Big in Japan

Ruins + Kazutoki Umezu

2011-11-09T22:39:00.012+01:00

(FMN Sound Factory, 1994, cassette only)

A1 Zasca Coska 10:47
A2 B.U.G. 15:14
A3 Thrived 10:53
A4 Stone Eater 7:07

B1 Infect 9:13
B2 Acid Blue 6:31
B3 Burning Stone 1:15
B4 Del Fanci Kant 7:33
B5 Essential Logic 3:09
B6 Big Head 11:00
B7 [Encore] 1:09

musicians :

Ruins :

Ryuichi Masuda : bass & voice
Tatsuya Yoshida : drums & voice

+ Kazutoki Umezu : saxophone

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PS : MANY, MANY, MANY THANX TO LIGHTNING BALTIMORE (GO) TO SHARE THIS RARE, OUT OF PRINT & PRECIOUS LIVE RECORDING.

Masahiko Togashi : "Flame up"

2011-06-23T22:00:00.005+02:00

(Paddle Wheel, 1981)

1. Flame up (TOGASHI)
2. Spring song (TOGASHI)
3. Twilight (TOGASHI)
4. Doing in the fire (TOGASHI)

Musicians :

UMEZU Kazutoki (fl, bcl, ss, as, perc)
HARADA Yoriyuki (p, perc)
TOGASHI Masahiko (dr, perc)

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Tzboguchi Masayasu Project : "M.T. Man"

2011-01-02T15:11:00.002+01:00

(Isis, 1995)

1. Leisure Land ['6"46]
2. 鉄道少年 (Railway Lover Boy) ['7"34]
3. National Condom Week ['5"05]
4. 胎児の記憶 (Remembrance during a Fetus) ['6"47]
5. やどかり (A Hermit Crab) ['3"37]
6. ガングリ音頭 (GanglionDo) ['5"19]
7. M.T.Man ['5"27]
8. Trihedron ['3"25]
9. 音楽家を裁く法律 (Law Against Musicians) ['10"18]

musicians :

Masayasu Tzboguchi : Piano , Synthesizers , Pianica
Naruyoshi Kikuchi : Soprano & Tenor Sax
Hiroaki Mizutani : Electric & Acoustic Bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki : Drums , Percussions
Natsuki Kido : Electric & Acoustic Guitar [on 3. 6. 7. 8. 9.]

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Player Piano : "On the edge of the flame"

2010-10-20T17:45:00.003+02:00

(Art Union Corporation, 1991)

1- Freddie #1(0:37)
2- So-Sukan (1:52)
3- KanKanGakugaku (3:59)
4- Ai (4:07)
5- Berlin (3:14)
6- Naked (3:46)
7- Ushiro-no-Shomen (4:04)
8- Freddie #2 (0:28)

Player Piano :

Kato Hideki: voice, Turner fretless bass, Steinberger bass, double bass (6), computer programming (2-7)
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar
Makio: Sonor drums, guitar (2), stick bass (5), computer programming (1, 8)
Michiaki Tanaka: talking drum (4)

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Kido Natsuki + Haino Keiji + Katsui Yuji = Black Stage

2010-10-16T20:37:00.003+02:00

(Maboroshi No sekai, 1996)

1- untitled (21'48'')
2- untitled (23'51'')
3- untitled (9'58'')

(All titles improvised)

Black Stage :

Kido Natsuki : acoustic guitar
Haino Keiji : vocal, guitars, flute, harp
Katsui Yuji : violin

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Yoshiaki Fujikawa & EastAsia Orchestra : "Origin"

2010-09-24T17:34:00.006+02:00

(Mobys, 1985)

1- Dancer's image (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (10'29'')
2- So blessed (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (7'31'')
3- First dawn (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (24'04'')

musicians :

Yoshiaki Fujikawa : conductor, reeds
Tetsuji Yoshida : trumpet
Ichiyu Komiya : trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya : trombone
Haruki Satoh : trombone
Kazutoki Umezu : reeds
Eiichi Hayashi : reeds
Hiroaki Katayama : reeds
Suetoshi Shimizu : reeds
Masamiki Takano : reeds
Keiki Midorikawa: cello
Yoshio Ikeda : bass
Nobuo Fujii : drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama : percussion

