Miscellany (EP) explained

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]}

Reception

Emma 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”.

Personnel

iamthemorning

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miscellany by iamthemorning . bandcamp.com . April 19, 2016.
2. Web site: Iamthemorning – Miscellany . discogs.com. 24 March 2014. April 19, 2016.
3. Web site: Miscellany Iamthemorning . itunes.apple.com . January 2014. April 19, 2016.