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John Cale: Poptical Illusion

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On June 14, 2024, “Double Six” label released “Poptical Illusion”, the eighteenth John Cale studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “ARM” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Cale and Nita Scott.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, piano, Egyptian Scale piano, organ, bass organ, electric piano, fretless bass, bass, noises, sampler, SampleTron
  • Nita Scott – keyboards, drums, samples, programming, drum programming, noises, sampler; bass, programming, backing vocals
  • Dustin Boyer – acoustic guitar, guitar, noises, recording
  • Seven Davis Jr. – mixing
  • Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce – mixing
  • Justin Raisen – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Björn Copeland – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale.

  1. God Made Me Do It (Don’t Ask Me Again)
  2. Davies and Wales
  3. Calling You Out
  4. Edge of Reason
  5. I’m Angry
  6. How We See the Light
  7. Company Commander
  8. Setting Fires
  9. Shark-Shark
  10. Funkball the Brewster
  11. All to the Good
  12. Laughing in My Sleep
  13. There Will Be No River

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down: Temple

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On May 15, 2020, “Ribbon Music” label released “Temple”, the fifth and final Thao & the Get Down Stay Down studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Thao Nguyen and Adam Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Thao Nguyen – vocals, guitar
  • Adam Thompson – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Beau Sorenson – recording, mixing
  • Mikaelin “Blue” BlueSpruce – mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Thao Nguyen and Adam Thompson.

  1. Temple
  2. Phenom
  3. Lion on the Hunt
  4. Pure Cinema
  5. Marauders
  6. How Could I
  7. Disclaim
  8. Rational Animal
  9. I’ve Got Something
  10. Marrow

The Dirty Projectors: Same

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On February 21, 2017, “Domino” label released the self-titled, seventh Dirty Projectors (The) album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Dave Longstreth and Tyondai Braxton.

Personnel:

  • David Longstreth– vocals, beat, guitar, bass, rhodes, synths, piano, Wurlitzer, organ, string and horn arrangement, arp
  • Dawn Richard– vocals
  • Lamar “Mars” Edwards– Hammond organ
  • Tyondai Braxton– modular synth
  • David Ginyard – bass
  • Mike Daniel Johnson – drums
  • Francisco Javier Paredes – bongos
  • Mauro Refosco– percussion, marimba
  • Tracy Wannomae – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • Todd Simon – trumpet, euphonium , flugelhorn
  • Juliane Gralle – trombone, bass trombone, tuba
  • Elizabeth Lea – trombone
  • Rob Moose, Ben Russell – violin
  • Clarice Jensen – cello
  • Ryan Beppel – string arrangements
  • Daniel Luna – guira
  • Nadia Sirota– viola
  • Jimmy Douglass – additional vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Derek Bergheimer – vocal engineering
  • Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce, Ryan Tuttle – engineer
  • Sonny DiPerri – drums and percussion engineer, additional engineer, mixing
  • Jamie Walters – string quartet engineer
  • David Longstreth – mixing
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • David Tolomei – additional mixing

Track listing:

  1. Keep Your Name – David Longstreth
  2. Death Spiral – David Longstreth
  3. Up in Hudson – David Longstreth, Ewan MacColl
  4. Work Together – David Longstreth
  5. Little Bubble – David Longstreth, Teresa Eggers
  6. Winner Take Nothing – David Longstreth
  7. Ascent Through Clouds – David Longstreth
  8. Cool Your Heart – David Longstreth, Solange Knowles
  9. I See You – David Longstreth