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Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience: To Know Without Knowing

On July 3, 2020, “Agogo Records” label released “To Know Without Knowing”, album by Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience. It was recorded in 2020, at “Ginger Studios” in Melbourne, “Rolling Stock Recording Rooms” in Collingwood, “BIX Mobile Studio”, and was produced by Ian Dixon and Peter Harper.

Personnel:

  • Mulate Astatke – electric piano, vibraphone, congas
  • Zac Lister – guitar, chorus 
  • Bob Sedergreen – grand piano 
  • Richard Rose – bass
  • James Davies – drums
  • Olugbade Okunade – congas, shaker
  • Kahan Harper – shaker, wood block
  • Peter Harper – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Dominique Chaseling – flute
  • Ian Dixon – flugelhorn, trumpet, arrangements
  • Haftu Reda – masinko
  • Enushu Taye – vocals
  • Vida Sunshyne – vocals
  • Addisalem Taye, Corry Harper, Mearge Abate – chorus
  • Elf Tranzporter – MC
  • Liam Monkhouse – MC
  • Jimi Wyatt – engineer
  • Myles Mumford – engineer
  • Zac Lister – engineer
  • Jono Podmore – mixing
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Hendrik Pauler – direct metal mastering
  • Ian Dixon – artwork
  • John Ryrie – artwork
  • Ralf Zitzmann – A&R

Track listing:

  1. Mulatu
  2. Kulun Mankwaleshi
  3. To Know Without Knowing
  4. Mascaram Setaba
  5. Living on Stolen Land
  6. Ambassa Lemdi

Tim Bowness: Flowers at the Scene

On March 1, 2019, “Inside Out Music” and “Sony” labels released “Flowers at the Scene”, the fifth Tim Bowness studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Tim Bowness, No-Man (Steven Wilson) and Brian Hulse.

Personnel:

  • Tim Bowness – lead and backing vocals, trumpet loops, artwork
  • Peter Hamill – guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Hulse – guitar, keyboards, synth, drum programming
  • Andy Partridge – guitar
  • Jim Matheos – guitar
  • David Longdon – flute, melodica, backing vocals
  • David K Jones – bass, double bass
  • Colin Edwin – bass
  • Dylan Howe – drums
  • Charles Grimsdale – drums
  • Tom Atherton – drums
  • Kevin Godley – backing vocals
  • Ian Dixon – trumpet
  • Fran Broady – violin
  • Steven Wilson – mixing
  • Steven Kitch – mastering
  • Jarrod Gosling – painting, artwork
  • Rob Whitrow – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Bowness, except where noted.

  1. I Go Deeper
  2. The Train That Pulled Away
  3. Rainmark
  4. Not married Anymore
  5. Flowers at the Scene
  6. It’s the World
  7. Borderline
  8. Ghostlike
  9. The War on Me
  10. Killing to Survive
  11. What Lies here