yllwshrk I AM ALADDIN
WRITTEN, PERFORMED and PRODUCED by YLLWSHRK
Sam West vocals, sampler, Moog, hand-held fan
Matt Isaac lead electric guitars, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, drum programming, hand-held fan
Ian Anderson words, string arrangements, additional editing, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, viola, toy piano, Hammond organ (right hand), harmonium, tuning fork, hand-held fan, MIDI programming, vibrator, thunder drum
Dave Brown electric bass, double bass, synths, hand-held fan
Feargus Brennan drums, clash cymbals, Hammond organ (left hand), hand-held fan, CD case
David Donaldson mixing, editing, programming, electronics, audio manipulation, mastering
DIGITAL BOOKLET DOWNLOAD click to view/download
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS in order of appearance
London Contemporary Orchestra strings [1, 3, 5, 6]
Andi Toma additional electronics [1]
Linda Buckley additional electronics [1, 4, 5]
Hannah Read additional vocals [2, 5, 7]
Maxwell Quartet strings [2, 9]
Fergus McCreadie piano [3, 7]
Nick Roth saxophone, feedback [3]
Angry Men on a Train shouting [8]
Colette Overdijk violin [8], hand-held fan [9]
MAXWELL QUARTET
Colin Scobie, George Smith violins
Elliott Perks viola
Duncan Strachan cello
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA
Hugh Brunt conductor
Eloisa-Fleur Thom, Alessandro Ruisi, Agata Daraskaite, Sophie Mather, Zara Benyounes, Venetia Jollands violins
Clifton Harrison, Matthew Kettle, Elitsa Bogdanova violas
Jonny Byers, Max Ruisi, Daisy Vatalaro cellos
Dave Brown double bass
RECORDED between 11 MARCH & 18 JULY 2019 at
The Pool Studios, London yllwshrk, Maxwell Quartet, Colette Overdijk
RAK Studios, London London Contemporary Orchestra, Fergus McCreadie, yllwshrk
Livingston Studios, London yllwshrk, Colette Overdijk
Woodworm Studios, Banbury yllwshrk
The Bridge Studios, London Hannah Read
Camden Studios, Dublin Nick Roth
Chiltern Railways, Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone Angry Men on a Train
ENGINEERED by
Jake Jackson The Pool, RAK
Marcus Locock Livingston
Graeme Stewart Woodworm
Ben Loveland The Bridge
Conor Brady Camden
Jamie McEvoy Livingston
ASSISTED by
Jamie McEvoy The Pool
Duncan Fuller RAK
Chloe Kraemer Livingston
ALBUM ARTWORK & DESIGN by Ragnar Jónsson
WITH THANKS TO
Creative Scotland, Arts Council England, Help Musicians UK for their financial support.
Nick Roth and Diatribe Records for the impetus behind the project.
Jamie Houston from Creative Scotland for all the advice.
Paul Russell (Human Pyramids) for more application advice.
Graeme Stewart for helping out with the 2016 EP.
Tom Morley for engineering our demo album run.
Eva Pires for the support and help.
Stephen Bentley-Klein for the encouragement and references.
Andy Edwards and Dennis Collopy for the legal and strategic advice through Help Musicians UK.
Aoife Ní Bhriain, Hulda Jónsdóttir, Stefan Hadjiev, and Nikolai Matthews from Wooden Elephant for inspiring many of the string effects.
Chris Killik, John Gregson, Jo Nichols, Alex Carter, Ciara Lavers, Rebecca Trehearn, Andrzej Strzemżalski (ENDY YDEN), and Sacha Cullen from the Idle Kings days.
James Murray (conductor); Nathaniel Anderson-Frank, Violeta Vicci, Will Hillman, Réka Szabó, and Zanete Uskane (violins); Laurie Anderson, Sophie Broadbent, Stephanie Edmundson, Zoe Matthews, and Chloé van Soeterstède (violas); Alba Acevedo Dueñas, Marie Girbal, Alice Hoskins, and António Novais (cellos); for giving your talents and services for free to come record for Idle Kings in 2012. We couldn’t have started yllwshrk without you.