Pet Shop Boys

 

Artist:  Pet Shop Boys
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Pop, Synthpop, Art Pop, New Wave, Dance Pop, House, Alternative Dance

Original line-up:

Neil Tennant:  Lead  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Violin, Trumpet
Chris Lowe:  Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizers, Programming, Samples, Computer, Piano, Electronic Piano, Electric Piano, Drums, Electronic Drums, Organ, Panpipes, Tuba, Didgeridoo, Sequencers

Pet Shop Boys are an English Synthpop Duo from London, formed in 1981, consisting of Neil Tennant (lead Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass), and Chris Lowe (Keyboards, Synthesizer, Programming, Piano, Organ, Vocals).  They have sold more 50 million records worldwide and are listed as the most successful Duo in UK Music History by The Guinness Book Of Records.  Three-time Brit Award Winners and Six-time Grammy nominees.  Since 1985, they have achieved 42 Top 3 Singles, 22 of them Top 10 Hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK No. 1:  "West End Girls" (also No. 1on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's A Sin", "Always On My Mind", "Heart", "Go West" and more!.  In 2009 Brit Awards in London, they received an Award for Outstanding Contribution To Music.   In 2016, Billboard Magazine name Pet Shop Boys the No. 1 Dance Duo/Group over the 40 years since 1976.  In 2017 they received NME's Godlike Genius Award.

Title:  Nonetheless (2024)

Genre:  Pop, Synthpop, Art Pop, New Wave, Dance Pop, House, Alternative Dance

Label:  Parlophone

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Loneliness (5:37)

 2.  Feel (5:02)

 3.  Why Am I Dancing? (3:33)

 4.  New London Boy (4:53)

 5.  Dancing Star (3:02)

 6.  A New Bohemia (4:01)

 7.  The Schlager Hit Parade (3:29)

 8.  The Secret Of Happiness (5:25)

 9.  Bullet For Narcissus (3:51)

10. Love Is The Law (5:00)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Loneliness (5:37)

 2.  Feel (5:02)

 3.  Why Am I Dancing? (3:33)

 4.  New London Boy (4:53)

 5.  Dancing Star (3:02)

Side B:

 6.  A New Bohemia (4:01)

 7.  The Schlager Hit Parade (3:29)

 8.  The Secret Of Happiness (5:25)

 9.  Bullet For Narcissus (3:51)

10. Love Is The Law (5:00)

Personnel:

Neil Tennant:  Lead  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Programming
Chris Lowe:  Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar, Programming

Additional Musicians:

Abimbola Amoake-Gyanmpah:  Additional Vocals on Tracks:  1-4, 6-10

Nile Bailey:  Vocals on Track 1, Additional Vocals on Tracks:  2-4, 6-10

Senab Adekunle:   Vocals  1, Additional Vocals on Tracks:  2-4, 6-10

Daisy Vatalano:  Cello on Tracks:  2-10

Laura Moody:  Cello on Tracks:  2-10

Sergio Serra:  Cello on Tracks:  2-10

Val Welbanks:  Cello on Tracks:  2-10

Adam Chatterton:  Flugelhorn, Trumpet on Tracks:  2-10

David Hopkin:  Flugelhorn, Trumpet on Tracks:  2-10

Graeme Flowers:  Flugelhorn, Trumpet on Tracks:  2-10

Seratina Steer:  Harp on Tracks:  2-10

Alison De Scuza:  Viola on Tracks:  2-10

Zami Jalil:  Viola on Tracks:  2-10

Morgan Goff:  Viola on Tracks:  2-4, 6-10, Violin on Track 5

Amy May:  Viola on Tracks:  2, 4, 6-10, Cello on Track 3, Violin on Track 5

Anna de Bruin:  Violin on Tracks:  2-10

Emma Smith:  Violin on Tracks:  2-10

Hazel Correa:  Violin on Tracks:  2-10

Flora Curzon:  Violin on Tracks:  2-10

Jennymay Logan:  Violin on Tracks: 2-10

Lucy Wilkins:  Violin on Tracks:  2-10

Patrick Dawkins:  Violin on Tracks:  2-10

Ros Stephen: Violin on Tracks:  2-9

Ronald Long:  Violin on Tracks:  2-6, 8-10

Preetha Narayanan:  Violin:  on Tracks:  2-5, 7-9

Freya Goldmark:  Violin on Tracks:  2-4, 6-10

Carys Evans:  French Horn on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-10

