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Suuns: The Witness

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On September 3, 2021, “Joyful Noise Recordings” and “Secret City Records” labels released “The Witness”, the fifth Suuns album. It was recorded December 2019 – September 2020, at “Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Ben Shemie – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Yarmush – bass
  • Liam O’Neill – drums
  • Max Henry – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Mathieu Charbonneau – synthesizer
  • Erik Hove – saxophone, flute
  • Jace Lasek – engineer, mixing
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Ryan Morey – mastering
  • Studio Safar – design
  • Myriam Boulos – cover photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Shemie, Joe Yarmush, Liam O’Neill and Max Henry.

  1. Third Stream
  2. Witness Protection
  3. C-Thru
  4. Timebender
  5. Clarity
  6. The Fix
  7. Go to My Head
  8. The Trilogy

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee at State’s End!

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On April 2, 2021, “Constellation Records” label released “G_d’s Pee at State’s End!”, the seventh Godspeed You! Black Emperor studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Jace Lasek.

Personnel:

  • David Bryant – electric guitars, MG-1
  • Efrim Manuel Menuck – electric guitars, OP-1, radios
  • Mauro Pezzente – electric bass
  • Michael Moya – electric guitars
  • Sophie Trudeau – violins, organ
  • Thierry Amar – electric bass and upright bass
  • Aidan Girt – sitting drums and standing drums
  • Timothy Herzog – sitting drums and standing drums, glockenspiel
  • Karl Lemieux – 16mm projections
  • Philippe Leonard – 16mm projections

Track listing:

  1. A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job’s Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (Rockets for Mary)
  2. Fire at Static Valley
  3. “Government Came” (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz) / Cliffs Gaze / cliffs’ gaze at empty waters’ rise / Ashes to Sea or Nearer to Thee
  4. Our Side Has to Win (for D.H.)

Godspeed You!: G d’s Pee at State’s End!

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On April 2, 2021, “Constellation Records” label released “G d’s Pee at State’s End!”, the seventh Godspeed You! Black Emperor studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Hotel2 Tango” in Montreal, and was produced by Jace Lasek.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Manuel Menuck – electric guitars, OP-1, radios
  • David Bryant – electric guitars, MG-1
  • Michael Moya – electric guitars
  • Sophie Trudeau – violins, organ
  • Thierry Amar – electric and upright bass
  • Mauro Pezzente – electric bass
  • Aidan Girt – sitting and standing drums
  • Timothy Herzog – sitting and standing drums, glockenspiel
  • Karl Lemieux – 16mm projections
  • Philippe Leonard – 16mm projections

Track listing:

  1. A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) / Job’s Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (Rockets for Mary)
  2. Fire at Static Valley
  3. Government Came / Cliffs Gaze / cliffs’ gaze at empty waters’ rise / Ashes to Sea or Nearer to Thee
  4. Our Side Has to Win

Wintersleep: In the Land Of

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On March 29, 2019, “Dine Alone Records” label released “In the Land Of”, the seventh Wintersleep album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Bathouse Recording Studio” in Kingston, “Revolution Recording” in Toronto, “St. Bernard Studios” in Montreal, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • Paul Murphy – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tim D’Eon – guitar, keyboards
  • Chris Bell – bass guitar
  • Loel Campbell – drums, percussion
  • Jon Samuel – keyboards
  • Aaron Goldstein – pedal steel
  • Jace Lasek – therevox, additional tracking
  • Tony Doogan – engineer
  • Nyles Spencer – engineer assistant
  • Luke Schindler – engineer assistant
  • Gemma Mazza – engineer assistant
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • Michael H. Brauer – mixing
  • Calvin Hartwick – mixing
  • Fernando Reyes – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Rich Carey – artwork
  • Jud Haynes – layout, design

Track listing:

  1. Surrender
  2. Forest Fire
  3. Beneficiary
  4. Into the Shape of Your Heart
  5. The Lighthouse
  6. Never Let You Go
  7. Soft Focus
  8. Waves
  9. Terror
  10. Free Pour

The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

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On January 29, 2021, “Flemish Eye Records” label released “The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings”, sixth studio Besnard Lakes (The) album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Rigaud Ranch”, “Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek.

Personnel:

  • Jace Lasek – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, string and horn arrangements, sounds, mixing
  • Olga Goreas – vocals, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, string and horn arrangements, handwritten font
  • Richard White – guitar
  • Robbie MacArthur – electric and 12 string guitars, baritone guitar
  • Sheenah Ko – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer 
  • Kevin Laing – drums, percussion
  • Welkom in De Blaak – organ
  • Joel Campbell – drums
  • Philip Gosselin – mastering
  • Todd Stewart – design
  • Corri-Lynn Tetz – design
  • Dave Thomas – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas.

  1. Blackstrap
  2. Raindrops
  3. Christmas
  4. Our Heads, Our Hearts on Fire Again
  5. Feuds with Guns
  6. The Dark Side of Paradise
  7. New Revolution
  8. The Father of Time Wakes Up
  9. Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

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On February 20, 2007, “Jagjaguwar” label released “The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse”, the second Besnard Lakes studio. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas.