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Yoshiaki Fujikawa & EastAsia Orchestra : "Shoyoh Jurin"

2010-09-24T17:31:00.008+02:00

(Mobys, 1984)

1- Bold and Able (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (11:37)
2- Ladiga (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (10:01)
3- Divine Gift (Indonesian folk song) (6:52)
4- Trival Chief--Pate Pote (Keiki Midorikawa) (12:10)
5- Never Say Die (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (3:38)

musicians :

Yoshiaki Fujikawa: conductor, reeds
Tetsuji Yoshida: trumpet
Ichiyu Komiya: trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
Haruki Satoh: trombone
Kazutoki Umezu: reeds
Keizo Inoue: reeds
Hiroaki Katayama: reeds
Junji Hirose: reeds
Keiki Midorikawa: cello
Takeharu Hayakawa: bass
Sabu Toyozumi: drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama: percussion

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Fore : "ガイくん"

2010-08-21T14:21:00.003+02:00

(Par records, 1995)

1. スクラッチ
2. ボトルトル
3. 月の下で踊ってる
4. FORE&FORE
5. ガイくん
6. SPACE OUT
7. さよさんのお年玉

musicians :

Yoshida Tetsuji : trumpet
Hashimoto Jun : guitar
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Minato Masafumi : drums

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Coil : "Get the coil"

2010-08-18T21:57:00.006+02:00

(Maboroshi No Sekai, 1998)

1- Black Junk (Natsuki Kido) (5:54)
2- Chainwheel Boogie (Takeharu Hayakawa) (5:20)
3- Wild Life (Natsuki Kido) (5:34)
4- Crush to Death (Natsuki Kido) (6:26)
5- Smokin' with Ginger Cigarette' (Yasuhiro Yoshigaki) (6:36)
6- Sand (Natsuki Kido) (6:19)
7- Hot ax (Natsuki Kido) (9:02)
8- Curbon Food (Takeharu Hayakawa) (7:02)

Coil :

Natsuki Kido : electric guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, synthesizer
Takeharu Hayakawa : electric bass, acoustic bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki : drums, percussion, trumpet

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Hayashi-Katayama : "Dè-Ga-Show !"

2010-07-29T20:31:00.004+02:00

(Omagatoki, 1994)

1- North east
2- Aitai
3- Go-cart twist
4- Asamesimae
5- Yoruno Hatoba
6- Chili
7- Funk
8- Hana

musicians :

Katayama Hiroaki : tenor & baritone sax
Hayashi Eiichi: alto & soprano sax
Satoo Haruki : trombone
Suzuki Masanori : trumpet
Sakai Taizoo : guitar (left channel)
Matukawa Zyunnitirou : guitar (right channel)
Kamimura Katumasa : bass
Furusawa Ryojiro : drums

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Peril

2010-07-19T17:11:00.002+02:00

(Dr Jim's/Survival)

1/ Kiken
2/ Exchange Rate
3/ Gold
4/ Peril
5/ Lurch
6/ Accidently Hoddle St
7/ Rotor Syndrome
8/ 50 - 144
9/ Free-Rock
10/ Left of Centre

Peril :

Tony Buck : drums, samples, machines
Kato Hideki : bass, voice
Otomo Yoshihide : turntables, guitar, tapes
Michael Sheridan : guitar

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Danger : "Danger II"

2010-07-19T15:58:00.006+02:00

(Eastworld, 1985)

1 - Hataraku hitobito
2- Anoko to shopping
3- Ore wa yumei
4- Johin na neko mitaina

musicians :

Kiyoshiro Imawano (RC Succession) : vocal, guitar
Umezu Kazutoki : alto & soprano sax, clarinet, flute, synthesizer
Katayama Hiroaki : tenor & bariton sax
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Kikuchi Takashi : drums, percussion
Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar (3)
Miyazaki Masako : neko (4)

