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Muhal Richard Abrams: Vision Towards Essence

On August 21, 2007, “Pi Recordings” label released “Vision Towards Essence”, the 24th Muhal Richard Abrams album. It was recorded in September 1998, at the “Guelph Jazz Festival” in Guelph, Canada and was produced by Yulun Wang and Muhal Richard Abrams.

Personnel:

  • Muhal Richard Abrams – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Muhal Richard Abrams.

  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3

Gato Barbieri: Chapter One: Latin America

In October 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Chapter One: Latin America”, the tenth Gato Barbieri album. It was recorded in April 1973, at “Music Hall, S.A.C.I.S.I.” in Buenos Aires, “Odeon Studios” in Rio de Janeiro, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
  • Quelo Palacios – acoustic guitar
  • Ricardo Lew – electric guitar
  • Osvaldo Bellingieri – piano
  • Dino Saluzzi – bandoneon
  • Adalberto Cevasco – Fender bass
  • Pocho Lapouble – drums
  • Domingo Cura – bombo indio (Indian drums)
  • Jorge Padin – percussion
  • El Zurdo Roizner – percussion
  • Raul Mercado – quena
  • Amadeo Monges – Indian harp
  • Isoca Fumero – charango
  • Antonio Pantoja – anapa, erke, siku, quena, erkencho
  • Nivaldo Duarte – engineer
  • Juan Carlos Manojas – engineer
  • Jorge Tagliani – engineer mixing
  • Baker Bigsby – mixing
  • Gil Fortis – mixing assistant
  • Kathryn King – mixing assistant
  • Philip Melnick – cover photography
  • Ed Michel – photography
  • Carlos Dulitsky – photography

Track listing:

All track by Gato Barbieri, except where noted.

  1. Encuentros
  2. India – J. Asunción Flores, M. Ortiz Guerrero
  3. La China Leoncia Arreo La Correntinada Trajo Entre La Muchachada La Flor De La Juventud
  4. Part 1
  5. Part 2
  6. Part 3
  7. Part 4 3:53
  8. Nunca Mas
  9. To Be Continued

Apoptygma Berzerk: Soli Deo Gloria

On December 10, 1993, “Metropolis” label released “Soli Deo Gloria”, the debut Apoptygma Berzerk studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Wintergarden Studio in Fredrikstad, Norway, “Apoptygma Sound Lab”, and was produced by Erik Wøllo, and Stephan Grotheks. 

  • Stephan Grotheks – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, samples,  programming, engineer
  • Per Aksel Lundgreen – keyboards
  • Anders Olden – guitar
  • Jimmy Bergsten – vocals
  • Erik Wøllo – arranger
  • Christian Bloom – Apoptygma logo
  • Albrecht Dürer – artwork
  • Subtopia – design, photography
  • Malin Syversen – Bellybutton photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephan Grotheks, except where noted.

  1. Like Blood from the Beloved, Part 1
  2. Bitch
  3. Burnin’ Heretic
  4. Stitch
  5. Walk With Me
  6. Backdraft
  7. Arp (808 Edit)
  8. Spiritual Reality
  9. Skyscraping (Schizophreniac)
  10. All Tomorrow’s Parties – Lou Reed
  11. Ashes to Ashes 93
  12. Like Blood from the Beloved, Part 2

Vijay Iyer: Mutations

On March 4, 2014, “ECM” label released “Mutations”, the 18th Vijay Iyer album. It was recorded in September 2013, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Vijay Iyer— piano, electronics
  • Michi Wiancko, Miranda Cuckson — violin
  • Kyle Armbrust — viola
  • Kivie Cahn-Lipman — cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Vijay Iyer.

  1. Spellbound and Sacrosanct, Cowrie Shells and the Shimmering Sea
  2. Vuln, Part 2
  3. Mutation 1: Air
  4. Mutation 2: Rise
  5. Mutation 3: Canon
  6. Mutation 4: Chain
  7. Mutation 5: Automata
  8. Mutation 6: Waves
  9. Mutation 7: Kernel
  10. Mutation 8: Clade
  11. Mutation 9: Descent
  12. Mutation 10: Time
  13. When We’re Gone

Minus the Bear: Planet of Ice

On August 20, 2007, “Suicide Squeeze Records” label released “Planet of Ice”, the third Minus the Bear album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Robert Lang Studios”, “Red Room”, and was produced by Matt Bayles, jake Snider, Dave Knudson, Erin Tate, Cory Murchy and Alex Rose.

Personnel:

  • Jake Snider- vocals, guitar
  • Dave Knudson- guitar
  • Cory Murchy – bass
  • Erin Tate- drums, percussion
  • Alex Rose – vocals, keyboards, saxophone
  • Chris Common – co-producer
  • Matt Bayles, Chris Common – engineer
  • Alex Rose, Jake Snider – additional engineering
  • Matt Bayles – mixing
  • Ed Brooks – mastering
  • Ryan Blinsky – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Burying Luck
  2. Ice Monster
  3. Knights
  4. White Mystery
  5. L’Ling
  6. Part 2
  7. Thrown Shapes
  8. When We Escape
  9. Double Vision Quest
  10. Lotus

Muddy waters: Fathers And Sons

In August 1969, “Chess” label released “Fathers and Sons”, the seventh Muddy Waters studio album. The album features both studio and live recordings. The studio tracks were recorded in April 21–23, 1969 at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, April 24, 1969 at the “Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree” in Chicago. Producer on all tracks was Norman Dayron.The cover illustration was by Don Wilson and was based on Michelangelo’s design on the Sistine Chapel.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Bloomfield– guitar
  • Paul Asbell – rhythm guitar
  • Otis Spann– piano
  • Paul Butterfield– harmonica
  • Jeff Carp – chromatic harmonica
  • Phil Upchurch– bass guitar
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn– bass guitar
  • Sam Lay– drums
  • Buddy Miles– drums
  • Ron Malo– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinley Morganfield, except where noted.

  1. All Aboard
  2. Mean Disposition
  3. Blow Wind Blow
  4. Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had
  5. Walkin’ Thru The Park
  6. Forty Days and Forty Nights – Bernard Roth
  7. Standin’ Round Crying
  8. I’m Ready – Willie Dixon
  9. Twenty Four Hours – Eddie Boyd
  10. Sugar Sweet – Mel London
  11. Long Distance Call
  12. Baby, Please Don’t Go – Big Joe Williams
  13. Honey Bee
  14. The Same Thing – Willie Dixon
  15. Got My Mojo Working, Part 1 – Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield
  16. Got My Mojo Working, Part 2 – Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield

Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music

In July 1975, “RCA” label released “Metal Machine Music” (subtitled The Amine β Ring), the fifth Lou Reed album.It was recorded in 1975, and was produced by Lou Reed. The album features music pieces without the usual song structure, an hour of modulated feedback and guitar effects, mixed at varying speeds, and is considered a forerunner of industrial and noise rock,

Personnel:

Lou Reed – vocals, guitars, keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Reed.

  1. Metal Machine Music, Part 1
  2. Metal Machine Music, Part 2
  3. Metal Machine Music, Part 3
  4. Metal Machine Music, Part 4