On March 4, 2016, “Ribbon Music” label released “A Man Alive”, the fourth Thao & the Get Down Stay Down studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Tiny Telephone & Different Fur Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Merrill Garbus.
Personnel:
- Thao Nguyen– vocals, bass, clapping, composer, drum programming, drums, guitar, loops, mandolin, oscillator, percussion, telecaster, toy piano, univox
- Merrill Garbus– vocals, backing vocals, bass, cabasa, clapping, farfisa organ, flute, sampling
- Lynne Angel – drum samples, inspiration
- Johanna Kunin – vocals, backing vocals
- Sami Perez – clapping, backing vocals, clapping
- Jason Slota – clapping, cowbell, drums, gamelan, percussion, shaker, tambourine
- Beau Sorenson – clapping, engineer, guitar, linn drum, loops, mixing, programming, sampling, sequencing
- Adam Thompson – audio manipulation, bass, casio, clapping, glockenspiel, guitar, polysynth, synthesizer, synthesizer bass
- Charlie Glenn – guitar, organ, piano, lapsteel
Track listing:
- Astonished Man
- Slash/Burn
- The Evening
- Departure
- Nobody Dies
- Guts
- Fool Forever
- Millionaire
- Meticulous Bird
- Give Me Peace
- Hand to God
- Endless Love
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