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Amadou & Mariam: Folila

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On April 10, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Folila”, the sixth Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded in 2011, in Bomako, Mali and in New York City, and was produced by Marc Antoine Moreau.

Personnel:

  • Amadou Bagayoko – vocals, guitar, electric guitar
  • Mariam Doumbia – vocals
  • Santigold – vocals
  • Jake Shears – vocals
  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals
  • Ebony Bones – vocals
  • Kyp Malone – vocals
  • Abdallah Oumbadougou – vocals
  • Theophilus London – vocals
  • Tanti Kouaté & Her Choir – choir, chorus
  • Nick Zinner – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Antoine Halet – guitar, acoustic guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitar, doum-doum, harmonica
  • Idrissa Soumaro – organ, piano
  • Victor Axelrod – keyboards, Wurlitzer
  • Amp Fiddler – keyboards
  • Yvo Abadi – bass, drums, percussion
  • Yao Dembele – bass, percussion
  • Ahmed Fofana – bass, flute, keyboards
  • Laurent Griffon – bass
  • Boubacar Dembele – balafon, conga, djembe, doum-doum
  • Vieux Dembélé – djembe
  • Sidiki Diabate – kora
  • Tomani Diabate – kora
  • Sanogo Foussn – doum-doum
  • Bassekou Kouyate – ngoni
  • Manjul – percussion
  • Stuart Bogie – tenor saxophone
  • Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone
  • Jordan McLean – trumpet
  • Christophe Millot – bass clarinet
  • Josh Grant – engineer, mixing
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Renaud Letang – mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Marc Antoine Moreau – arrangements, A&R
  • Julien Bescond – A&R
  • François Morel – design
  • Thomas Moulin – assistant
  • Benoît Peverelli – photography

Track listing:

  1. Dougou Badia – Mariam Doumbia, Santigold
  2. Wily Kataso – Adebamfe, Mariam Doumbia, Kyp Malone
  3. Oh Amadou – Amadou Bagayoko
  4. Metemya – Amadou Bagayoko, Moreau, Jake Shears
  5. Baro – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  6. Africa mon Afrique – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  7. C’est pas facile pour les Aigles – Mariam Doumbia, Ebony Bones
  8. Sans toi – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia
  9. Mogo – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  10. Bagnale – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Abdallah Oumbadougou
  11. Nebe Miri – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Theophilus London
  12. Chérie – Mariam Doumbia

TV On The Radio: Young Liars

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On July 8, 2003, “Touch & Go” label released “Young Liars”, the debut TV on the Radio EP.

Personnel:

  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals, loops 
  • David Andrew Sitek – guitars, keyboards, loops, recording
  • Kyp Malone – vocals, guitars, bass, loops
  • Jaleel Bunton – vocals, drums, bass, loops, guitar
  • Jason Sitek
  • Katrina Ford – vocal
  • Shannon Funchess – vocal
  • Nick Zinner – guitar
  • Aaron Hemphill – guitar
  • Brian Chase – drums
  • Martin Perna – flute
  • Paul Mahajan – recording, engineer
  • Chris Moore – engineer
  • John Golden – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Satellite – Tunde Adebimpe, David Sitek
  2. Staring at the Sun – Tunde Adebimpe, David Sitek
  3. Blind – Tunde Adebimpe, David Sitek
  4. Young Liars – Tunde Adebimpe, David Sitek
  5. Mr. Grieves – (unlisted bonus track) – Black Francis

TV on the Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

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On March 9, 2004, “Touch and Go” label released “Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes”, the debut TV on the Radio studio album. It was recorded August – September 2003, at “Headgear Studio” in Brooklyn, and was produced by David Andrew Sitek.

Personnel:

  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals, loops
  • Kyp Malone – vocals, guitars, loops
  • David Andrew Sitek – guitars, keys, loops
  • Martin Perna – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flutes
  • Katrina Ford – vocals
  • Nick Zinner – guitar
  • Jaleel Burton – drums
  • Chris Moore – engineer
  • Paul Mahajan – engineer
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • David Babbitt – design
  • Brian Alesi – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Andrew Sitek.

  1. The Wrong Way
  2. Staring at the Sun
  3. Dreams
  4. King Eternal
  5. Ambulance
  6. Poppy
  7. Don’t Love You
  8. Bomb Yourself
  9. Wear You Out

TV On The Radio: Dear Science

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On September 22, 2008, “Interscope” label released “Dear Science”, the third TV on the Radio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by David Andrew Sitek.