Joseph Ryan:  French Horn on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-10

Richard Ashton:  French Horn on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-10

Samuel Freeman:  Bass Trombone on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-10

Chris Augustine:  Trombone on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-10

Jo Stokes:  Trombone on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-10

Barnaby Slade:  Tuba on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-10

Koton Sato:  Violin on Tracks:  3-10

Simmy Sing:  Violin on Tracks:  6, 10

Nonetheless is the fifteenth studio album by Pet Shop Boys, released on April 26, 2024 by Parlophone, featuring the single "Loneliness".  the album reached No. 1 on Scottish Albums Chart.

Pet Shop Boys

 

Artist:  Pet Shop Boys
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Pop, Synthpop, Art Pop, New Wave, Dance Pop, House, Alternative Dance

Original line-up: 

Neil Tennant:  Lead  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Violin, Trumpet
Chris Lowe:  Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizers, Programming, Samples, Computer, Piano, Electronic Piano, Electric Piano, Drums, Electronic Drums, Organ, Panpipes, Tuba, Didgeridoo, Sequencers

Pet Shop Boys are an English Synthpop Duo from London, formed in 1981, consisting of Neil Tennant (lead Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass), and Chris Lowe (Keyboards, Synthesizer, Programming, Piano, Organ, Vocals).  They have sold more 50 million records worldwide and are listed as the most successful Duo in UK Music History by The Guinness Book Of Records.  Three-time Brit Award Winners and Six-time Grammy nominees.  Since 1985, they have achieved 42 Top 3 Singles, 22 of them Top 10 Hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK No. 1:  "West End Girls" (also No. 1on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's A Sin", "Always On My Mind", "Heart", "Go West" and more!.  In 2009 Brit Awards in London, they received an Award for Outstanding Contribution To Music.   In 2016, Billboard Magazine name Pet Shop Boys the No. 1 Dance Duo/Group over the 40 years since 1976.  In 2017 they received NME's Godlike Genius Award.

Title:  SMASH - The Singles 1965-2020 (Box Set) (2023)

Genre:  Pop, Synthpop, Art Pop, New Wave, Dance Pop, House, Alternative Dance

Label:  Parlophone

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:  The Singles 1985-1991:

 1.  West End Girls (4:28)

 2.  Love Comes Quickly (3:35)

 3.  Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (3:38)

 4.  Suburbia (4:04)

 5.  It's A Sin (5:01)

 6.  What Have I Done To Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) (4:20)

 7.  Rent (3:33)

 8.  Always On My Mind (3:54)

 9.  Heart (4:17)

10. Domino Dancing (4:18)

11. Left To My Own Devices (4:47)

12. It's Alright (4:20)

13. So Hard (4:00)

14. Being Boring (4:51)

15. Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You) (4:32)

16. Jealousy (4:15)

17. DJ Culture (4:14)

18. Was It WorthIt (7" Version) (4:23)

Disc 2:  The Singles 1993-2004:

 1.  Can You Forgive Her? (3:56)

 2.  Go West (5:04)

 3.  I Wouldn't Normally Do The Kind Of Thing (7" Version) (4:46)

 4.  Liberation (4:06)

 5.  Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version) (4:00)

 6.  Paninaro '95 (4:10)

 7.  Before (4:05)

 8.  Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is) (4:01)

 9.  Single-Bilingual (3:30)

10. A Red Letter Day (4:33)

11. Somewhere (4:43)

12. I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More (4:29)

13. New York City boy (US Radio Edit) (3:20)

14. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk (3:16)

15. Home And Dry (3:56)

16. I Get Along (Radio Edit) (4:11)

17. Miracles (Radio Edit) (3:57)

18. Flamboyuant (7" Mix) (3:40)

Disc 3:  The Singles 2006-2020:

 1.  I'm With Stupid (3:27)

 2.  Minimal (Radio Edit) (3:38)

 3.   Numb (Single Edit) (3:30)

 4.  Love Etc (3:32)

 5.  Di You See Me Coming (3:44)

 6.  It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (New Version) (3:52)

 7.  Together (Ultimate Mix) (3:30)

 8.  Winner (3:49)

 9.  Leaving (3:51)

10. Memory Of The Future (New Single Mix) (3:36)

11. Vocal (Radio Edit) (3:25)

12. Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (Nighttime Radio Edit) (4:12)

