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John Grant: The Art Of The Lie

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On June 14, 2024, “Bella Union” label released “The Art of the Lie”, the sixth John Grant studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Moon Zero Two” in Reykjavík, “Microcosm MKII” and “Hoxa HQ” in London, “Memetune” in Cornwall, and was produced by Ivor Guest.
Personnel:
• John Grant – vocals, synthesizers, keyboards, programming, spinet
• Dave Okumu – guitar, Vowel solo
• Ed Baden Powell – guitar
• Robin Simon – reverse guitar, guitar
• Leo Abrahams – acoustic guitar, guitars, synthesizers, spinet
• Adam Blake – acoustic guitar
• Robert Logan – synthesizers, programming, “cut ups”
• Charles Stuart – synthesizers
• Ivor Guest – synthesizers, programming
• Benge – modular synthesis
• Don-e Mclean – talk box, stabs
• Sarah Douglas – chatting
• Rachel Sermanni – chorus vocals
• Robin Mullarkay – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
• Sebastian Rochford – drum kit, live drum machine
• Kurt Uenala – additional programming
• Cameron Craig – engineer, mixing
• Benge – engineer, additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Dave Watson – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• James Watson – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Leo Abrahams – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Luke Glazewski – engineering assistant
• Kurt Uenala – computer engineering
• Samur Khouja – main vocal engineering, vocal sample engineering
• Ivor Guest – mixing, additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Matt Colton – mastering
• Drinkwater Studio – artwork
• Al Jackson – render

Track listing:

All tracks by John Grant.

  1. All That School for Nothing
  2. Marbles
  3. Father
  4. Mother and Son
  5. Twisted Scriptures
  6. Meek AF
  7. It’s a Bitch
  8. Daddy
  9. The Child Catcher
  10. Laura Lou
  11. Zeitgeist

Feist: Multitudes

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On April 14, 2023, “Polydor” label released “Multitudes”, the sixth Feist studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Robbie Lackritz, Blake Mills, Mike Mills and Mocky.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and additional vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, recording 
  • Amir Yaghmai – acoustic and electric guitar, nylon-string guitar, violin, brass
  • Chilly Gonzales – keyboards
  • Shahzad Ismaily – keyboards, organ, electric bass, drums, additional vocals, engineer
  • Todd Dahlhoff – keyboards, bass guitar, clarinet
  • Blake Mills – bass guitar, drums
  • Gabe Noel – cello, keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Mocky – drums, keyboards, electric bass, piano, recording
  • David Ralicke – tenor and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – violin
  • Sarah K Pedinotti – additional vocals, percussion, field recording samples
  • Blake Mills – mixing
  • Robbie Lackritz – engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Lorge – mixing
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – engineer
  • Mark Vreeken – engineer
  • Pete Min – engineer
  • David Reichardt – engineer
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Sarah K Pedinotti – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Feist, except where noted.

  1. In Lightning
  2. Forever Before
  3. Love Who We Are Meant To
  4. Hiding Out in the Open
  5. The Redwing
  6. I Took All of My Rings Off
  7. Of Womankind
  8. Become the Earth
  9. Borrow Trouble – Feist, Mocky
  10. Martyr Moves
  11. Calling All the Gods – Feist, Todd Dahlhoff, Shahzad Ismaily
  12. Songs for Sad Friends

Devendra Banhart: Flying Wig

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On September 22, 2023, “Mexican Summer” label released “Flying Wig”, the eleventh Devendra Banhart studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Cabin Studio” in Tapanga, California, and was produced by Cate Le Bon.

Personnel:

  • Devendra Banhart – vocals, guitar, synthesizer
  • Nicole Lawrence – guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Cate Le Bon – vocals, bass, synthesizer, percussion
  • Todd Dahlhoff – bass
  • Gregory Rogove – drums, percussion
  • Euan Hinshelwood – saxophone
  • Samur Khouja – backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Alex Tults – design, layout
  • Dana Trippe – photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Devendra Banhart and Cate le Bon, except where noted.

  1. Feeling
  2. Fireflies
  3. Nun
  4. Sight Seer
  5. Sirens
  6. Charger
  7. Flying Wig – Devendra Banhart
  8. Twin – Devendra Banhart, Cate Le Bon, Nicole Lawrence
  9. May – Devendra Banhart
  10. The Party

John Grant: Boy From Michingan

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On June 25, 2022, “Partisan” label released “Boy from Michigan”, the fifth John Grant studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Green House Studios” in Reykjavik, Iceland, “Hljóðriti Studios” in Hafnarfjörður, in Iceland, and was produced by Cate Le Bon and John Grant.

