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Parquet Courts: Wide Awake

On May 18, 2018, “Rough Trade” label released “Wide Awake”, the sixth Parquet Courts album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornillo, Texas, “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Danger Mouse.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Savage – vocals, guitar, keyboards, artwork, layout
  • Austin Brown – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Sean Yeaton – vocal, bass
  • Max Savage – vocals, percussion,synth, mixing
  • Frank Locrasto – piano
  • Ariane Bourdain, Ava DiFelice, Caden Castro-Kudler, Eleanor Adams, Julian Cohen, Kofi Dufu, Lucie Bismuth Berger, Mia Nikov, Minelle Jeddy, Rita Bochi – additional vocals
  • Kennie Tkahashi – engineer
  • Jonathan Schenke – additional engineer
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Total Football
  2. Violence
  3. Before the Water Gets Too High
  4. Mardi Grass Beads
  5. Almost Had To Start a Fight
  6. In and Out of Patience
  7. Freebird 2
  8. Normalisation
  9. Back to Earth
  10. Wide Awake!
  11. NYC Observation
  12. Extinction
  13. Death Will Bring Change

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: IX

On October 10, 2014, “Superball Music” label released “IX”, the ninth …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornillo, Texas, “White Door” in Dripping Springs, Texas, and was produced by Sean Rolie and Chris “Frenchie” Smith.

Personnel:

  • Conrad Keely – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, recording, mixing 
  • Jason Reece – vocals, guitar, drums, recording, mixing
  • Autry Fulbright II – vocals, bass, recording, mixing
  • Jamie Miller – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Erin O’Keefe – vocal
  • Chris “Frenchie” Smith – additional vocals, additional guitar, additional sampler, additional mellotron, additional percussion, recording, mixing
  • Jason Elinoff – violin, viola
  • Emily Booher – cello
  • Sean Rolie – additional percussion, recording, mixing
  • Pauly Deathwish Etheredge – strings arrangements
  • Charles Godfrey – additiona engineering
  • Zach Mauldin – additional engineering
  • Alex Lyon – mastering
  • Sokeuntevy Oeur – illustration

Track listing:

  1. The Doomsday Book
  2. Jaded Apostles
  3. A Million Random Digits
  4. Life Without a Liar
  5. The Ghost Within
  6. The Dragonfly Queen
  7. How To Avoid Huge Ships
  8. Bus Linesheme
  9. Lost in the Grand Scheme
  10. Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears
  11. Sound of the Silk

Arcade Fire: We

On May 6, 2022, “Columbia” label released “WE”, the sixth Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “RAK Studios”, “Wack Formula” and “The Crow’s Nest Studios” in London, “Boombox Studios” and “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, “Dockside Studio” in Los Angeles, “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornilo, Texas, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. 

Personnel:

  • Régine Chassagne – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, accordion, orchestral arrangements
  • Win Butler – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, percussion
  • Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Tim Kingsbury – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Will Butler – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion
  • Peter Gabriel – additional vocal
  • Andre Michot – accordion
  • Geoff Barrow – granular synthesis, additional production
  • Orlando Primo – congas, djembe 
  • Willonson Duprate – congas
  • Louis Michot – fiddle
  • Charlie Gabriel – saxophone 
  • Mark Braud – trumpet
  • Wendell Brunious – trumpet
  • Liza Rey – harp 
  • Paul Beaubrun – sound effects
  • Owen Pallett – orchestral arrangements, strings
  • Sally Herbert – conductor, additional arrangements
  • Helen Gillet – strings
  • Harry Hardin – strings
  • Matt Rhody – strings
  • Sarah Neufeld – strings
  • Edwin Farnham Butler IV – whispers
  • Josh Tillman – stomps and breaths, additional production
  • Romeo Bougere – agogô bell
  • Michael Brun – additional synthesis
  • Emily Eck – recording
  • Eric Heigle – recording, co-producer 
  • Mikko Gordon – recording, mixing assistant, additional production
  • Suvi-Eeva Äikäs – additional recording 
  • Julia Simpson – additional recording 
  • Owen Pallett – additional recording 
  • James Seymour – additional recording 
  • Mark Lawson – additional recording 
  • Jerry Ordonez – recording assistant
  • Marco Ramirez – recording assistant
  • Justin Tocket – recording assistant
  • Matt Aguiluz – recording assistant
  • Nathanael Graham – recording assistant
  • Francesca Edwards – recording assistant
  • Joy Stacey – recording assistant
  • Pablo Godin – recording assistant
  • Felipe Gutierrez – recording assistant
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Nigel Godrich – mixing
  • Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Ryan Smith – vinyl mastering
  • Steve Mackey – pre-production
  • JR – cover image, WE poster image, additional eye photography
  • Terry Pastor – airbrush color tinting
  • Ping Pong Ping – album graphic design
  • Julia Simpson – album creative production
  • Alison Green – center image, Polaroids
  • IV – “I Guy” Character, handwriting
  • Camille Pajot – studio art director
  • Rick Rose – digitech
  • Fabien Barrau – cover image photo post-production
  • Chroma Center – photo printing, post-production
  • EHT Collaboration – “Black Hole” image
  • Danny Clinch – David Bowie photograph
  • Pneuhaus – “Giant Eye”
  • Maria Jose Govea – additional photography
  • JF Lalonde – additional photography
  • Wes Winship – “Acropolis Is Burning” poster
  • Don Hertzfeldt – still from World of Tomorrow: Episode 2
  • Gift Horst Tintypes – WE poster photo development

Track listing:

All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, except where noted.

  1. Age of Anxiety I
  2. Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
  3. Prelude
  4. End of the Empire I-III
  5. End of Empire IV (Sagittarius A)
  6. The Lightning I
  7. The Lightning II
  8. Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
  9. Unconditional II (Race and Religion) – additional writing by Will Butler
  10. We 

Portugal The Man: In the Mountain in the Cloud

On July 19, 2011, “Atlantic” label released “In the Mountain in the Cloud”, the sixth Portugal. The Man studio album. It was recorded 2010 -2011, at “LA Bronz” “Kingsize Soundlabs” in Los Angeles, “White House Recorders” in San Diego, “Rusty Branson’s Pleasure Cave” and  “Sonic Ranch Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John Hill, John Gourley and Casey Bates.

Personnel:

  • John Baldwin Gourley – vocals, guitar, synth
  • Ryan Neighbors – vocals, piano, Rhodes, organ, synth, Farfisa
  • Zachary Scott Carothers – vocals, bass, percussion
  • Jason Sechrist – vocals, drums
  • Philip Peterson – strings, horns, arranging
  • Steven Nistor, Sonny DiPerri – additional drums
  • Casey Bates– engineer
  • John Morrical – engineer, editing
  • Michael Freyer, Alex Leader, Shaun Cornell, Ben Hasdovic – engineer
  • Sonny DiPerri – engineer
  • Manuel Calderon– engineering assistant
  • Andy Wallace– mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • John Gourley – design, photography
  • Austin Sellers – design
  • Zach Carothers – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Baldwin Gourley.

  1. So American
  2. Floating (Time Isn’t Working My Side)
  3. Got It All (This Can’t Be Living Now)
  4. Senseless
  5. Head Is a Flame (Cool with It)
  6. You Carried Us (Share with Me the Sun)
  7. Everything You See (Kids Count Hallelujahs)
  8. All Your Light (Times Like These)
  9. Once Was One
  10. Share with Me the Sun
  11. Sleep Forever