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Ezra Collective: Where I’m Meant To Be

On November 4, 2022, “Partisan” label released “Where I’m Meant to Be”, the second Ezra Collective studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Riccardo Damian, Femi Koleoso, TJ Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison and Joe Armon-Jones.

Personnel:

  • Joe Armon-Jones – keyboards
  • TJ Koleoso – vocals, bass guitar, programming
  • Femi Koleoso – vocals, drums
  • Ife Ogunjobi – trumpet
  • James Mollison – saxophone
  • Benjamin Totten – guitar
  • Oluwatobi Adenaike-Johnson – guitar
  • Mark Mollison – guitar
  • Junior Alli-Balogun – percussion
  • Antonia Pagulatos, Athalie Armon-Jones, Sam Kennedy – violin
  • Stella Page – viola
  • Wayne Urquhart – cello
  • Sampa the Great – vocals
  • Kojey Radical – vocals
  • Jorja Smith – vocals
  • Angel Silvera – vocals
  • Emeli Sandé, Louise LaBelle, Teni Tinks – vocals
  • Steve McQueen – vocals
  • Nao and Petra Luke – vocals
  • Jess Camilleri – engineer
  • Tris Ellis – engineer
  • Barbara Ayozie – art direction
  • Marco Grey – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ife Ogunjobi, Joe Armon-Jones, James Mollison, Femi Koleoso, and TJ Koleoso, except where noted.

  1. Life Goes On – Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, Ife Ogunjobi, Joe Armon-Jones, James Mollison, Femi Koleoso, Sampa Tembo, TJ Koleoso
  2. Victory Dance
  3. No Confusion – Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah, Ife Ogunjobi, Joe Armon-Jones, James Mollison, Femi Koleoso, Sampa Tembo, TJ Koleoso
  4. Welcome to My World
  5. Togetherness
  6. Ego Killah
  7. Smile – Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner
  8. Live Strong
  9. Siesta – Emeli Sandé, Ife Ogunjobi, Joe Armon-Jones, James Mollison, Femi Koleoso, Sampa Tembo, TJ Koleoso
  10. Words by Steve – Femi Koleoso, Steve McQueen
  11. Belonging
  12. Never the Same Again
  13. Words by TJ – TJ Koleoso
  14. Love in Outer Space – Sun Ra

My Morning Jacket: Circuital

On May 31, 2011, “ATO” label released “Circuital”, the sixth My Morning Jacket studio album. It was recorded in Louisville, Kentucky, and was produced by Jim James and Tucker Martine.

Personnel:

  • Jim James – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Tom Blakenship – bass guitar
  • Patrick Hallahan – drums, percussion
  • Carl Broemel – vocals, guitar, pedal steel, saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Bo Koster – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, pianos, organs, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Oscar Utterstrom – trombone, euphonium
  • Chris Gregg – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Leif Shires – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jeremy Kittel- violin, viola
  • Ben Sollee – cello
  • Black Metal Girls – group backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim James.

  1. Victory Dance
  2. Circuital
  3. The Day is Coming
  4. Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
  5. Outta My System
  6. Holdin on to Black Metal – includes portions of “E-Saew Tam Punha Huajai (Advice Column for Love Troubles Part I)”, written by Kwan Jai and Kwan Jit Sriprajan
  7. First Light
  8. You Wanna Freak Out
  9. Slow Slow Tune
  10. Movin’ Away