13. Thursday (feat. Example:  Radio Edit) (3:56)

14. The Pop Kids (Radio Edit) (3:43)

15. Twenty-Something (Radio Edit) (3:41)

16. Say It To Me (New Radio Mix) (3:11)

17. Dreamland (feat. Years & Years) (3:28)

18. Monkey Business (Radio Edit) (3:11)

19. I Don't Wanna (Radio Edit) (3:21)

SMASH - The Singles 1965-2020 is a compilation album by Pet Shop Boys, released on June 16, 2023 by Parlophone, includes 55 Tracks, comprising most of the Duo's singles from 1995-2020 in Box Set 3 CD.

Gaspard Augé

 

Artist:  Gaspard Auge

Born:  May 21, 1979.  Besancon, France

Genre:  Electronic, Pop, House, Club,. Dance, Neo-Electro, Indie Electronic, French House, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Synth Pop, Nu Disco

Occupation:  Musician, Record Producer, Songwriter, DJ, Composer

Instruments:  Synthesizer

Gaspard Auge is one of the two members of French Electronic Music Duo Justice with Xavier de Rosnay.  Auge formed Justic with Rosnay in 2003.  His influenced by Italian Musical innovators such as Giorgio Moroder and Ennio Morricone.

Title:   Escapades  (2021)

Genre:  Electronic, Pop, House, Club,. Dance, Neo-Electro, Indie Electronic, French House, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Synth Pop, Nu Disco

Label:   Because Music/Ed Banger Records

Rating:   *****

Format:   CD

Tracks:

 1.  Welcome  (3:38)

 2.  Force Majeure  (3:26)

 3.  Rocambole  (3:25)

 4.  Europa  (3:47)

 5.  Pentacle  (3:56)

 6.  Hey!  (4:14)

 7.  Captain  (3:22)

 8.  Lacrimosa  (3:48)

 9.  Belladone  (4:16)

10. Casablanca  (3:30)

11. Vox  (3:08)

12. Reverie  (4:26)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Welcome  (3:38)

 2.  Force Majeure  (3:26)

 3.  Rocambole  (3:25)

 4.  Europa  (3:47)

 5.  Pentacle  (3:56)

 6.  Hey!  (4:14)

 7.  Captain  (3:22)

Side B:

 1.  Lacrimosa  (3:48)

 2.  Belladone  (4:16)

 3.  Casablanca  (3:30)

 4.  Vox  (3:08)

 5.  Reverie  (4:26)

Personnel:

Gaspard Auge:  Keyboards

Victor Le Masne:  Keyboards, Piano, Drums

Xavier Le Masne:  Flute on Tracks:   8, 10

Choir:

Audrey Thirot:  on Tracks:  5, 8, 10, 11

Elena Azevedo Da Silva:  on Tracks:  5, 8, 10, 11

Laura Etchegoyhen:  on Tracks:  5, 8, 10, 11

Sybille Chalamon:  on Tracks:  5, 8, 10, 11

Escapades is the debut solo studio album by Gaspard Auge, released on June 25, 2021 by Because Music/Ed Banger Records.

Jimmy Somerville

Artist:  Jimmy Somerville 

Birth Name:  James William Somerville

Born:  June 22, 1961.  Greenock, Scotland

Genre:  Pop, Synth Pop, New Wave, Dance Pop, Alternative Pop, Indie Rock, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, House, Swing, Ballad, Easy Listening

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter

Instruments:  Vocals

Jimmy Somerville is a Scottish Singer and Songwriter from Greenock, Scotland.  He sang with the Pop Groups Bronski Beat and The Communards in 1980s, and he also had a solo career.  He is known for his powerful and soulful singing voice.  He is a gay, many of his, such as "Smalltown Boy".

