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Hookworms: Microshift

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On February 2, 2018, “Domino” label released “Microshift”, the third studio and final Hookworms album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Suburban Home Studios” in Leeds, and was produced by MJ.

Personnel:

  • MJ – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, recording, mixing
  • JW – guitars
  • EO – guitars, additional percussion, backing vocals
  • MB – bass, modular synthesizer, synthesizers
  • JN – drums, percussion
  • Alice Mérida Richards – additional and backing vocals
  • Christopher Duffin – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Richard Formby – additional modular synthesizer
  • Tom Woodhead – mastering
  • Louis Byrne – artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics by MJ, all music by MJ, JW, EO, MB and JN, except where noted.

  1. Negative Space
  2. Static Resistance
  3. Ullswater
  4. The Soft Season
  5. Opener
  6. Each Time We Pass – Alice Mérida Richards, MJ, JW, EO, MB, JN
  7. Boxing Day
  8. Reunion
  9. Shortcomings

Area 11: Modern Synthesis

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On July 1, 2016, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Modern Synthesis”, the second Area 11 studio album. It was recorded April 2015 – January 2016, at “Room4 Studios” in Bristol, UK, and was produced by Tom Clarke.

Personnel:

  • Sparkles – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, sleeve and booklet design, photography
  • Alex Parvis – vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Kogan – vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Leo Taylor – vocals, percussion, guitar
  • Connie McGuinness Griffiths, Megan Paschke – vocals
  • Sparkles, Leo Taylor – engineer
  • Phil Davies – additional engineering
  • Sparkles, Phil Davies – mixing
  • Tom Woodhead – mastering
  • Daniel Houlb, Adam Davis – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Override (B) – Sparkles
  2. Override (C) – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
  3. The Contract – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
  4. Watchmaker – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
  5. Versus – Sparkles
  6. Processor – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
  7. Red Queen – Jonathan Kogan, Sparkles, Alex Parvis, Leo Taylor
  8. Angel Lust – Sparkles
  9. The Life of a Ghost – Leo Taylor, Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
  10. After the Flags – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
  11. Nebula – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
  12. Panacea and the Prelogue – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan, Leo Taylor