Personnel:

  • John Grant – vocals, vocoder, piano, synthesizer, synth-bass, synthesizer programming, drum programming, mixing
  • Cate Le Bon – guitar, bass, saxophone, clarinet, synthesizer, synth-bass, percussion, arrangements
  • Paul Alexander – bass
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums, percussion, drum programming
  • Euan Hinshelwood – saxophone
  • Stephen Black – clarinet, saxophone
  • Matt Pence – engineer
  • Samur Khouja – engineer, mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Gil Corral – portraits
  • Scott King – art direction
  • Casey Raymond – artwork
  • Rob Israel – artwork
  • Rhys Atkinson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Grant.

  1. Boy from Michigan
  2. County Fair
  3. The Rusty Bull
  4. The Cruise Room
  5. Mike and Julie
  6. Best in Me
  7. Rhetorical Figure
  8. Just So You Know
  9. Dandy Star
  10. Your Portfolio
  11. The Only Baby
  12. Billy

Deerhunter: Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?

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On January 18, 2019, “4AD” label released “Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?”, the eighth Deerhunter studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Marfa Recording” in Marfa, TX, “Sonic Ranch” in TX, “Seahorse Sound” in Los Angeles, “Maze” in Atlanta, “Attic of B. Cox” in Grant Park, Atlanta, and was produced by Cate Le Bon, Ben H. Allen, Ben Etter, Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Moses Archuleta, Josh McKay and Javier Morales.

Personnel:

  • Bradford Cox – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, piano, synthesizer, percussion, auxiliary drums, Chamberlin, tapes, engineer, mixing
  • Lockett Pundt – vocals, acoustic, slide, electric and twelve string guitars, mandolin, organ, piano, electric harpsichord; synthesizer
  • Javier Morales – piano, electric piano, Chamberlin, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, marimba, bass synthesizer, contrabass
  • Josh McKay – bass, contrabass, marimba, piano, electric piano, bells
  • Moses Archuleta – drums, synthesizer, mandolin
  • Cate Le Bon – vocals, mandolin, harpsichord
  • Tim Presley – abstract lead guitar on “Futurism”
  • Ben H. Allen III – synthetic bass system, mixing
  • Ian Horrocks – contrabass
  • James Cox – bass vocals
  • Ben Etter – engineer, mixing
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bradford Cox, except where noted. 

  1. Death in Midsummer
  2. No One’s Sleeping
  3. Greenpoint Gothie
  4. Element
  5. What Happens to People?
  6. Détournement
  7. Futurism
  8. Tarnung – Lockett Pundt
  9. Plains
  10. Nocturne

Cate Le Bon: Pompeii

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On February 4, 2022, “Mexican Summer” label released “Pompeii”. the sixth Cate Le Bon studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “StudiOwz”, “Golden Retriever Studios”, Plantagenet Street”, “Vacant TV Studios”, and was produced by Cate Le Bon and Samur Khouja.

Personnel:

  • Cate Le Bon – guitars, bass, synths, piano, percussion, arrangements
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums
  • Simon Berckelman – drums, engineer
  • Chloe Dadd – drums, engineer assistant
  • Euan Hinshelwood – saxophone, engineer
  • Stephen Black – saxophone, clarinet
  • Samur Khouja – engineer, mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • H. Hawkline – layout, design, photography
  • Casey Raymond – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Cate Le Bon.

  1. Dirt on the Bed
  2. Moderationouble
  3. French Boys
  4. Pompeii
  5. Harbour
  6. Running Away
  7. Cry Me Old Trouble
  8. Remembering Me
  9. Wheel

Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate

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On July 15, 2016, “Polydor” label released “Love & Hate”, the second Michael Kiwanuka studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), Inflo and Paul Butler.

Personnel:

  • Michael Kiwanuka – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, lead guitar, bass, piano
  • Inflo – piano, bass, drums, backing vocals
  • Brian Burton – bass, synth pad, piano, organ, percussion
  • Graham Godfrey – drums, percussion, hand claps, tape machine FX, backing vocals
  • Paul Butler – percussion, cello, trumpet, electric guitar, keys, drum machines, clavinet, Moog, piano, Yamaha CS-80, backing vocals
  • Miles James – electric guitar
  • Pete Randall – double bass, Fender bass VI, backing vocals
  • Gary Plumley – flute, saxophone
  • James Bateman – saxophone
  • Andy Parkin – violin
  • Wired Strings
    • Jenny Sacha – violin 
    • Gillon Cameron, Anna Croad, Sally Jackson, Patrick Kieman, Eleanor Mathieson, Kotono Sato, Debbie Widdup – violin
    • Natalia Bonner – violin
    • Kerenza Peacock – violin
    • Emma Owens – viola 
    • Nzomi Cohen – viola
    • Becky Jones – viola
    • Rosie Danvers – cello, string arrangements
    • Bryony James – cello
    • Richard Pryce – double bass
  • Huw White – string arrangements 
  • Paul Boldeau, Phebe Edwards, LaDonna Harley-Peters – backing vocals
  • Paul Butler – engineer, mixing
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer, mixing
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineer, strings engineer, mixing
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Dave Granshaw – engineer
  • Jon McMullen – engineer, mixing
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Guy Davie – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Kiwanuka.

