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Johnny Blue Skies: Passage du Desir

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On July 12, 2024, “High Top Mountain” label released “Passage du Desir”, the eight Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, “Clement House” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by David R. Ferguson and Sturgill Simpson.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Blue Skies – vocals, guitar, mixing, photography
  • Jake Bugg – acoustic guitar
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • Sierra Hull – mandolin, siren
  • Mike Rojas – accordion, keyboards, melodica
  • Steve Mackey – bass guitar
  • Fred Eltringham – drums, percussion
  • Matt Combs – strings
  • Sean Sullivan – engineer
  • Cameron Davidson – engineer assistant 
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • David R. Ferguson – mixing
  • David Glasser – mastering
  • Fetzer Design – art direction
  • Dreez Nutz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Blue Skies.

  1. Swamp of Sadness
  2. If the Sun Never Rises Again
  3. Scooter Blues
  4. Jupiter’s Faerie
  5. Who I Am
  6. Right Kind of Dream
  7. Mint Tea
  8. One for the Road

Gustavo Cerati: Bocanada

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On June 28, 1999, “BMG International” label released “Bocanada”. the second Gustavo Cerati studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Casa Sunbmarina” in Buenos Aires, “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Gustavo Cerati.

Personnel:

  • Gustavo Cerati – lead vocals, guitars, samplers, synthesizers, keyboards, bass guitar, effects, additional instruments, mixing
  • Tweety González – organ
  •  Flavius Etcheto – sampler
  • Leo García – sampler, backing vocals
  • Fernando Nalé – bass guitar, double bass, fretless bass
  • Martín Carrizo – drums
  • Alejandro Terán – arrangements
  • Eduardo Bergallo – engineer, mixing
  • MacKinlay – second engineer
  • Eduardo Iencenella – sssistant
  • Clive Goddard – mixing
  • Barry Woodward – editor
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark – mastering

The London Session Orchestra

  • Gavin Wright – director
  • Peter Cobbin – engineer
  • Joel Gregg – assistan
  • ROS – design direction
  • Sofía Temperley – Photoshop
  • Gaby Herbstein – photography
  • Oscar (Roho) – hairstyle

Track listing:

All tracks by Gustavo Cerati, except where noted.

  1. Tabú
  2. Engaña
  3. Bocanada – Gustavo Cerati, Pablo Chaijale
  4. Puente
  5. Rio Babel
  6. Beautiful
  7. Perdonar es Divino
  8. Verbo Carne
  9. Raiz
  10. Y Si El Humo Está en Foco…
  11. Paseo Immoral
  12. Aquí & Ahora (Los Primeros Tres Minutos)
  13. Aquí & Ahora (Y Después)
  14. Alma
  15. Balsa

Algiers: The Underside Of Power

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On June 23, 2017, “Matador” label released “The Underside of Power”, the second Algiers studio album. It was recorded June – October 2016, at “Argot Studio”, “Strange Weather” and “Walker Studios”, “Figure 8” in New York, “Goat Farm” in Atlanta, “Real World” in Bath, “Rex Studios” in London, and was produced by Adrian Utley and Ali Chant.

Personnel:

  • Franklin James Fisher – vocals, cello, double bass, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano, sampling, synthesizer, tambourine, Wurlitzer
  • Lee Tesche – cymbals, guitar, harmonium, loop, music box, percussion, prepared guitar, prepared piano, saxophone, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Ryan Mahan – bass, drum programming, guitar, baritone guitar, sampling, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Matt Tong – chimes, drones, drums, glockenspiel, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Adrian Utley – drum machine, guitar, Moog bass, synthesizer
  • Ali Chant – guitar, backing vocals
  • Macks Faulkron – guitar, percussion, engineer
  • Ashiya Eastwood – backing vocals
  • Jessica Upton Crowe – backing vocals
  • Travis Ono – backing vocals
  • Alex Weston – engineer
  • Ben Greenberg – engineer, additional production
  • Chris Kyles – engineer
  • Oli Jacobs – engineer
  • Patrick Phillips – engineer
  • Paul Reust – engineer
  • Randall Dunn – mixing
  • Will Smith – mixing assistant
  • Jason Ward – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Walk Like a Panther
  2. Cry of the Martyrs
  3. The Underside of Power
  4. Death March
  5. A Murmur A Sign
  6. Mme Rieux
  7. Cleveland
  8. Animals
  9. Plague Years
  10. Hymn for and Average Man
  11. Bury Me Standing
  12. The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly

The Cribbs: The New Fellas

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On June 20, 2005, “Wichita Recordings” label released “The New Fellas”, the second Cribs (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “West Heath Studios” in London, and was produced by Edwyn Collins.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Jarman – vocals, guitar
  • Gary Jarman – vocals, bass
  • Ross Jarman – drums
  • Edwyn Collins – keyboards, backing vocals
  • The Punters – crowd vocals
  • Sebastian Lewsley – engineer
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Hiromix – illustrations
  • Nick Scott – design
  • Andrew Kendall – photography
  • Becky Cowey – additional photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Ryan Jarman, Gary Jarman and Ross Jarman except where noted.

