Ro-Phone – percussion
  • Hus Ragip – boxing announcer
  • Paul Jones – Vespa 
  • Radio Rahim – radio host
  • Akiu Tonto, Alex Peters, Amy Caek, Antoine Ray, Barn Marts, Cole Clements, Curtis Fogg, Dean Ferguson, Emilio Bazan, Finn Gildea, Georgie Du Boulay, Jack Sheppard, Jc Lightbody, Jeremiah Fowl, Lorenzo Lorini, Lucas Lockeridge, Maia Ciarapica, Mario Morales, Milanka Caballero, Nathan Cheung, Olly Bate, Sophie Pritchard, Tj Critchy, Zachary Oberdier – burps
  • Alek Ertman, Antoine Ray 1, Atereick, Ben Dreblow, Benjamin Ford, Bidskimbudskum, Bruce Quasar, Cole Clements, Colin Hedberg, Christian Malinoski, Dan Milmine, Drew “Droneman” Goad-Pacheco, Ellaar, Felipe González, Fin “DaMando” Gildea, Gabe Lactu, Gus Crane, Jamie Teixido Ubeda, Johnny Rockstar, Josh Healing, Joshua Brenan, Keep Me Safe, Kian Kermani, Lee Pritchard, Luke Cherchenko, Matt Bisaccia, Mattsladedrone, Mr Chain Blue Lightning, Sam R, Tanner York, Teodor Vujic, The Kaj, Trevor Davies, Vincent Sgro – drone
  • Max Goulding – co-production
  • Dani Bennett Spragg – engineer
  • Luke Glazewski – additional engineering
  • David Rudnick – artwork
  • Emiel Penninck – artwork
  • Maharani Yasmine Putri – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Hellfire
  2. Sugar / Tzu
  3. Fat Man Eat
  4. Welcome to Hell
  5. Still
  6. Half Time
  7. The Race Is About to Begin
  8. Dangerous Liaisons
  9. The Defence
  10. 27 Questions

Richard Ashcroft: Natural Rebel

On October 19, 2018, “Righteous Phonographic Association” and “BMG Rights Management” labels released “Natural Rebel”, the fifth Richard Ashcroft studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “State of the Ark”, “The Bunker”, “Tileyard Studfios”, “Hoxa HQ”, and was produced by Jon Kelly, Emre Ramazanoglu and Richard Ashcroft.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft – vocal, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Steve Wyreman – guitar, bass
  • Ben Trigg – keyboards, strings
  • Jon Kelly – keyboards
  • Matt Johnson – keyboards
  • Steve Wyreman – keyboards
  • Damon Minchella – bass
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – drums, percussion
  • Dominic Glover, Nichol Thomson, Jim Hunt – brass
  • Olli Kraus – strings, strings arrangements
  • Bruce White, Charis Jenson, Everton Nelson, Galya Bisengalieva, Gemma Dunne, Katie Wilkinson, Marianne Haynes, Richard George, Tom Pigott-Smith – strings
  • Andrea Grant, Lorraine Cato – backing vocals
  • Ben Trigg – strings arrangements
  • Dani Spragg, Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Army of Few – design
  • Dean Chalkley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft.

  1. All My Dreams
  2. Birds Fly
  3. Surprised by the Joy
  4. That’s How Strong
  5. Born to Be Strangers
  6. That’s When I Feel It
  7. We All Bleed
  8. A Man in Motion
  9. Streets of Amsterdam
  10. Money Money