Personnel:

  • Olga Goreas – vocals, bass, organ, synthesizer, glockenspiel, drums
  • Jace Lasek – vocals, guitar, organ, piano, Rhodes, synthesizer, lap steel guitar, tambourine, drums
  • Kevin Laing – drums
  • Nicole Lizée – string, horn, flute, saxophone arrangements, bass, synthesizer
  • The Fifth String Liberation Singers Choir – vocals
  • Steve Raegele – vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Cummins – guitar
  • Jerimiah Bullied – guitar
  • Eric LaRock – bass
  • George Donoso III – drums
  • Jean-Paul Perron – drums
  • Chris Seligman – French horn
  • Billy Boufford – flute, soprano saxophone
  • Heather Schnarr – violin 
  • Sophie Trudeau – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Olga Goreas, Jace Lasek and Nicole Lizee.

  1. Disaster
  2. For Agent 13
  3. And You Lied to Me
  4. Devastation
  5. Because Tonight
  6. Rides the Rails
  7. On Bedford and Grand
  8. Cedric’s War

Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer

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On June 17, 2008, “Sub Pop” label released “At Mount Zoomer”, the second Wolf Parade studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, at “Petite Église” in Farnham,  “MIXart Studios” and “Mount Zoomer” in Montreal, and was produced by Spencer Krug, Dan Boeckner, Dante DeCaro and Arlen Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Spencer Krug – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Dan Boeckner – vocals, guitar
  • Dante DeCaro – bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards
  • Arlen Thompson – drums, recording
  • David Ferry – recording
  • Nick Petrowski – recording
  • David Smith – recording
  • Jace Lasek – recording
  • Harris Newman- mastering
  • Elizabeth Huey – artwork
  • Matt Moroz – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Soldier’s Grin – Dan Boeckner
  2. Call it a Ritual – Spencer Krug
  3. Language City – Dan Boeckner
  4. Bang Your Drum – Spencer Krug
  5. California Dream – Spencer Krug
  6. The Grey Dreamer – Dan Boeckner
  7. Fine Young Cannibals – Dan Boeckner
  8. An Animal in Your Care – Spencer Krug
  9. Kissing the Beehive – Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug

Besnard Lakes: A Coliseum Complex Museum

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On January 22, 2016, “Jagjaguwar” label released “A Coliseum Complex Museum”, the fifth Besnard Lakes album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas.

Personnel:

  • Jace Lasek – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Olga Goreas – vocals, bass, synthesizer, engineer
  • Sheenah Ko – keyboards, vibraphone
  • Robbie MacArthur – guitar
  • Richard White – guitar
  • Kevin Lang – drums
  • Ryan Morey – mastering
  • Christopher Campbell Gardiner – cover art
  • Todd Stewart – sleeve art
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas.

  1. The Bray Road Beast
  2. Golden Lion
  3. Pressure of Our Plans
  4. Towers Sent Her to Sheets of Sound
  5. The Plain Moon
  6. Necronomicon
  7. Nightingale
  8. Tungsten 4 – The Refugee

Wintersleep: New Inheritors

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On May 18, 2010, “The Tom Kotter Company” label released “New Inheritors”, the fourth Wintersleep album. It was recorded September 2009 – February 2010, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • Paul Murphy – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tim D’Eon – guitar
  • Jon Samuel – keyboards
  • Michael Bigelow – bass guitar
  • Loel Campbell – drums, percussion
  • Robin Rankin – keyboards
  • Mick Cooke – brass, string arrangements
  • Anne–Marie Proulx, Rachel Denkers – handclapping
  • Caraline Risi, Liam Lynch, Rosie Townhill, Ysla Robertson – strings
  • Tony Doogan – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jace Lasek, Sébastien Rivard – assistant
  • Graeme Patterson – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Experience the Jewel
  2. Encyclopedia
  3. Blood Collection
  4. New Inheritors
  5. Black Camera
  6. Trace Decay
  7. Mausoleum
  8. Echolocation
  9. Terrible Man
  10. Preservation
  11. Mirror Man
  12. Baltic

Sunset Rainbow: Shut Up I Am Dreaming

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On May 2, 2006, “Absolutely Kosher” label released “Shut Up I Am Dreaming”, the second Sunset Rubdown album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Breakglass Studio”.

Personnel:

  • Spencer Krug- vocals, keys, guitar, kick drum
  • Camilla Wynne Ingr – vocals, percussion, keyboards
  • Michael Doerksen – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizers, drums
  • Jordan Robson-Cramer – drums, guitar, keyboards
  • Mark Nicol – bass, kalimba, drums
  • Jace Lasek, Dave Smith – engineer
  • Harris Newman – mastering
  • Matt Moroz – design

Track listing:

  1. Stadiums and Shrines II
  2. They Took a Vote and Said No
  3. Us Ones in Between
  4. I’m Sorry I Sang on Your Hands That Must Have Been in the Grave
  5. Snake’s Got a Leg III
  6. The Empty Threats of Little Lord
  7. Swimming
  8. The Men Are Called Horsemen There
  9. Q-Chord
  10. Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings