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Mahogany Rush: World Anthem

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On March 16, 1977, “Columbia” label released “World Anthem”, the fifth Mahogany Rush studio album. It was recorded December 1976 – February 1977, at “Studio Tempo” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Frank Marino.

Personnel:

  • Frank Marino – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, percussion, timpani
  • Paul Harwood – acoustic and electric bass
  • Jimmy Ayoub – drums, percussion
  • Phil Bech – synthesizer

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Marino.

  1. Requiem for a Sinner
  2. Hey Little Lover
  3. Broken Heart Blues
  4. In My Ways
  5. The World Anthem
  6. Look At Me
  7. Lady
  8. Try For Freedom

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: Horses In The Sky

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On March 7, 2005, “Constellation” label released “Horses in the Sky”, album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band (the fourth Silver Mt. Zion album overall). It was recorded in 2004, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Quebec, and was produced by Howard Bilerman.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – voice, guitar, piano, mixing
  • Ian Ilavsky – voice, guitar, harmonium, mixing
  • Jessica Moss – voice, violin, piano, glasses, mixing
  • Thierry Amar – voice, contrabass, glasses, harmonica, mixing
  • Scott Levine Gilmore – voice, drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, mixing
  • Sophie Trudeau – voice, violin, trumpet, glasses, mixing
  • Beckie Foon – voice, cello, mixing
  • Howard Bilerman – recording, mixing
  • J. F. Chicoine – mastering
  • Luc Paradis – drawings
  • Nadia Moss – side 4 etching
  • Silver Mt. Zion – other collages and scribblings

Track listing:

All tracks by Efrim Menuck, Ian Ilavsky, Jessica Moss, Thierry Amar, Scott Levine Gilmore, Sophie Trudeau and Beckie Foon.

  1. God Bless Our Dead Marines
  2. Mountains Made of Steam
  3. Horses in the Sky
  4. Teddy Roosevelt’s Guns
  5. Hang on to Each Other
  6. Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)

Thee Silver Mt. Zion: Kollaps Tradixionales

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On February 8, 2010, “Constellation” label released “Kollaps Tradixionales”, the sixth Thee Silver Mt. Zion album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Hotel2 Tango” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Howard Bilerman and RadwaMoumneh.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – vocals, guitar, organ, piano
  • Thierry Amar – vocals, contrabass, horn arrangements
  • David Payant – vocals, drums, organ, piano
  • Jessica Moss – vocals, violin
  • Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin

Horn section

  • Adam Kinner – tenor saxophone
  • Matana Roberts – alto saxophone
  • Jason Sharp – baritone saxophone
  • Gordon Allen – trumpet
  • Harris Newman – mastering

Track listing:

  1. There Is a Light
  2. I Built Myself a Metal Bird
  3. I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds
  4. Kollapz Tradixional (Thee Olde Dirty Flag)
  5. Collapse Traditional (For Darling)
  6. Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3 Dynamos)
  7. Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3 Dynamos)
  8. ‘Piphany Rambler

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything

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On January 20, 2014, “Constellation” label released “Fuck off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything”, the seventh Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Hotel 2 Tango” in Montreal, Canada.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mellotron
  • Thierry Amar – vocals, upright bass, electric bass, plucked piano
  • Jessica Moss – vocals, violin, plucked piano
  • Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin, plucked piano
  • David Payant – vocals, drums, organ

Track listing:

  1. Fuck Off Get Free (For the Island of Montreal)
  2. Austerity Blues
  3. Take Away These Early Grave Blues
  4. Little Ones Run
  5. What We Loved Was Not Enough
  6. Rains Thru the Roof at Thee Grande Ballroom (For Capital Steez)

Ben Harper: Winter Is For Lovers

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On October 23, 2020, “Anti-“ label released “Winter Is For Lovers”, the 15th Ben Harper album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Sheldon Gomberg.

Personnel:

  • Ben Harper – lap steel guitar, arrangements
  • Sheldon Gomberg – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Gossman, Johnnie Burik, Larry Ferguson, Tim Sonnefeld – engineer assistant
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Mathieu Bitton – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Harper.

  1. Istanbul
  2. Manhattan
  3. Joshua Tree
  4. Inland Empire
  5. Harlem
  6. Lebanon
  7. London
  8. Toronto
  9. Verona
  10. Brittany
  11. Montreal
  12. Bizanet
  13. Toronto (reprise)
  14. Islip
  15. Paris

Black Ox Orkestar: Everything Returns

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On December 2, 2022, “Constellation” label released “Everything Returns”, the third Black Ox Orkestar album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Mixart Studio” in Montreal, Canada.

