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Four Tet: New Energy

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On September 29, 2017, “Text Records” label released “New Energy”, the ninth Four Tet (Kieran Hebden) studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, and was produced by Kieran Hebden).

Personnel:

  • Kieran Hebden – electronics, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – additional synthesizer programming
  • Tom Baker – hang
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Jason Evans – design, photography
  • Ableton Live – mixing, processing
  • Omnisphere, Kontakt, Dexed, Arturia V Collection, Legowelt Juno sample kit – sound generators
  • iPhone voice memos – field recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Kieran Hebden.

  1. Alap
  2. Two Thousand and Seventeen
  3. LA Trance
  4. Tremper
  5. Lush
  6. Scientists
  7. Falls 2
  8. You Are Loved
  9. SW90SL
  10. 10 Midi
  11. Memories
  12. Daughter
  13. Gentle Soul
  14. Planet

Bobby Gillespie: Utopian Ashes

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On July 2, 2021, “Silvertone Records” label released “Utopian Ashes”, album by Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth. It was recorded in 2021, at “Le Mob Studio” in London, and was produced by Brendan Lynch, Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie – vocals, string arrangements
  • Jenny Berh – vocals
  • Andrew Innes – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, mellotron, string arrangements
  • John Hostile – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Martin Duffy – piano, electric piano, organ, vibraphone
  • Darrin Mooney – drums, percussion
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone
  • Dominic Glover – trumpet
  • Gita Langley – violin
  • Jess Murphy – violin
  • Rosie Langley – violin
  • Amy Stanford – viola
  • Kotono Sato – viola
  • Amy Langley – cello, string arrangements
  • Tristan Keyte – harp
  • Brendan Lynch – mixing
  • Max Heyes – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Monster Chetwynd – painting
  • Matthew Cooper – design

Track listing:

  1. Chase It Down
  2. English Town
  3. Remember We Were Lovers
  4. Your Heart Will Always Be Broken
  5. Stones of Silence
  6. You Don’t Know What Love Is
  7. Self-Crowned king of Nothingness/You Can Trust Me Now
  8. Living a Lie
  9. Sunk In Reverie

Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic

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On May 23, 2005, “Domino” label released “Everything Ecstatic”, the fourth Four Tet album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Kieran Hebden.

Personnel:

  • Kieran Hebden – keyboards, electronics
  • Sean Magee – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – layout
  • Jason Evans – photography
  • Simon Foxton – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kieran Hebden.

  1. A Joy
  2. Smile Around the Face
  3. Fuji Check
  4. Sun Drums and Soil
  5. Clouding
  6. And Then Patterns
  7. High Fives
  8. Turtle Turtle Up
  9. Sleep, Eat Food, Have Visions
  10. You Were There with Me

Franz Ferdinand: Always Ascending

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On February 9, 2018, “Domino Recording Company” label released “Always Ascending”, the fifth Franz Ferdinand studio album. It was recorded in 2017 at “Motorbass” in Paris, “RAK” in London, and was produced by Philippe Zdar.

Personnel:

  • Alex Kapranos – lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, design
  • Dino Bardot – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, design
  • Julian Corrie – keyboards, lead guitar, backing vocals, design
  • Bob Hardy – bass guitar, design
  • Paul Thomson – drums, percussion, backing vocals, design
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone
  • Mike Horner – additional production
  • Pierre Juarez – additional production
  • Sam Potter – extra contribution 
  • Antoine Poyeton – engineer assistant
  • Will Purton – engineer assistant
  • Philippe Zdar – mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Melissa Appleton – Infinity Mirror construction
  • Edwin Burdis – coordination
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Alexis Anne Mackenzie – cover art, band collages
  • Sylvan Deleu – photography
  • David Edwards – band collage photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Corrie, Bob Hardy, Alex Kapranos, Dino Bardot and Paul Thomson.

