In January 1972, “Numero Uno” label released “Storia di un minute”, the debut Premiata Forneria Marconi studio album. It was recorded in 1971, in Milan, Italy.
Personnel:
Franco Mussida – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, mandocello
Flavio Premoli – lead and backing vocals, organ, piano, mellotron, harpsichord, Minimoog
On October 29, 2013, “It Books” label released “Purgatory/Paradise”, the ninth Throwing Muses studio album. It was recorded March – July 2013, and was produced by Kristin Hersh, Bernard Georges and David Narcizo.
Personnel:
Kristin Hersh – vocals, guitars, piano
Bernard Georges – bass guitar
David Narcizo – drums, percussion, art direction, design
On January 17, 2023, “Milan” and “Commons” labels released “12”, the twentieth Ryuichi Sakamoto album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
On June 22, 1988, “EMI” label released “Heavy Nova”, the ninth Robert Palmer studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Logic” in Milan, Italy, “Compass Point” in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Robert Palmer.
Personnel:
Robert Palmer – lead and backing vocals, art direction
Eddie Martinez – guitars
Dennis Budimir – additional guitars
John Grey – additional guitars, additional percussion
William Bryant – keyboards
Misha Schneider – keyboards
Jeff Bova – additional keyboards
Richard Gibbs – additional keyboards
Garth Hudson – accordion, additional keyboards
Tom “T-Bone” Wolk – accordion
Frank Blair – bass
Barry “Sun John” Johnson – additional bass
Dony Wynn – drums
Ricky Fataar – additional drums
Dom Um Romão – percussion, additional backing vocals
Robyn Lobe – additional percussion
Chuck Findley – trumpet
Luka Belak – violin
Clare Fischer – strings
Rick Danko – additional backing vocals
B.J. Nelson – additional backing vocals
Tim Kramer – engineer
Bookie Epsie – engineer assistant
Scott Forman – engineer assistant
Roy Sweeting – engineer assistant
Eric Thorngren – mixing
Henry Marquez – design
Terence Donovan – photography
Richard Cobble – production coordinator
David Harper – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Robert Palmer, except where noted.
Simply Irresistible
More Than Ever
Change His Ways
Disturbing Behavior
Early in the Morning – Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Charlie Wildon
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
She Makes My Day
Between Us
Casting a Spell
Tell Me I’m Not Dreaming – Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano, Jay Griska
On June 5, 2015, “Warner Bros” label released “Drones”, the seventh Muse studio album. It was recorded October 2014 – April 2015, at “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, “Officine Meccaniche” in Milan, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard.
Personnel:
Matt Bellamy – lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, arrangements
Chris Wolstenholme – bass, backing vocals
Dominic Howard – drums
Will Leon Thompson – dialogue
Michael Shiloah – dialogue
John F. Kennedy – recorded dialogue of April 1961 Secret Societies speech
Alessandro Cortini – modular synthesizers
Edoardo De Angelis – concertmaster, violin
Sarah Cross – violin
Freiherr von Dellingshausen – violin
Anna Minella – violin
Elia Mariani – violin
Gian Guerra – violin
Gian Lodigiani – violin
Gianmaria Bellisario – violin
Marco Corsini – violin
Michelle Torresetti – violin
Tommaso Belli – violin
Valerio D’Ercole – violin
Maria Lucchi – viola
Serena Palozzi – viola
Valentina Emilio Eria – viola
Andrea Scacchi – cello
Eliana Gintoli – cello
Francesco Sacco – cello
Martina Rudic – cello
Linati Omar – contrabass
Massimo Clavenna – contrabass
Audrey Riley – string arrangements, conductor
Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
Olle “Sven” Romo – additional programming
Tommaso Colliva – additional production, engineer
Adam Greenholtz – additional engineering
Eric Mosher – engineer assistant
Giuseppe Salvadori – engineer assistant
Jacopo Dorici – engineer assistant
John Prestage – engineer assistant
Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
Rich Costey – additional production, mixing
Marlo Borgatta – mixing assistant
Giovanni Versari – mastering
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Matt Colton – mastering
Durand Trench – dialogue recording
Matt Mahurin – art direction, illustration, package design
Track listing:
All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.
Dead Inside
Drill Sergeant
Psycho
Mercy
Reapers
The Handler
JFK
Defector
Revolt
Aftermath
The Globalist – Matt Bellamy, Edward Elgar
Drones – Matt Bellamy, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
On March 29, 2017, “Commons” and “Milan” labels released “async”, the nineteenth Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded April – December 2016, at “The Studio”, “Germano Studios” and “Museum of Arts and Design” in New York City, “Bastyr University Chapel” in Kenmore, Washington, “Gateway Mastering” in Portland, Maine, “Kyoto City University of Arts” in Kyoto, Japan, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Mai Yuda. Magazine “Fact” voted “async” the best album of 2017.
Personnel:
Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano,
Christian Fennesz – guitar, computer
N.S.S. – Singing bowls
Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – triangle
Ko Ishikawa – Shō
Honjoh Hidejiro – shamisen
Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – percussion
David Sylvian – spoken word
Andri Magnason, Bernardo Bertolucci, Carsten Nicolai, Christine Leboutte, José Lavat, Keyko Nimsay, Priscilla Leung, Sergei Mihailov, Shirin Neshat, Tang Kit Ming – spoken word vocals
Paul Bowles – words
Luca – vocals
Arseny Tarkovsky – words
Simon James – concertmaster
David Sabee – concertmaster
Alex Venguer, Ryan Kelly, John Winters,.Seigen Ono – recording engineer
Jason Staniulis, Matthew Sim, Alec Fellman – engineer assistant
On October 6, 1998, “Soul Note” label released “Chaos”, the 75th Paul Bley album. It was recorded in March 1994, at “Mu Rec Studios” in Milan, Italy, and was produced by Giovanni Bonandrini.
In June 1972, “Akarma Records” released the self – titled, debut Analogy album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Mondial Sound Studios” in Milan, Italy, and was produced by Aldo Pagani, Martin Thurn, Jutta Nienhaus, Nicola Pankoff, Wolfgang Schoene, Herman – Jurgen Nienhaus and Rocco Abate.
Personnel:
Martin Thurn – guitar
Jutta Nienhaus – vocals
Nicola Pankoff – keyboards
Wolfgang Schoene – bass
Hermann-Jurgen Nienhaus – drums
Rocco Abate – flute
Track listing:
All tracks by Martin Thurn, except where noted.
Dark Reflections
Weeping My Endure – John Milton, Martin Thurn
Indian Meditation
Tin’s Song
Analogy
The Year’s at the Spring – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Martin Thurn, Jutta Nienhaus
On September 15, 2017, “earMusic” label released the self-titled, debut Gizmodrome album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Officine Meccaniche” in Milan, Italy, and was produced by Claudio Dentes, Stewart Copeland.
Personnel:
Adrian Belew– guitar, backing vocals
Vittorio Cosma– keyboards, backing vocals
Mark King– bass, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland–lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion
Elio– vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Stewart Copeland except where noted.
Zombies in the Mall
Stay Ready
Man in the Mountain – music by Stewart Copeland, Mark King, lyrics by Stewart Copeland Vittorio Cosma
Summer’s Coming
Sweet Angels (Rule the World) – lyrics by MacDonald,Stewart Copeland
Amaka Pipa – music by Stewart Copeland, Adrian Belew
Strange Things Happen
Ride Your Life – music by Mark King
Zubatta Cheve – lyrics by Stewart Copeland, Elio, music by Stewart Copeland Vittorio Cosma
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