Personnel:

  • Tunde Adebimpe– vocals
  • Kyp Malone– vocals, guitars, bass, synths, string arrangements
  • David Andrew Sitek– programming, guitars, samples, bass, synths, horn arrangements
  • Gerard A Smith – bass, organ, synths, samples, rhodes
  • Jaleel Bunton – drums, guitars, rhodes, organ, synth, bass, programming, string arrangements
  • Katrina Ford – vocals, backing vocals
  • Eleanore Everdell – vocals
  • David Bergander – drums
  • Yoshi Takamasa – shaker, claves, congas, bells, percussion
  • Stuart D. Bogie– saxophones,  horn arrangements
  • Martin Perna– saxophones, flutes
  • Colin Stetson– baritone saxophone
  • Matana Roberts– alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Leah Paul – horns
  • Eric Biondo – trumpet
  • Aaron Johnson – trombone
  • Claudia Chopek – violin, string arrangements
  • Janis Shen – violin, string arrangements
  • Perry Serpa – additional string arrangements
  • Lara Hicks – viola
  • Eleanor Norton – cello
  • Dan Huron – engineer
  • Chris Coady, Chris Moore– additional engineering
  • David Andrew Sitek – mixing
  • Matty Green – mixing
  • Mark Stent– additional mixing
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Roe Etheridge – photography

Track listing:

  1. Halfway Home – Tunde Adebimpe
  2. Crying – Kyp Malone, Jaleel Bunton
  3. Dancing Choose – Tunde Adebimpe, David Andrew Sitek
  4. Stork & Owl – Kyp Malone
  5. Golden Age – Kyp Malone, David Andrew Sitek
  6. Family Tree – Tunde Adebimpe
  7. Red Dress – Kyp Malone, David Andrew Sitek
  8. Love Dog – Tunde Adebimpe
  9. Shout Me Out – Tunde Adebimpe
  10. DLZ – Tunde Adebimpe
  11. Lover’s Day – Kyp Malone

TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain

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On July 6, 2006, “4AD” label released “Return to Cookie Mountain”, the second TV on the Radio studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by David Andrew Sitek.

Personnel:

  • Kyp Malone – vocals, bass, guitar
  • David Bowie, Kazu Makino, Omega “C Taylor” Moon, Katrina Ford, Shanina Robinson – vocals
  • David Andrew Sitek – samples, guitars, bass, flute, keys, synth
  • Gerard Smith – piano, drums, bass, electric sitar
  • Jaleel Bunton – drums, guitars, piano, percussion, Rhodes
  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals, percussion, art direction, illustration
  • Akwetey, Aku, Devang Shah (Dragons of Zynth) – percussion
  • Martin Perna – baritone saxophone
  • Jaleel Bunton, Akwetey & Aku Orraca-Tetteh, Devang Shah, Aaron Aites, Tunde Adebimpe, Gerard Smith – choir
  • Martin Perna, Chris Taylor – horns
  • Stuart D. Bogie – bass harmonica, bass clarinet
  • Chris Taylor – clarinet, horn arrangements
  • Jeremy Wilms – cello
  • Vaughn Oliver – art direction, design
  • Chris Bigg – design assistant
  • David Andrew Sitek – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Was a Lover – Kyp Malone, David Andrew Sitek
  2. Hours – Tunde Adebimpe
  3. Province – Kip Malone, David Andrew Sitek
  4. Playhouses – Kip Malone
  5. Wolf Like Me – Tunde Adebimpe
  6. A Method – Tunde Adebimpe
  7. Let the Devil In – Kip Malone
  8. Dirtywhirl – Tunde Adebimpe
  9. Blues from Down Here – Kip Malone
  10. Tonight – Tunde Adebimpe
  11. Wash the Day – Kip Malone, David Andrew Sitek, Tunde Adebimpe

Samples used:

  • Teardrop by Massive Attack
  • Lou Reed’s 1975 album Metal Machine Music

 

TV On Radio: Nine Types Of Light

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On April 11, 2011, “Interscope” label released “Nine Types of Light”, the fourth TV on the Radio studio album. It was recorded in 1973,  and was produced by David Andrew Sitek. “Nine Types of Light” was band’s final album to feature bassist Gerard Smith, who died of lung cancer nine days after it was released.

Personnel:

  • Tunde Adebimpe– vocals, loops, keyboards
  • Jaleel Bunton – drums, bass guitar, guitar, programming, organ, synthesizer, vocals
  • Kyp Malone– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, clarinet, flute, viola
  • David Andrew Sitek– vocals, synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar, samples, programming
  • Gerard A. Smith – vocals, bass guitar, organ, samples, synthesizer
  • Dan Huron – percussion
  • Priscilla Ahn– backing vocals
  • Stuart Bogie – horn
  • Peter Hess – horn
  • Michael Irwin – horn
  • Todd Simon – horn
  • Kevin Moehringer – horn
  • Gillian Rivers – strings
  • Lauren Weaver – strings
  • Kenny Wang – viola
  • Jaleel Bunton – programming
  • David Andrew Sitek – programming
  • Zeph Sowers – engineer
  • Rich Costey– mixing
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Tunde Adebimpe – art direction, design
  • David Andrew Sitek – art direction, designer, photography
  • Nick Walker – assistant photographer

Track listing:

  1. Second Song
  2. Keep Your Heart
  3. You
  4. No Future Shock
  5. Killer Crane
  6. Will Do
  7. New Cannonball Blues
  8. Repetition
  9. Forgotten
  10. Caffeinated Consciousness