  1. Always Ascending
  2. Lazy Boy
  3. Paper Cages
  4. Finally
  5. The Academy Award
  6. Lois Lane
  7. Huck and Jim
  8. Glimpse of Love
  9. Feel the Love Go
  10. Slow Don’t Kill Me Slow

James Yorkston: The Wide. Wide River

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On January 22, 2021, “Domino” label released “The Wide, Wide River”, the tenth James Yorkston album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Karl-Jonas Winqvist and James Yorkston.

Personnel:

  • James Yorkston – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Peter Morén – vocals, electric guitar
  • Emma Nordenstam – vocals, cello, piano
  • Daniel Bengtsson – bass guitar
  • Karl-Jonas Winqvist – vocals, drums, percussion, bells
  • Ulrika “Ullis” Gyllenberg – vocals, violin
  • Cecilia Österholm – vocals, nyckelharpa
  • Felix Wickman – vocals, electric guitar, omnichord
  • Lars Frederick Swahn – vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Per Lager – drums
  • Ylva Ceder – vocals, English horn
  • Lina Langendorf – flute
  • Daniel “Våldet” Holmström – flugelhorn
  • John Broadley – artwork
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Paul J Street – design
  • Nadja Hallstrom – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by James Yorkston, except where noted.

  1. Ella Mary Leather
  2. To Soothe Her Wee Bit Sorrows
  3. Choices, Like Wide Rivers
  4. Struggle
  5. There Is No Upside
  6. A Droplet Forms
  7. A Very Old Fashioned Blues
  8. We Test the Beams

The Divine Comedy: Foreverland

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On September 2, 2016, “Divine Comedy Records” label released “Foreverland”, the eleventh Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2916, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitars, keyboards, mandolin, banjo, zither, harmonica, bass, drums
  • Andrew Skeet – piano
  • Simon Little – bass guitar
  • Tim Weller – drums
  • Rob Farrer – percussion
  • Ian Watson – accordion
  • Celine Saout – harp
  • Karen Glen – harpsichord
  • Jake Jackson – backing vocals, claps, whistle solo
  • David Jackson – penny whistle
  • Cathy Davey – vocals
  • Billy Cooper – piccolo trumpet
  • Rosie Jenkins – oboe
  • Jake Jackson – mixing
  • Michele G. Catri – mixing
  • Fiona Cruickshank – mixing
  • John Prestage – mixing
  • Luna Picoli-Truffaut – artwork
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork, design
  • Raphaël Neal – photography
  • John Service – packaging production
  • Natalie de Pace – executive producer 

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

  1. Napoleon Complex
  2. Foreverland
  3. Catherine the Great
  4. Funny Peculiar
  5. The Pact
  6. To the Rescue
  7. How Can You Leave Me on My Own
  8. I Joined the Foreign Legion (To Forget)
  9. My Happy Place
  10. A Desperate Man
  11. Other People
  12. The One Who Loves You

The Divine Comedy: Office Politics

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On June 7, 2019, “Divine Comedy” label released “Office Politics”, the twelfth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitar, piano, artwork
  • Richard Pryce – bass
  • Max Spiers – oboe
  • David Pyatt – French horn
  • John Ryan – French horn
  • Richard Edwards – trombone
  • Mark Templeton – trombone
  • Owen Slade – tuba
  • Martin Robertson – clarinet
  • Richard Skinner – bassoon
  • Andrew Skeet – conductor, orchestration
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Richard George – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Caroline Dale – cello
  • Warren Zielinski – cello
  • Jake Jackson – engineer
  • Ber Quinn – engineer
  • Kevin Callanan – assistant engineer
  • Tom Leach – assistant engineer
  • John Prestage – assistant engineer
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork
  • Ben Meadows – photography
  • Lucy Whalley – orchestra contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

All tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

  1. Queuejumper
  2. Office Politics
  3. Norman and Norma
  4. Absolutely Obsolete
  5. Internal Machines
  6. You’ll Never Work in This Town Again – Neil Hannon, Marion Sunshine, Obdulio Morales, Julio Blanco Leonard
  7. Psychological Evaluation
  8. The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale – Neil Hannon, Tosh Flood, Ian Watson, Andrew Skeet, Simon Little, Tim Weller
  9. The Life and the Soul of the Party
  10. A Feather in Your Cap
  11. I’m Stranger Here
  12. Dark Days Are Here Again
  13. Phillip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
  14. Opportunity’ Knox
  15. After the Lord Mayor’s Show
  16. When the Working Day Is Gone

Julia Holter: Have You in My Wilderness

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On September 25, 2015, “Domino” label released “Have You in My Wilderness”, the fourth Julia Holter studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Cole M. Greif-Neill and Julia Holter.