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nb : it's an EP (around 20')

Salt : "844"

2010-07-18T13:17:00.005+02:00

(Omagatoki, 1991)

1- 844
2- Salami
3- Kome kome kome
4- Opasi rera
5- Kai-toh-sei
6- Infamous pizza
7- Senya ichiya
8- Kappa

musicians :

Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar
Fujii Nobuo : drums

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Koichi Makigami & Ryoji Hojito : "Over that way"

2010-06-30T20:42:00.002+02:00

(Long Arms, 2002)

1- A-OK (6:56)
2- Looking from Here (1:58)
3- That Way Knows Not (11:11)
4- The Truth of Two Tongues (3:14)
5- Song of the Unforeseeable (7:22)
6- History Lies Scattered About (2:38)
7- The Life of Neither Bird nor Frog (7:34)
8- A Japanese Trembling (2:01)
9- A Candid Legend of the Second Floor (8:49)
10- Language Always Crumbles (13:21)
11- Further That Way (2:47)

musicians :

Koichi Makigami: voice, mouth harp
Ryoji Hojito: piano, sound objects

recorded live at Dom on November 1, 2000 (during the voice festival Deep Throat or Dangerous Strings 2)

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Eiichi Hayashi & Mazuru

2010-06-30T18:46:00.004+02:00

(Omagatoki, 1990)

1- Smoky god
2- Sky mirror
3- Cock wing
4- Big hole
5- Mazuru
6- Inside of the earth
7- Pentagon
8- Circle
9- Naadam

musicians :

Eiichi Hayashi : alto sax
Akihiro Ishiwatari : guitar
Tamio Kawabata : electric bass
Norikatsu Koreyasu : bass
Nobuo Fujii : drums
Takuji Kusumoto : drums

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Akihisa Tsuboy x Natsuki Kido duo = Era

2010-06-27T12:31:00.004+02:00

(Poseidon)

1- Left window
2- 006
3- Crawler-A
4- Ripple
5- Seventeen
6- Foghone
7- New era has come

musicians :

Akihisa Tsuboy : violin
Natsuki Kido : guitar

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Katayama Hiroaki : "So-Kana"

2010-06-22T20:48:00.003+02:00

(Omagatoki, 1992)

1- Drunkenstein
2- Nakama Ja Naika
3- Masu
4- Dinah
5- So-Kana
6- Santama sundown
7- Running back
8- Koutei

musicians :

Furusawa Ryojiro : drums, percussion
Mochizuki Hideaki : bass
Katoh Takayuki : guitar
Katayama Hiroaki : tenor sax

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Doctor Umezu Band (DUB) : "D"

2010-06-14T20:41:00.005+02:00

(Omagatoki, 1986)

1- Mysterious tea

2- 17th kiss

3- Anatoria

4- We have many possibility

5- Let's drink

6- 1970

7- Surge

8- On a little boat to Aivalik

9- Teacher's runnin'

musicians :

Umezu Kazutoki : alto sax, flute, keyboards, etc.
Katayama Hiroaki : tenor & baritone sax, etc.
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass, cello, turkish saz, kalimba, etc.
Kikuchi Takashi : drums, tabura, percussion, etc.

guests :

Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar (2,3,5,7,8,9)
Yamamoto Mayu : keyboards (6,7)
Miyazaki Masako : vocal (1)

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Audio Sports : "Strange emotion"

2010-06-07T20:25:00.004+02:00

(All Access)

1- Yellow Fever - Ancient and Modern
2- Banana - Joy Mix
3- Strange Emotion
4- Deciding not to Decide
5- Knife
6- Never Personal

musicians :