  1. Hey Scenesters
  2. I’m Alright Me
  3. Martell
  4. Mirror Kissers
  5. We Can No Longer Cheat You
  6. It Was Only Love
  7. The New Fellas
  8. Hello? Oh…
  9. The Wrong Way to Be
  10. Haunted
  11. Things Aren’t Gonna Change

John Grant: The Art Of The Lie

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On June 14, 2024, “Bella Union” label released “The Art of the Lie”, the sixth John Grant studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Moon Zero Two” in Reykjavík, “Microcosm MKII” and “Hoxa HQ” in London, “Memetune” in Cornwall, and was produced by Ivor Guest.
Personnel:
• John Grant – vocals, synthesizers, keyboards, programming, spinet
• Dave Okumu – guitar, Vowel solo
• Ed Baden Powell – guitar
• Robin Simon – reverse guitar, guitar
• Leo Abrahams – acoustic guitar, guitars, synthesizers, spinet
• Adam Blake – acoustic guitar
• Robert Logan – synthesizers, programming, “cut ups”
• Charles Stuart – synthesizers
• Ivor Guest – synthesizers, programming
• Benge – modular synthesis
• Don-e Mclean – talk box, stabs
• Sarah Douglas – chatting
• Rachel Sermanni – chorus vocals
• Robin Mullarkay – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
• Sebastian Rochford – drum kit, live drum machine
• Kurt Uenala – additional programming
• Cameron Craig – engineer, mixing
• Benge – engineer, additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Dave Watson – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• James Watson – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Leo Abrahams – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Luke Glazewski – engineering assistant
• Kurt Uenala – computer engineering
• Samur Khouja – main vocal engineering, vocal sample engineering
• Ivor Guest – mixing, additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Matt Colton – mastering
• Drinkwater Studio – artwork
• Al Jackson – render

Track listing:

All tracks by John Grant.

  1. All That School for Nothing
  2. Marbles
  3. Father
  4. Mother and Son
  5. Twisted Scriptures
  6. Meek AF
  7. It’s a Bitch
  8. Daddy
  9. The Child Catcher
  10. Laura Lou
  11. Zeitgeist

The Chemical Brothers: Further

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On June 14, 2020, “Freestyle Dust” label released “Further”, the seventh Chemical Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Orinoco” in London, “Rowlands Audio Research” in Essex, England, and was produced by Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands.

Personnel:

  • Ed Simons – performer
  • Tom Rowlands – performer
  • Bruce Woolley – theremin
  • Stephanie Dosen – additional vocals
  • Cheeky Paul – editing
  • Lawrence Aldridge – editing assistant
  • Steve Dub – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Adam Smith – art direction
  • Tom Hingston Studio – design
  • Jez Tozer – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands.

  1. Snow
  2. Escape Velocity
  3. Another World
  4. Dissolve
  5. Horse Power
  6. Swoon
  7. K+D+B
  8. Wonders of the Deep

Kraftwerk: Minimum – Maximum

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On June 6, 2005, “Kling Klang” label released “Minimum-Maximum”, the first Kraftwerk live album. It was recorded in 2004, on concerts in Warsaw, Ljubljana, Moscow, Berlin, London, Budapest, Tallinn, Riga, Tokyo, and San Francisco, and was produced by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.

Personnel:

  • Ralf Hütter – vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing
  • Florian Schneider – supplementary vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing
  • Henning Schmitz – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer
  • Fritz Hilpert – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Man-Machine – Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter
  2. Planet of Visions – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  3. Tour de France (Étape 1) – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  4. Chrono – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Maxime Schmitt
  5. Tour de France (Étape 2) – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  6. Vitamin – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter
  7. Tour de France – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  8. Autobahn – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult
  9. The Model – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult
  10. Neon Lights – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  11. Radioactivity – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult
  12. Trans – Europe Express – Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult
  13. Metal on Metal – Ralf Hütter
  14. Numbers – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  15. Computer World – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  16. Home Computer – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  17. Pocket Calculator – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  18. Dentaku – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  19. The Robots – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  20. Elektro Kardiogramm – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter
  21. Aéro Dynamik – Fritz Hilpert, Ralph Hütter, Florian Schneider, Maxime Schmitt
  22. Musique Non-Stop – Karl Bartos, Ralph Hütter, Florian Schneider

Frou Frou: Details

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On June 4, 2002, “MCA” label released “Details”, the only Frou Frou studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, at “Froufrou Central” and “RAK Studios” in London, “Flat Studios” in Bern, Ganalahari Studios” in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, “Sterling Sound” in New York City, Pete Scaturro’s house, and was produced by Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth.

