Kismet (Jesca Hoop album)

Kismet (meaning "Destiny"), is the first studio album by musician Jesca Hoop, released on September 17, 2007 through RED Ink Records. The song "Love and Love Again" was co-written with David Baerwald while Stewart Copeland guests on the song "Seed Of Wonder." The song "Intelligentactile 101" was released prior to the album. According to Hoop, many of the songs on the album were "quite old." "Out the Back Door," a combination of early 20s jazz and hip hop, is a song she "wrote years ago, and then the movie Idlewild came out and it kind of reinforced my concept in that arena," explained Hoop.

Personnel

 * Jesca Hoop – vocals, guitar (tracks 1-9)
 * Ian Walker – bass (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 9)
 * Matt Chamberlain – drums (tracks 1, 5, 6 to 8, 10)
 * Patrick Warren – keyboards(tracks: 5, 6, 9, 11), horns, accordion (track 7)
 * Blake Mills – guitar (track 1), bass, electric guitar (track 5)
 * Tony Berg – zither (track 1), harmonium (track 3), guitar, keyboards (track 8)
 * Sam Farrar – bass (track 2, 8)
 * Stewart Copeland – drums (track 2)
 * Quinn Smith – drums (track 4, 9)
 * Roddy Cabello – guitar (track 4)
 * Frank Lenz – vibraphone, wind instruments (track 4)
 * Yoshida Brothers – shamisen (track 8)
 * Cedric Lemoyne – bass (track 10)
 * José Pasillas – drums (track 10)
 * Sasha Smith – piano (track 10)
 * Damian Anthony – programming (track 10)
 * David Baerwald – keyboards, mandolin, twelve-string guitar (track 11)


 * Technical personnel
 * Damian Anthony – engineering and additional engineering (tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
 * Shawn Everett – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 5 to 8 and 10), mixing
 * Eric Valentine – additional engineering
 * Gabe Butler – additional engineering
 * Jake Davies – additional engineering
 * David Baerwald – engineering (track 11)
 * Jesca Hoop – production
 * Damian Anthony – production
 * Tony Berg – production
 * Brian Gardner – mastering


 * Design
 * Jesca Hoop – art direction
 * Dave Bett – art direction
 * Alex Berg – illustrations
 * Claudia Kunin, illustrations
 * Nicholas Rubin – illustrations
 * Christina Rodriguez – design
 * Frank Ockenfels – photography
 * Damian Anthony – photography (cover)
 * Dan Parker – photography (inside)