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 Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: In What Language?

On October 21, 2003, “Pi Recordings” label released “In What Language?”, album by Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd. It was recorded April – May, 2003, at “Sorcerer Sound” and “TME Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd and Scotty Hard.

Personnel:

  • Vijay Iyer – piano, keyboards, electronics, mixing, liner notes
  • Mike Ladd – vocals, electronics, mixing, photography, liner notes
  • Latasha N. Nevada Diggs – vocals, electronics
  • Allison Easter – vocals
  • Ajay Naidu – vocals
  • Liberty Ellman – guitar
  • Stephan Crump – double bass
  • Trevor Holder – drums
  • Rudresh Mahanthappa – alto saxophone
  • Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet
  • Dana Leong – cello, flugelhorn, trombone

Track listing:

  1. The Color of My Circumference I
  2. The Density of the 19th Century
  3. Terminal City
  4. Rentals
  5. Security
  6. DeGaulle
  7. TLC
  8. Three Lotto Stories
  9. The Color of My Circumference II
  10. Iraqi Businessman
  11. Taking Back the Airplane
  12. The Color of My Circumference III
  13. Innana After Baghdad
  14. In What Language
  15. Asylum
  16. The Color of My Circumference IV
  17. Plastic Bag

Vijay Iyer And Mike Ladd: Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project

On September 24, 2013, “PI Recordings” label released “Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project”, Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd. It was recorded in June 2012, at “The Bunker” in New York, and was produced by Vijay Iyer.

Personnel:

  • Vijay Iyer – piano, electric piano, electronics, programming, liner notes
  • Mike Ladd – vocals, analogue synthesizer, liner notes
  • Maurice Decaul – vocals
  • Lynn Hill – vocals
  • Pamela Z – vocals
  • Guillermo E. Brown – vocals, effects
  • Liberty Ellman – guitar, mixing
  • Okkyung Lee – cello
  • Kassa Overall – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd, except where noted.

  1. Here
  2. Derelict Poetry – Maurice Decaul, Vijay Iyer
  3. Capacity
  4. Walking with the Duppy
  5. There Is a Man Slouching in the Stairway – Maurice Decaul, Vijay Iyer
  6. My Fire
  7. On Patrol – Maurice Decaul, Vijay Iyer
  8. Dream of an Ex-Ranger
  9. Name
  10. Costume
  11. Tormented Star of Morning – Maurice Decaul, Vijay Iyer
  12. Patton
  13. Shush – Maurice Decaul, Vijay Iyer
  14. REM Killer
  15. Requiem for an Insomniac – Maurice Decaul, Vijay Iyer
  16. Dreams in Color – Lynn Hill, Vijay Iyer
  17. Mess Hall – Mike Ladd, Pamela Z