On April 24, 2024, Michael Thomas Pinder died aged 82. He was musician (keyboards) and singer, known as the founding member and keyboards player of the band Moody Blues. Pinder was renowned for his contributions in the development and emergence of the Mellotron in 1960s rock music. In 2018, he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of the Moody Blues.As leader Pinder released two albums.
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Young Fathers: Heavy, Heavy
On February 3, 2023, “Ninja Tune” label released “Heavy Heavy”, the fourth Young Fathers studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Out of the Blue” in Leith, Scotland, “Narcissus Studio” in London, “Northwind” in Durban, South Africa, and was produced by Graham “G” Hastings At the 2023 “Mercury Prize”, the album won the “Scottish Album of the Year Award”.
Personnel:
- Alloysious Massaquoi – vocals, toms, percussion
- Graham “G” Hastings – vocals, percussion, piano, organ, Vox Continental, Transcendent, Jasper, Korg Minipops, Boss PC-2, Mellotron, Syntrx, ER-1 drum machine
- Kayus Bankole – vocals, percussion
- Liam Hutton – drums, percussion, talking drum, timpani, bin with chains
- Iain Berryman – guitar, bazouki, piano, percussion
- Richard Adlam – drums, programming
- Hal Ritson – keyboards, programming
- Raven Bush – strings
- Tapiwa Mambo – vocals
- Toyiz Mchunu – vocals
- Nomasonto Mthembu – vocals
- Anele Mthembu – vocals
- Nonhlanhla Mhlongo – vocals
- Graham “G” Hastings – engineer
- Iain Berryman – engineer, mixing, additional production
- Drew Dungate-Smith – additional engineering
- Kristian Donaldson – additional engineering
- Niklas Fairclough – additional engineering
- Andrea Cozzaglio – engineer assistant
- Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
- Ben Baptie – mixing
- Matt Colton – mastering
- Hingston Studio – design, art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings and Alloysious Massaquoi, except where noted.
- Rice
- I Saw
- Drum
- Tell Somebody
- Geronimo
- Shoot Me Down
- Ululation – Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi, Tapiwa Mambo
- Sink or Swim
- Holy Moly
- Be Your Lady
Motorpsycho: The Death Defying Unicorn
On February 10, 2012, “Stickman Records” and “Rune Grammofon” labels released “The Death Defying Unicorn”, the fifteenth Motorpsycho album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim and Bent Sæther.
Personnel:
- Hans Magnus Ryan – vocals, guitars
- Ståle Storløkken – keyboards
- Bent Sæther – vocals, bass
- Kenneth Kapstad – drums
- Ola Kvernberg – violin
- Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs, other canned goods of the viennese persuasion
- Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Trondheimsolistene
Track listing:
- Out of the Woods
- The Hollow Lands
- Through the Veil, Part I
- Through the Veil, Part II
- Doldrums
- Into the gyre
- Flotsam
- Oh, Proteus – A Prayer
- Sculls in Limbo
- La Lethe
- Oh, Proteus – A Lament
- Sharks
- Mutiny!
- Into the Mystic
Stereolab: Peng!
On May 26, 1992, “Too Pure” label released “Peng!”, the debut Stereolab studio album. It was recorded in April 1992, and was produced by Robbs, Lætitia Sadier, Tim Gane, Joe Dilworth and Martin Kean.
Personnel:
- Lætitia Sadier– vocals, Moog synthesiser, mixing
- Tim Gane– guitar, Farfisa organ, Moog synthesiser, mixing
- Joe Dilworth – drums, mixing
- Martin Kean – bass, mixing
- Roger Askew – engineer
- Robbs – engineer, mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted.
- Super Falling Star
- Orgiastic
- Peng! 33
- K-Stars
- Perversion
- You Little Shits
- The Seeming and the Meaning
- Mellotron
- Enivrez-vous – Charles Baudelaire
- Stomach Worm
- Surrealchemist
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