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Kokoroko: Could We Be More

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On August 5, 2022, “Bronswood Recordings” label released “Could We Be More”, the debut Kokoroko album. It was recorded in “Echo Zoo Studios” in Eastbourne, England, and was produced by Miles Clinton James.

Personnel:

  • Tobi Adenaike – Johnson – vocal, guitar
  • Yohan Kebede – vocal, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Duane Atherley – vocal, bass guitar
  • Ayo Salawu – vocal, drums
  • Onome Edgeworth – percussion, additional producer
  • Richard Olatunde Baker – talking drum
  • Cassie Kinoshi – vocal, alto saxophone
  • Sheila Maurice – Grey – vocal, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Richie Seivwright – vocal, trombone
  • Princes Muzondo – additional vocals, handclaps
  • Ejiro Ikhame Aiken – additional vocals, handclaps
  • Mrisi Makondo – Wills – additional vocals, handclaps
  • Hans Cristoph Skirl – recording
  • Ben Kane – mixing
  • Miles Klinton James – mixing
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Raj Sidhu – creative director
  • Kasmir Jones – artwork
  • Mark James – design
  • Stu – lacquer cut

Track listing:

  1. Tojo
  2. Blue Robe Pt. 1
  3. Ewa Inu
  4. Age of Ascent
  5. Dide O
  6. Soul Searching
  7. We Give Thanks
  8. Those Good Times
  9. Reprise
  10. War Dance
  11. Interlude
  12. Home
  13. Something’s Going On
  14. Outro
  15. Blue Robe Pt. 2

XTC: Nonsuch

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XTC_Nonsuch

On April 27, 1992, “Virgin” label released “Nonsuch” the twelfth XTC studio album. It was recorded July – October 1991, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Gus Dudgeon.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar,  harmonica, tambourine, percussion, Shaker, keyboard programming, bell tree, string and brass arrangements
  • Colin Moulding– vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, string and brass arrangements
  • Dave Gregory– acoustic and electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, piano, synthesizers, Hammond organ, church bell, backing vocals, string and brass arrangements
  • Dave Mattacks– drums, tambourine, drums, sitar samples, shaker, percussion
  • Gus Dudgeon– “ringmaster,” tambourine, percussion, chorus
  • Guy Barker– flugelhorns, trumpet
  • Florence Lovegrove – viola
  • Rose Hull – cello
  • Stuart Gordon – violin
  • Gina Griffin – violin
  • Neville Farmer– chorus

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
  2. My Bird Performs – Colin Moulding
  3. Dear Madam Barnum
  4. Humble Daisy
  5. The Smartest Monkeys – Colin Moulding
  6. The Disappointed
  7. Holly Up on Poppy
  8. Crocodile
  9. Rook
  10. Omnibus
  11. That Wave
  12. Then She Appeared
  13. War Dance – Colin Moulding
  14. Wrapped in Grey
  15. The Ugly Underneath
  16. Bungalow – Colin Moulding