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Klô Pelgag: Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs

On June 26, 2020, “Secret City Records” label released “Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs”, the third Klô Pelgag studio album, It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Klô Pelgag and Sylvain Deschamps.

Personnel:

  • Klô Pelgag – vocals, piano, synth, sampler, arrangements, recording
  • François (Zaï) Zaïdan – guitar, synthesizer
  • Sylvain (Sysyllium) Deschamps – guitar, synth, recording
  • Étienne (Baboo) Dupré – bass, guitar, synth
  • Pete (Poud) Pételle – drums, percussion
  • David Carbonneau, Stephane Beaulac – trumpet
  • Renaud Gratton – trombone
  • Jean-Sébastien Vachon – bass trombone, tuba
  • Louis-Pierre Bergeron, Maude Lussier – horn
  • Chantal Bergeron, Fanny Fresard, Frédérique Tanguay-Gagnon, Félix Savignac, Geneviève Clermont, John Corban, Mélanie Bélair, Vanessa Marcoux, Zoé Dumais – violin
  • Julie Boivin, Ligia Paquin, Valérie Arsenault – viola
  • Mariane Bertrand, Marianne Houle – cello
  • Owen Pallett – arrangements
  • Vincent Lauzer – recorder
  • Pierre Girard – mixing
  • Richard Addison – mastering
  • David Beauchemin, Julien Hebert – design
  • Florence Obrecht – painting
  • Marc-Étienne Mongrain – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Klô Pelgag and Sylvain Deschamps.

  1. Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleur
  2. Rémora
  3. Umami
  4. J’aurai les cheveux longs
  5. À l’ombre des cyprès
  6. La Fonte
  7. Soleil
  8. Für Élise
  9. Mélamine
  10. Où vas-tu quand tu dors ?
  11. La maison jaune
  12. Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs II

Suuns: The Witness

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

Basia Bulat: Heart of My Own

On January 26, 2010, “Secret City Records” label released “Heart of My Own”, the second Basia Bulat studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Howard Bilerman and Basia Bulat.

Personnel:

  • Basia Bulat – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, ukulele, autoharp, keyboards, design
  • Tim Kingsbury – guitar, bass guitar
  • Eric Démoré – piano , organ, harmonium, accordion
  • Erik Arnesen – banjo, backing vocals
  • Sebastian Ostertag – cello
  • Jessica Moss – violin
  • Ellie Nimeroski – violin
  • Allison Stewart – viola, backing vocals
  • Jen Reimer – French horn
  • Brian Lipson – trumpet
  • Miles Perkin – upright bass
  • Thierry Amar – upright bass, recording
  • Bobby Bulat – percussion, photography
  • Holly Coish – backing vocals
  • Madisyn Whajne – backing vocals
  • Michael Javorski – backing vocals
  • Jenna Marie Wakani – backing vocals
  • Howard Bilerman – recording, mixing
  • Harris Newman – mastering
  • Brian Kelly – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Basia Bulat.

  1. Go On
  2. Run
  3. Sugar and Spice
  4. Gold Rush
  5. Heart of My Own
  6. Sparrow
  7. If Only You
  8. I’m Forgetting Everyone
  9. The Shore
  10. Once More, for the Dollhouse
  11. Walk You Down
  12. If It Rains
  13. Hush (bonus track)

Miracle Fortress: Five Roses

On May 22, 2007, “Secret City Records” released “Five Roses”, the debut Miracle Fortress album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Friendship Cove” in Montreal, and was produced by Graham Van Pelt.

Personnel:

  • Graham Van Pelt – vocals, guitar, drums, looping, pre-recorded sounds
  • Jessie Stein – guitar
  • Adam Waito – keyboards.
  • Jordan Robson-Cramer – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Graham Van Pelt.

  1. Whirrs
  2. Have You Seen in Your Dreams
  3. Next Train
  4. Maybe Lately
  5. Beach Baby
  6. Hold Your Secrets to Your Heart
  7. Little Trees
  8. Poetaster
  9. Five Roses
  10. Blasphemy
  11. Fortune
  12. This Thing about You