  1. Cold Little Heart
  2. Black Man in a White World
  3. Falling
  4. Place I Belong
  5. Love & Hate
  6. One More Night
  7. I’ll Never Love
  8. Rule the World
  9. Father’s Child
  10. The Final Frame

The Garden: Kiss My Super Bowl Ring

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On March 13, 2020, “Epitaph” label released “Kiss My Super Bowl Ring”, the fourth Garden (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Senhorse Studios”, and was produced by Dylan Brady, Jamie Bulled, Fletcher Shears and Wyatt Shears.

Personnel:

  • Wyatt Shears – vocals, bass, electronics, guitars
  • Fletcher Shears – vocals, drums, electronics
  • Khalif Jones – additional vocals
  • Ariel Pink – additional vocals
  • Carrot Top – vocal samples
  • Wharfwhit – vocal samples
  • Samur Khouja – engineer, mixing
  • Jim Kissling – mastering
  • Alex Petty – artwork
  • Ashley Clue – assistant art director, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Wyatt Shears and Fletcher Shears.

  1. Clench to Stay Awake
  2. A Struggle
  3. Sneaky Devil
  4. Kiss My Super Bowl Ring
  5. A Fool’s Expedition
  6. AMPM Truck
  7. Hit Eject
  8. The King of Cutting Corners
  9. Lurkin
  10. Lowrider Slug
  11. Please, Fuck Off

Devendra Banhart: Mala

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On March 12, 2013, “Nonesuch” label released “Mala”, the eighth Devendra Banhart studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson.

Personnel:

  • Devendra Banhart – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, organ, drums, drum machine, percussion, artwork, layout, recording engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Steinbrick – electronic wind instrument, Dulcimer, bass, synthesizer, percussion, handclaps
  • Ana Kraš – vocal, design, layout
  • Rodrigo Amarante – electric guitar, percussion
  • Noah Georgeson – guitar, bass, synthesizer, drums, drum machine, percussion, programming, recording engineer, mixing
  • Todd Dahlhoff – bass
  • Greg Rogove – drums, xylophone, chains, switch blade
  • Bram Inscore – cello
  • Samur Khouja – recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Devendra Banhart except where noted.

  1. Golden Girls
  2. Daniel
  3. Für Hildegard von Bingen
  4. Never Seen Such Good Things
  5. Mi Negrita
  6. Your Fine Petting Duck
  7. The Ballad of Keenan Milton
  8. A Gain
  9. Won’t You Come Over – Devendra Banhart, Noah Georgeson
  10. Cristobal Risquez
  11. Hatched Wound
  12. Mala
  13. Won’t You Come Home
  14. Taurobolium

Joanna Newsom: Divers

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On October 23, 2015, “Drag City” label released “Divers”, the fourth Joanna Newsom studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Joanna Newsom and Noah Georgeson.

Personnel:

  • Joanna Newsom – vocals, harp, piano, Roland Juno-106, Minimoog, Schiedmayer celesta,  Marxophone, Mellotron(MK II and M400), Wurlitzer electric piano, Neupert clavichord, Fender Rhodes piano with bass,  Baldwin  electric  harpsichord, Baldwin Discoverer electronic organ, Estey pump organ, guitaret,harp, piano, keyboard and vocal arrangements
  • Dan Cantrell – Hammond organ, piano accordion, Andes recorder-keyboard, musical saw
  • Ryan Francesconi – electric guitar, electric bass, bouzouki, bağlama
  • Kevin Barker – electric guitar, banjo
  • Judith Linsenberg – alto, tenor and bass recorder
  • Logan Coale – double bass
  • Peter Newsom – drums, drum and percussion arrangements
  • Neal Morgan– drums
  • David Nelson – trombone
  • Andy Strain – trombone
  • Hideaki Adomori – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • James Smith – English horn
  • Ben Russell – violin
  • Rob Moose – violin
  • Matthew Slemela – violin
  • Naidia Sirota – viola
  • Nico Muhly– orchestral arrangements
  • David Longstreth– orchestral arrangements
  • Ryan Francesconi – arrangements, conductor
  • Dan Cantrell – additional arrangements
  • Noah Georgeson – additional arrangements
  • Kevin Barker – additional arrangements
  • Neal Morgan – drum and percussion arrangements
  • Steve Albini– engineer
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Justin Rice – engineer
  • Sadaharu Yagi – engineer
  • Noah Georgeson– engineer, mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Kim Keever – cover art
  • Dan Osborn – layout designer
  • Annabel Mehran – photography
  • Paul Thomas Anderson– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joanna Newsom, except where noted.

  1. Anecdotes
  2. Sapokanikan
  3. Leaving the City
  4. Goose Eggs
  5. Waltz of the 101st Lightborne
  6. The Things I Say
  7. Divers
  8. Same Old Man – traditional
  9. You Will Not Take My Heart Alive
  10. A Pin-Light Bent
  11. Time, As a Symptom