  • Jessica Moss – vocals, violin, arrangements, art direction, photography
  • Scott Gilmore – vocals, piano, cimbalom, arrangements, art direction, artwork
  • Gabriel Levine – vocals, clarinet, bass clarinet, guitar, arrangements, art direction
  • Nadia Moss – vocals, artwork
  • Thierry Amar – bass
  • Pierre-Guy Blanchard – drums, percussion
  • Craig Pedersen – trumpet
  • Julie Houle – tuba
  • Julie Richard – tuba
  • Greg Norman – recording, mixing
  • Harris Newman – mastering
  • Kurt Bjorling – cassette compilations
  • Elizabeth Shulman – art direction
  • Henryk Beck – artwork
  • Marc Jonathan Costello – layout, design
  • Ian Ilavsky – layout, design, photography
  • Avia Moore – typography
  • Aaron Goodelman – lettering
  • Lainie Basman – photography
  • Maura Judkis – photography

Track listing:

  1. Tish Nign – traditional
  2. Pepretual Peace – Scott Gilmore
  3. Oysgeforn / Bessarabian Hora – traditional
  4. Mizrakh Mi Ma’arav – Scott Gilmore
  5. Skotshne – traditional
  6. Viderkol (Echo) – Scott Gilmore
  7. Epigenetik – Scott Gilmore
  8. Moldovan Zhok – traditional
  9. Lamed – Vovnik – Scott Gilmore
  10. Mizrakh Mi Ma’arav East from West – Scott Gilmore

Moist: Creature

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On October 1, 1996, “EMI” label released “Creature”, the second Moist studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Le Studio” in Morin Heights, QC, “Silent Sound” in Montreal, and was produced by Paul Northfield, David Usher, Mark Makoway, Kevin Young, Jeff Pearce and Paul Wilcox.   

Personnel:

  • David Usher – vocals
  • Mark Makoway – guitars
  • Kevin Young – keyboards
  • Jeff Pearce – bass
  • Paul Wilcox – drums
  • Matt Watkins – trumpet
  • Claude Lamothe – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by David Usher, Mark Makoway, Kevin Young, Jeff Pearce and Paul Wilcox.   

  1. Hate
  2. Theme from Cola
  3. Resurrection
  4. Leave it Alone
  5. Creature
  6. Shotgun
  7. Disco Days
  8. Tangerine
  9. Better Than You
  10. Baby Skin Tattoo
  11. Ophelia
  12. Gasoline

Suuns: The Witness

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On September 3, 2021, “Joyful Noise Recordings” and “Secret City Records” labels released “The Witness”, the fifth Suuns album. It was recorded December 2019 – September 2020, at “Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Ben Shemie – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Yarmush – bass
  • Liam O’Neill – drums
  • Max Henry – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Mathieu Charbonneau – synthesizer
  • Erik Hove – saxophone, flute
  • Jace Lasek – engineer, mixing
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Ryan Morey – mastering
  • Studio Safar – design
  • Myriam Boulos – cover photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Shemie, Joe Yarmush, Liam O’Neill and Max Henry.

  1. Third Stream
  2. Witness Protection
  3. C-Thru
  4. Timebender
  5. Clarity
  6. The Fix
  7. Go to My Head
  8. The Trilogy

Ultravox: Brilliant

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On May 25, 2012, “Chrysalis” label released “Brilliant”, the eleventh and final Ultravox studio album. It was recorded September 2010 – December 2011, at “The Lakehouse” in Montreal, Canada, “Environment” in Bath, England, “Sarm” and “Battery” in London, “Studio City Sound” in California, and was produced by Stephen Lipson, Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and Midge Ure.

Personnel:

  • Midge Ure – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, mixing
  • Billy Currie – piano, synthesizer, violin, mixing
  • Chris Cross – bass, synthesizer, mixing
  • Warren Cann – drums, mixing
  • Stephen Lipson – mixing
  • Tom Weir – drum engineering
  • Mazen Murad – mastering
  • Darren Evans – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Midge Ure, Billy Currie and Chris Cross.

  1. Live
  2. Flow
  3. Brilliant
  4. Change
  5. Rise
  6. Remembering
  7. Hello
  8. One
  9. Fall
  10. Lie
  11. Satellite
  12. Contact

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee at State’s End!

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On April 2, 2021, “Constellation Records” label released “G_d’s Pee at State’s End!”, the seventh Godspeed You! Black Emperor studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Jace Lasek.

Personnel:

  • David Bryant – electric guitars, MG-1
  • Efrim Manuel Menuck – electric guitars, OP-1, radios
  • Mauro Pezzente – electric bass
  • Michael Moya – electric guitars
  • Sophie Trudeau – violins, organ
  • Thierry Amar – electric bass and upright bass
  • Aidan Girt – sitting drums and standing drums
  • Timothy Herzog – sitting drums and standing drums, glockenspiel
  • Karl Lemieux – 16mm projections
  • Philippe Leonard – 16mm projections

Track listing:

  1. A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job’s Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (Rockets for Mary)
  2. Fire at Static Valley
  3. “Government Came” (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz) / Cliffs Gaze / cliffs’ gaze at empty waters’ rise / Ashes to Sea or Nearer to Thee
  4. Our Side Has to Win (for D.H.)