Personnel:

  • Imogen Heap – vocals, mixing 
  • Guy Sigsworth – keyboards, mixing
  • Mich Gerber – double bass
  • Elad Elharar – bass guitar 
  • Makoto Sakamoto – drums 
  • Alasdair Malloy – percussion 
  • Jon Hassell – trumpet 
  • Ioana Petcu-Colan – violin
  • Sean McGhee – engineering 
  • Gert Staeuble – recording arrangements
  • Pete Scaturro – recording arrangements, recording
  • Gert Staeuble – recording arrangements
  • Gili Wiseburgh – recording arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing 
  • Damian Taylor – mixing
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Damian Taylor – mixing
  • Tom Coyne – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth, except where noted.

  1. Let Go
  2. Breathe In
  3. It’s Good to Be in Love
  4. Must Be Dreaming
  5. Psychobabble – Imogen Heap, Guy Sigsworth, Peter Chill
  6. Only Got One
  7. Shh
  8. Hear Me Out – Imogen Heap, Guy Sigsworth, Lee Bennett, Brian Eno
  9. Maddening Shroud – Imogen Heap, Guy Sigsworth, Alexander Nilere
  10. Flicks – Imogen Heap, Guy Sigsworth, Jon Hassell
  11. The Dumbing Down of Love – Imogen Heap, Guy Sigsworth, Jon Hassell

Kevin Ayers: The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories

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In May 1974, “Island” label released “The Confessions of Dr.Dream and Other Stories”, the fifth Kevin Ayers studio album. It was recorded February – March 1974, at “AIR Studios” and “Ramport Studios” in London, and was produced by Rupert Hine.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Ayers – vocals, guitars, piano, organ
  • Nico – vocals
  • Mark Warner – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Sam Mitchell – electric guitar
  • Ollie Halsall – electric guitar solo
  • Cal Batchelor – electric guitar
  • Mike Oldfield – electric guitar solo
  • Henry Crallan – piano
  • Mike Moran – piano
  •  Rupert Hine – keyboards
  • Steve Nye – organ, electric piano
  • Mike Ratledge – organ
  • John Perry – bass
  • John Gustafson – bass
  • Trevor Jones – bass
  • Michael Giles – drums
  • The G’Deevy Ensemble – percussion
  • Ray Cooper – percussion
  • Lol Coxhill – alto saxophone
  • Doris Troy, Rosetta Hightower, Joanne Williams – backing vocals
  • Sean Milligan – backing vocals
  • Hulloo Choir – backing vocals
  • John Punter – engineer
  • Steve Nye – engineer
  • Gerry Leitch, Sean Milligan – engineer assistant
  • Simon Jeffes – additional brass arrangements
  • George Smith, James Wedge – illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Ayers.

  1. Day By Day
  2. See You Later
  3. Didn’t Feel Lonely Till I Thought of You
  4. Everybody’s Sometime and Some People’s All the Times Blues
  5. It Begins with a Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends with a Curse
  6. Ballbearing Blues
  7. The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Part 1: Irreversible Neural Damage
  8. The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Part 2: Invitation
  9. The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Part 2: The One Chance Dance
  10. The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Part 4: Doctor Dream Theme
  11. Two Goes into Four

Pink Fairies: Never Never Land

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In May 1971, “Polydor” label released “Never Never Land”, the debut Pink Fairies studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Command Studios” in London, and was produced by Neil Slaven, Paul Rudolph, Duncan Sanderson, Russel Hunter and Twink.

Personnel:

  • Paul Rudolph – vocals, guitar
  • Duncan Sanderson – bass
  • Russell Hunter – drums
  • Twink – vocals, drums
  • Andy Hendriksen – recording, engineer
  • Gary Lyons – recording, engineer
  • Pennie Smith, Tony Vesely – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Rudolph, Duncan Sanderson, Russel Hunter and Twink, except where noted.

  1. Do It
  2. Heavenly Man – John Charles Alder
  3. Say You Love Me
  4. War Girl – John Charles Alder
  5. Never Never Land
  6. Track One, Side Two
  7. Thor – John Charles Alder.
  8. Teenage Rebel
  9. Uncle Harry’s Last Freak-Out
  10. The Dream Is Just Beginning – John Charles Alder