Tenko : "Dragon Blue"

(Sound Factory, 1993)

1- Magic (4:34)
2- Where's Missing (2:41)
3- Bolero Hyperbolic (3:26)
4- Shi-ru-si (3:54)
5- Storm (8:50)
6- Say No (2:03)
7- Passing through the Night (5:03)
8- Happy End (5:49)
9- Kaguya (5:23)

musicians :

Tenko: vocal
Tsuneo Imahori: guitar
Hideki Kato: bass
Tatsuya Yoshida: drums, voice
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar

live recording at Crocodile in Tokyo on March 5, 1992

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Akira Sakata : "Silent plankton"

(Tokuma, 1991)

Musicians :

Akira Sakata : alt sax, clarinet, piano, synthesizer, bells, chinese flute
Bill Laswell : fretless bass, sitar bass, bowed bass, tapes, short wave
Nicky Skopelitis : 6&8 string guitar
Aiyb Dieng : chatan, doff, bells, gongs, cymbals

1- Daphnia
2- Strange Island
3- Strawberry-Kids in a Storm
4- Ancient Dream
5- Innocent Forest
6- Look at Me
7- Silent Plankton

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Toy : "Futari de ocha wo"

(Toy, 1998)

1- Nemurenu Yoru no Tame ni (Yasuhiro Yoshigaki) (4:34)
2- Kita no Umi (Keisuke Ohta) (4:53)
3- Introduction (Yasuhiko Tachibana)--Better Get Hit in Your Soul (Charles Mingus) (9:19)
4- Yume no yoni (Yasuhiko Tachibana) (5:28)
5- Kodomo no TOY (Yasuhiro Yoshigaki) (7:13)
6- Tea for Two (Vincent Youmans) (9:01)
7- Gondola no Uta (Shinpei Nakayama) (5:39)
8- Rabo de Nube (Silvio Rodriguez) (5:19)
9- Otona no TOY (Yasuhiko Tachibana) (6:25)

TOY :

Yasuhiko Tachibana: electric bass, voice, etc.
Keisuke Ohta: violin, electric violin, guitar, mandolin, voice, etc.
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion, trumpet, voice, etc.

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Optical*8 : "Gender"

(God Mountain, 1995)

1- Dare To Be "Uncool" (8:45)
2- Blessed Bloomer (7:56)
3- Otto Hypnosis (24:05)
4- Disposable Heros Do "Lunch" (8:41)

Optical*8 :

Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizers, smaples, neuz-violin, gram-pot
Reck: bass, guitar
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables
Masafumi Minato: drums, toy steel drum

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Katayama Hiroaki : "Instant groove"

(Natya, 1998)

1- Spirits rejoice

2- N'kakka

3- September

4- Theme of the anglers

5- Untitled

Musicians :

Hayashi Eiichi : sax (1)

Miyano Yuji : sax (1)

Umezu Kazutoki : sax & clarinet (2)

Hayakawa Takeharu : bass (2)

Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums (2)

Kato Takayuki : guitar (3)

Katsui Yuji : violin (4)

Kato Takayuki : guitar (4)

Fuwa Daisuke : bass (4)

Onuma Shiro : drums (4)

Ishiwatari Akihiro ; guitar (5)

Ino Nobuyoshi : bass (5)

Tsunoken : drums (5)

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CO2 : "Zero"

(Natya, 1998)

1- Introduction/Asian blues
2- CO2/98'
3- After you
4- Go ! Go ! Steve !
5- Drophead
6- Traumanequo
7- White noise

CO2 :

Katayama Hiroaki : sax tenor
Hayashi Eiichi : sax alto
Kato Takayuki : guitar
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums

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Optical*8

(God Mountain, 1992)


1- Ambidextrousness
2- Undercover Man
3- Jungle Protects The Past
4- The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

OPTICAL*8 :

Hoppy Kamiyama--synth, samples & gram-pot
Marc Ribot--guitar
Sebastian Steinberg--bass
Dougie Bowne--drums
E.J. Rodriguez--percussion
Steve Eto--metals

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Optical*8 - "The last waltz from distorted Honky-Tonk"

(God Mountain, 1992)

1- The Last Waltz From Distorted Honky-Tonk (40:16)

OPTICAL*8 :

Hoppy Kamiyama--synth, samples & gram-pot
Marc Ribot--guitar
Sebastian Steinberg--bass
Dougie Bowne--drums
E.J. Rodriguez--percussion
Steve Eto--metals

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Akira Sakata : "Fisherman's.com"

(Starlets'/Dogtail, 2001)

1- Kaigara-bushi (14'43'')
2- Ondo no hunauta (9'49'')
3- Saitaro-bushi (8'43'')
4- Wakare no ipponsugi (14'28'')

Akira Sakata : vocal, sax & synth.
Pete Cosey : guitar
Hamid Drake : drums, conga
Bill Laswell : bass, synth.

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Electric Sun

(God Mountain, 1994)

1- Horizon (1:34)
2- The Count (5:45)
3- Life Insurance (4:04)
4- Rough (0:30)
5- Marmots (8:42)
6- I Fell Down (2:04)
7- Milk (3:37)
8- Earth in the Stew with Motherhood (3:58)
9- Fuzzy (0:59)
10- Magic Hands (16:52)
11- She (2:04)
12- Unplugged (2:41)

Electric Sun :

John King: guitars, vox, H-H
Hoppy Kamiyama: keyboards, sample, guitars, gram-pot
Yoshihide Otomo: turntable, guitars, shagg-drum
Hideki Kato: bass, metal, guitar
Hideo Yamaki: drums, bass
Yoichi Murata: trombone, kick

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Slut

(God Mountain, 1993)

1- Instant Fossil
2- Star Gazer
3- Brutal Transmitter
4- First Dimension
5- The Last Month Of Pregnancy
6- (Quiet) Tiny Lights
7- Curb
8- Slippery Baggy Shop
9- Too Much Nature
10- The World According To C.M.
11- Ballad Of Larry Parker
12- Evocation Of Venus
13- Continuation Of The Miracle
14- Broken Lizard
15- Incest Of Orange
16- De-Ja Vu (Sniff Me While I'm Sour)

The players are :

Bradford Reed

Elliott Sharp

Zeena Parkins

Steve Eto

Acheilux

Marc Ribot

Jane Scarpantoni

Marc Anthony Thompson (Chocolate Genius)

Hoppy Kamiyama

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Altered States - "Café 9.15"

(Phenotype, 1996)

1- Amedeo (5:30)
2- mendochino (4:55)
3- linus (7:53)
4- yo-yo (4:05)
5- speetz (4:27)
6- Frender (4:57)
7- rodem (6:12)
8- Inter-laken (4:55)
9- Jigen (6:05)
10- Arti-stan (1:31)
11- Tenjiku (5:00)

Altered States :

Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar and effects (1-11)
Mitsuru Nasuno: bass (1-4, 7-11)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: kit drums (1-4, 7-11)

Ned Rothenberg: alto sax and bass clarinet (1-11)

Recorded live at Manda-la 2, Tokyo, September 15, 1994

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