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Mars Volta: The Bedlam In Goliath

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On January 29, 2008, “Gold Standard Laboratories” and “Universal Motown Records” labels released “The Bedlam in Goliath”, the fourth Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, Rodriguez-Lopez’s home studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, synthesizers
  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Isaiah Ikey Owens – keyboards
  • Juan Alderete – bass
  • Thomas Pridgen – drums
  • John Frusciante – guitar
  • Owen Levine – double bass
  • Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards
  • Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
  • Paul Hinojos – sound manipulation
  • Henry Trejo – “Because”s on “Agadez”
  • Nathaniel Tookey – string composition and arrangement
  • Edwin Outwater – strings conductor
  • Sam Bass – cello
  • Edwin Huizinga – violin
  • Anthony Blea – violin
  • Charith Premawardhana – viola

Track listing:

All lyrics Cedric Bixler-Zavala, all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. Aberinkula
  2. Metatron
  3. Hyena
  4. Wax Simulacra
  5. Tourniquet Man
  6. Cavalettas
  7. Agadez
  8. Askepios
  9. Ouroboros
  10. Soothsayer
  11. Conjugal Burns

TV On The Radio: Young Liars

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On July 8, 2003, “Touch & Go” label released “Young Liars”, the debut TV on the Radio EP.

Personnel:

  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals, loops 
  • David Andrew Sitek – guitars, keyboards, loops, recording
  • Kyp Malone – vocals, guitars, bass, loops
  • Jaleel Bunton – vocals, drums, bass, loops, guitar
  • Jason Sitek
  • Katrina Ford – vocal
  • Shannon Funchess – vocal
  • Nick Zinner – guitar
  • Aaron Hemphill – guitar
  • Brian Chase – drums
  • Martin Perna – flute
  • Paul Mahajan – recording, engineer
  • Chris Moore – engineer
  • John Golden – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Satellite – Tunde Adebimpe, David Sitek
  2. Staring at the Sun – Tunde Adebimpe, David Sitek
  3. Blind – Tunde Adebimpe, David Sitek
  4. Young Liars – Tunde Adebimpe, David Sitek
  5. Mr. Grieves – (unlisted bonus track) – Black Francis

The Bright Light Soxial Hour: Space Is Still The Place

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On March 10, 2015, “Mapple Music Recordings” and “Frenchkiss Records” labels released “Space Is Still the Place”, the second Bright Light Social Hour studio album. It was recorded June 2013 – January 2014, and was produced by Jack O’Brien, Joseph Mirasole.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Roush – vocals, guitar, Minimoog Voyager, Roland Juno-60, Wurlitzer, effects, engineer
  • Jack O’Brien – bass, vocals, Roland Juno-60, tambourine, engineer
  • Joseph Mirasole – drums, Dave Smith Tempest, Elektron Analog Four, Minimoog Voyager, effects, tape machine, engineer
  • Chris Coady – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Mariano Peccinetti – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Roush, Jack O’Brien and Joseph Mirasole.

  1. Sweet Madelene
  2. Slipstream
  3. Dreamlove
  4. Ghost Dance
  5. Sea of the Edge
  6. Aperture
  7. Ouroboros
  8. Infinite Cities
  9. The Moon
  10. Escape Velocity

Ray LaMontagne: Ouroboros

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On March 4, 2016, “RCA” label released “Ouroboros”, the sixth Ray LaMontagne studio album. It was recorded in February 2015, at “La La land” in Louisville, US, and was produced by Jim James.

Personnel:

  • Ray LaMontagne – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dan Dorff – CP70, RMI, piano, vibes, Mellotron, Trident synthesizer, Multivox piano, Juno, pump organ, pocket piano
  • Dave Givan – drums, percussion
  • Jim James – electric guitar, saxophone, Juno, Trident synthesizer, background vocals
  • Seth Kaufman – bass, meditation box, electric guitar textures, slide guitar
  • Alexis Marsh – background vocals
  • Kevin Ratterman – Moog bass, piano strings, pocket piano, Moog F/X

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray LaMontagne.

  1. Homecoming
  2. Hey No Pressure
  3. The Changing Man
  4. While It Still Beats
  5. In My Own Way
  6. Another Day
  7. A Murmuration of Starlings
  8. Wouldn’t It Make a Lovely Photograph

Bill Laswell: Means Of Deliverance

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On December 16, 2012, “Innerhythmic” label released “Means of Deliverance”, the seventeenth Bill Laswell album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Orange Music” in West Orange in New Jersey, and was produced by Ejigayehu Shibabaw.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell– acoustic bass guitar, sampler
  • Ejigayehu “Gigi” Shibabaw– vocals
  • Robert Musso– engineer
  • James Dellatacoma – engineer assistant
  • Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
  • Yoko Yamabe – cover art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Laswell, except where noted.

  1. Against the Upper House
  2. A Dangerous Road
  3. Ouroboros
  4. Buhala
  5. Bagana/Sub Figura X – Bill Laswell,  Ejigayehu “Gigi” Shibabaw
  6. In Falling Light
  7. Aeon
  8. Epiphaneia
  9. Lightning in the South
  10. Low Country

The Dear Hunter: Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise

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On September 4, 2015, “Equal Vision Records” label released “Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise”, the sixth Dear Hunter (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Casey Crescenzo.

Personnel:

  • Casey Crescenzo- lead vocals, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, Rhodes, organ, synth, aux. percussion, engineer
  • Rob Parr – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ
  • Max Tousseau – guitar, synth
  • Nick Sollecito – bass guitar
  • Nick Crescenzo – drums, percussion
  • Lily Sevier – timpani, percussion
  • Judy Crescenzo, Tivoli Breckenridge – additional vocals
  • Jon Betts, Heidi Trefethen, Phil Hobson, Nick Carnes – horn
  • Harlow Carpenter, Michael Cox, Justin Smith – trumpet
  • Allison Gomer, Bruce Colman – trombone
  • Jeremy Carrillo – bass trombone
  • Robinson Love – tuba
  • Ashley Ertz, Sue Crum – oboe
  • James Pytko, Carolyn Walter – clarinet
  • Scott Alexander – bassoon
  • Kris King – contrabassoon
  • Jenny Hanson – flute
  • Arturo Rodriguez – piccolo
  • Awesöme Orchestra
  • Ishtar Hernandez,, Laura Shifley, Ann Eastman, Shaina Evoniuk , Lucy Giraldo, Moses Lei – violin
  • Christina Owens , Christina Lesicko, Alice Eastman – viola
  • Sam Leachman,, Karen Hsu, Kane Suga, Cindy Hickox – cello
  • Travis Kindred, Amanda Wu, Alex Van Gils – double bass
  • Liza Wallace – harp
  • David Möschler – conductor, music director
  • Casey Crescenzo – orchestrations
  • Brian Adam McCune – additional orchestrations
  • Fesse Nichols – recording
  • Jason Butler – assistant engineer
  • Nick Crescenzo, Max Tousseau, Phil Crescenzo – additional engineering
  • Mike Watts – mixing
  • Brian Adam McCune – music preparation
  • Nicky Barkla – cover art
  • Joel Kanitz – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Casey Crescenzo.

  1. Rebirth
  2. The Old Haunt
  3. Waves
  4. At the End of the Earth
  5. Remembered
  6. A Night on the Town
  7. Is There Anybody Here?
  8. The Squeaky Wheel
  9. The Bitter Suite IV and V: The Congregation and the Sermon in the Silt
  10. The Bitter Suite VI: Abandon
  11. King of Swords (Reversed)
  12. If All Goes Well
  13. The Line
  14. Wait
  15. Ouroboros