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Moor Mother: Jazz Codes

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On July 1, 2022, “ANTI” label released “Jazz Codes”, the eight Moor Mother album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Moor Mother and Olof Melander.

Personnel:

  • Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa) – vocal, executive producer
  • Jason Moran – piano
  • Alya Al-Sultani – vocal
  • Wolf Weston – vocal
  • Elaine Mitchener – vocal
  • Tcheser Holmes – vocal
  • Ajai Solo – rap
  • Fatboi Sharif – rap
  • Yung Morpheus – rap
  • Ken Neuringer – saxophone
  • Aquiles Navarro – trumpet
  • Melanie Charles – flute
  • Nicole Mitchell – flute
  • Kyle Kidd
  • Orion Sun
  • Irreversible Entanglements
  • Honeychile
  • Loijj
  • Thomas Stanley
  • Justmadnice
  • Mary Lattimore – harp
  • Joe Baldacci, Willie Green – mixing
  • Alex Nagel – mastering
  • Anthony Molden – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa).

  1. Umzansi
  2. April 7th
  3. Golden Lady
  4. Joe McPhee Nation Time Intro
  5. Ode to Mary
  6. Woody Shaw
  7. Meditation Rag
  8. So Sweet Amina
  9. Dust Together
  10. Rap Jasm
  11. Blues Away
  12. Blame
  13. Arms Save
  14. Real Trill House
  15. Evening
  16. Barely Woke
  17. Noise Jism
  18. Thomas Stanley Jazzcodes Outro
  19. Black Honey
  20. We Got the Jazz
  21. Black Dust Blues

Algiers: There Is No Year

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On January 17, 2020, “Matador” label released “There Is No Year”, the third Algiers studio album. It was recorded April – May 2019, at “Figure 8”, “Strange Weather”, “Studio E” in New York, and was produced by Randall Dunn and Ben Greenberg.

Personnel:

  • Franklin James Fisher – vocals, keyboards
  • Lee Tesche – guitar
  • Ryan Mahan – bass
  • Matt Tong – drums
  • Randall Dunn – Korg MS-20, Modal 001, Ensoniq ESQ-1, modular synth, percussion, mixing, additional programming, sound design
  • Ben Greenberg – MPC 2000, additional programming
  • Skerik (Eric Walton) – saxophone
  • Kyle Kidd – additional vocals
  • La Toya Kent – additional vocals
  • Lou the Dog – vocal sounds
  • Randall Dunn – mixing
  • Garrett DeBlock – mixing assistant
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Farbod Kokabi – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Franklin James Fisher, Lee Tesche, Ryan Mahan and Matt Tong.

  1. There Is No Year
  2. Dispossession
  3. Hour of the Furnaces
  4. Losing is Ours
  5. Unoccupied
  6. Chaka
  7. Wait for the Sound
  8. Repeating Night
  9. We Can’t Be Found