Personnel:

  • Julia Holter – vocals, keyboards
  • Devin Hoff– bass
  • Corey Fogel – percussion
  • Kenny Gilmore – percussion
  • Danny Meyer – saxophone, clarinet
  • Chris Speed– saxophone
  • Andrew Tholl – viola
  • Christopher Votek – cello
  • Cole MGN– engineer, mixing
  • Darrell Thorp– engineer
  • Bill Mims – engineer assistant
  • Jake Viator – engineer assistant
  • David Ives – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Rick Bahto – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Julia Holter

  1. .Feel You
  2. Silhouette
  3. How Long?
  4. Lucette Stranded on the Island
  5. Sea Calls Me Home
  6. Night Song
  7. Everytime Boots
  8. Betsy on the Roof
  9. Vasquez
  10. Have You in My Wilderness

Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

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On May 11, 2018, “Domino” label released “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”, the sixth Arctic Monkeys studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2018, at “La Frette” in Paris, “Vox” and “Lunar Surface” in Los Angeles,  various studios in London, and was produced by Alex Turner and James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Alex Turner– lead and backing vocals, organ, piano, electric, baritone and acoustic guitar, bass, synthesiser,  dolceola, harpsichord, drums, orchestron, engineer, artwork
  • Jamie Cook– electric, lap steel, acoustic and baritone guitar
  • Nick O’Malley– bass, electric and baritone guitar
  • Matt Helders– drums, rotary timpani, synthesisers, Farfisa, backing vocals
  • James Ford– synthesiser, drums, percussion, Orchestron, vibraphone, pedal steel,  baritone and acoustic guitar, piano, Farfisa, RMI Rocksichord, harpsichord, synthesiser programming, rotary timpani, organ, engineer, mixing
  • Tom Rowley– electric, fuzz, baritone and acoustic guitar, electric, acoustic and baritone guitar solo, piano
  • Evan Weiss– acoustic guitar
  • Zach Dawes– baritone guitar, piano
  • Josephine Stephenson – piano
  • Tyler Parkford– piano, Farfisa
  • James Righton– Wurlitzer
  • Loren Humphrey– drums
  • Cam Avery– backing vocals
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer
  • Nico Quéré – engineer
  • Anthony Cazade – engineer
  • Jonathan Ratovoarisoa – engineer
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Loren Humphrey – engineer
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Ben Chappell – band portraits, additional photography
  • Zackery Michael – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Turner.

  1. Star Treatment
  2. One Point Perspective
  3. American Sports
  4. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
  5. Golden Trunks
  6. Four Out of Five
  7. The World’s First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip
  8. Science Fiction
  9. She Looks Like Fun
  10. Batphone
  11. The Ultracheese

Adem: Love and Other Planets

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On April 24, 2006, “Domino” label released “Love and Other Planets”, the second Adem Ilhan (recording under the name Adem) album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Adem.

Personnel:

  • Adem – vocals, guitar, bass, mixing
  • Emma Smith – violin
  • Alex Thomas – drums
  • Emma Macfarlane – backing vocals
  • Kieran Hebden – mixing
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork
  • Lynn Hatzius – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Adem Ilhan.

  1. Warning Call
  2. Something’s Going to Come
  3. X Is for Kisses
  4. Love and Other Planets
  5. Crashlander
  6. Sea of Tranquility
  7. You and Moon
  8. Last Transmission from the Lost Mission
  9. These Lights Are Meaningful
  10. Spirals
  11. Human Beings Gather ‘Round