Title:  Suddenly Last Summer: (Limited Edition) (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition)  (2020)

Genre:  Pop, Synth Pop, New Wave, Dance Pop, Alternative Pop, Indie Rock, Electronic, Jazz, House, Swing, Ballad, Easy Listening

Label:  Strike Force Entertainment

Rating:   *****

Format:   CD

Tracks:

 1.  It's Love  (2:40)

 2.  I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself  (2:37)

 3.  Hanging The Telephone  (3:25)

 4.  Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair  (3:35)

 5.  Hush  (3:20)

 6.  Sweet Unknown  (4:01)

 7.  The Guy From Joe's  (3:53)

 8.  Where Have All The Flowers Gone?  (3:14)

 9.  My Heart Belongs To Daddy  (2:16)

10. Was That All It Was?  (3:25)

11. People Are Strange  (3:11)

12. By Your Side  (5:43)

13. Walking After Midnight  (3:44)

Bonus Tracks:

14. Bent In The Bush  (1:02)

15. Motherless Child (Live)  (3:15)
16. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (Live)  (2:37)

17. By Your Side (Alternate Version)  (5:45)

18. People Are Strange (Andrew Worboys Remix)  (5:28)

19. Motherless Child (Andrew Worboys Remix)  (8:45)

Personnel:

Jimmy Somerville:  Vocals

Emile Nelson:  Bass

Dave Hatch:  Drums

Marty Halley:  Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals

Andrew Worbouys:  Piano, Backing Vocals

Andrew Wolkie:  Vibraphone

Ian Burdge:  Cello

 

Suddenly Last Summer is the fifth studio album by Jimmy Sommerville, originally released on June 22, 2010 by Strike Force Entertainment, remastered and reissued on August 21, 2020 by Strike Force Entertainment.  10th Anniversary Expanded Edition, strictly limited, 1,000 copy edition, with 6 bonus Tracks.

Dwight Trible

Artist:  Dwight Trible
Origin:   Los Angeles, California, USA
Gerne:   Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Acid Jazz, House, Jazz-House
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader
Instruments:  Vocals

Dwight Trible is an American Jazz Singer from Los Angeles, California.  He is leading his own group or singing with The Pharoah Sanders Quartet, he's also acting as the vocal director for the Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra or collaborating with the likes of Bobby Hutcherson, Kamasi Washington, Jr., Charles Lloyd, or Oscar Brown, Jr.

Artist:   Mothership  (2020)
Gerne:   Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Acid Jazz, House, Jazz-House
Label:  Gearbox Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  CD:

Tracks:

 1.  Mothership (feat. Kamasi Washington, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Carlos Nino & Derf Rekiaw)  (7:23)
 2.  It's All About Love (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe, Carlos Nino & Derf Rekiaw)  (5:30)
 3.  Mother (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (5:22)
 4.  Brother Where Are You? (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (5:20)
 5.  Standing In The Need Of Prayer (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Carlos Nino & Derf Rekiaw)  (6:39)
 6.  Song For My Mother (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (4:48)
 7.  Tomorrow Never Knows (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, & Carlos Nino)  (5:20)
 8.  Thank You Master (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (5:40)
 9.  Desert Fairy Princess (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)  (7:53)
10. Walkin' To Paradise (feat. Ramses Rodriguez)  (6:23)
11. These Things You Are To Me (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (4:28)
12. Some Other Time (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)  (7:09)

Format:  LP:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Mothership (feat. Kamasi Washington, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Carlos Nino & Derf Reklaw)  (7:23)
 2.  It's All About Love (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe, Carlos Nino & Derf Reklaw)  (5:30)
 3.  Mother (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (5:22)

Side B:

 1.  Brother Where Are You? (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (5:20)
 2.  Standing In The Need Of Prayer (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Carlos Nino & Derf Reklaw)  (6:39)
 3.  Song For My Mother (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (4:48)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Tomorrow Never Knows (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, & Carlos Nino)  (5:20)
 2.  Thank You Master (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (5:40)
 3.  Desert Fairy Princess (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)  (7:53)

Side D:

 1.  Walkin' To Paradise (feat. Ramses Rodriguez)  (6:23)
 2.  These Things You Are To Me (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)  (4:28)
 3.  Some Other Time (feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)  (7:09)

Personnel:

Dwight Trible:  Vocals
Kamasi Washington:  Tenor Saxophone
Mark de Clive-Lowe:  Piano
John B. Williams:  Double Bass
Ramses rodrigues:  Drums
Maia:  Harp
Miguel Atwood Ferguson:  Viola

Derf Reklaw:   Percussion
Carlos Nino:  Hand Percussion

Mothership is an album of Dwight Trible, released on January 1, 2020 by Gearbox Records.  Fantastic Singer Real Jazz, and Great Album!.