Miscellany is an extended play by Russian progressive chamber band iamthemorning. It was self-released on 1 January 2014. The album was mixed by Marcel van Limbeek, Gianluca Capacchione and Mark Knight then mastered by Marcel van Limbeek at Reveal Sound in London.[1][2][3]
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| Released | 1 January 2014 | |||
| Recorded | Assault & Battery 2, Alchemea College of Audio Engineering, Interzvuk studio | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, Chamber pop | |||
| Label | self-released | |||
| Producer | iamthemorning | |||
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Reception
editEmma Johnston of Team Rock gave a mixed review describing comparisons to Tori Amos as “blindingly inevitable” while calling Semkina’s voice “clear, thrilling [and] theatrical”.[4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Team Rock |   [4] |
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by iamthemorning
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "To Human Misery (Chamber Version)" | 4:17 |
| 2. | "The Simple Story" | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Intermission XII" | 2:36 |
| 4. | "Scotland (Unplugged)" | 3:44 |
| 5. | "The Simple Story (Unplugged)" | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Touching (London Mixing)" | 4:07 |
| 7. | "Intermission VIII" | 1:05 |
| Total length: | 23:08 | |
Personnel
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- Gleb Kolyadin – grand piano, keyboards
- Marjana Semkina – vocals, backing vocals
- Additional musicians
- Gavin Harrison — drums on “The Simple Story”
- Vlad Avy - guitars and sampled percussion on “The Simple Story”
- Max Roudenko — bass on “The Simple Story”
- Production
- Marcel van Limbeek – engineering, mastering, mixing
- Gianluca Capacchione – engineering, mixing
- Drew Smith – engineering
- Anna Pavluk – engineering
- Mark Knight – engineering, mixing
- KJ Thorarinsson – engineering
- Nikita Valamin — engineering
- Constantine Nagishkin — artwork, cover design
- Max Roudenko — engineering
- Strings Ensemble
"To Human Misery" and "The Simple Story" performed
by Turner Quartet:
- Robert Yeomans — first violin
- Ruth Funnell — second violin
- Holly Rouse — viola
- Rosie Banks-Francis — cello
- Gleb Kolyadin — strings arrangement for “The Simple Story
- Grigory Losenkov — strings arrangement for The Human Misery
Touching (London Mix):
- Ilya Dyakov — violin
- Philipp Buin — viola
- Alina Shilova — cello
Intermission VIII:
- Vsevolod Dolganov — cello
References
edit- ^ "Miscellany by iamthemorning". bandcamp.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Iamthemorning – Miscellany". discogs.com. 24 March 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Miscellany Iamthemorning". itunes.apple.com. January 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ a b Johnston, Emma (February 11, 2014). "iamthemorning: Miscellany". teamrock.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.