Aki Onda (1-4, 6): samples, programming, producer & arranger
Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizer, samples, gram-pot (1, 2, 4)
Tsuneo Imahori: guitar (1, 2, 4)
Mecken: bass (1, 4, 5)
Momo: additional synthesizer (1)
Greg Osby: sax (1, 4)
D-Zine: rap (2)
Jyoji Sawada (3): double bass, string arrangement
Yoichi Okabe: percussion (3, 5)
Miho Kudo: violin (3)
Hiroko Yanagawa: violin (3)
Ryoko Mochizuki: viola (3)
Naoya Mochizuki: cello (3)
Hubert Joignant: narration (3)
Vie Vie: voice (3)
Yutaka Ohara: bamboo horn (4)
Takahiro Hosoki: bass (5)
Kazutoki Umezu: sax (5)
Miki: vocal (5)
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables (6)
Aya: voice (6)

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A sweet treat... with Russia from love.

2010-06-07T19:50:00.006+02:00

(No Man's Land)

1- #1 (19'26'')*
2- #2 (5'52'')

*live in 1997 at the Merge festival, Tokyo. This title contains three world famous russian songs and this suite is dedicated to the memory of russian "enfant terrible" & composer Sergey Kuryokhin (1954-1996).

musicians :

Leonid Soybelman : vocals, guitar, Casio rapman (1,2)
Otomo Yoshihide : turntables (1)
Umezu Kazutoki : sax & clarinet (1)
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums & objects (1)
Sachiko M : sampler (2)

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Now's the Time Workshop, Vol. 2

2010-04-22T14:14:00.003+02:00

(Fun House, 1991)

1- Movin' In (Masahiko Osaka) (4:19)
2- Mil Dew (Johnny Griffin) (3:07)
3- Firework (Tomonao Hara) (6:31)
4- Trail of Troy (Toshihiro Akamatsu) (4:28)
5- Triton (Toshihiro Akamatsu) (4:07)
6- Melancholic Grace (Toshihiro Akamatsu) (6:08)
7- I Think So (Yoichi Murata) (4:11)
8- Vain Mind (Yoichi Murata) (4:43)
9- Oh! Edo (Yoichi Murata) (3:42)
10- Beyond Zion (Yoshihiko Katori) (3:57)
11- Le Voyant (Yoshihiko Katori) (9:32)
12- Last Words (Yoshihide Otomo) (3:50)
13- Terminal-Zero 1 (Yoshihide Otomo/Eye Yamatsuka) (0:47)
14- Terminal-Zero 2 (Yoshihide Otomo/Eye Yamatsuka) (1:10)
15- Terminal-Zero 3 (Yoshihide Otomo/Eye Yamatsuka) (1:06)
16- Autumn Story (3:42)
17- Lam Cheng-Ying (3:53)

musicians :

Yutaka Shiina Quintet (1-3) :

Yutaka Shiina: piano
Joh Yamada: alto sax
Tomonao Hara: trumpet
Tomoyuki Shima: bass
Masahiko Osaka: drums
Toshihiro Akamatsu "A-Project" and Duet with Kazuhiko Michishita (4-6):
Toshihiro Akamatsu: vibraphone, keyboards
Yoshihiro Arita: banjo
Masaaki Imaizumi: piano
Yasushi Sugiyama: keyboards
Vagaboneds Suzuki: bass
Takemi Uemori: drums
Kazuhiko Michishita: guitar

Yoichi Murata Trad (7-9) :

Yoichi Murata: trombone
Eric Miyashiro: trumpet
Masakuni Takeno: tenor sax, soprano sax
Yoko Kanno: keyboards
Vagaboneds Suzuki: bass
Yasuo Sano: drums

Yoshihiko Katori Orchestra (10, 11) :

Yoshihiko Katori: vibraphone, piano
Akihiko Toyama: 1st trumpet
Yuji Osada: 2nd trumpet
Mike Price: 3rd trumpet
Tomonao Hara: 4th trumpet
Yoichi Murata: 1st trombone
Haruki Sato: 2nd trombone
Masahiko Kitahara: 3rd trombone
Kan Nishida: 4th trombone
Osamu Yoshida: 1st alto sax, flute, soprano sax
Tatsuya Sato: 2nd tenor sax, soprano sax
Seiji Tada: 3rd alto sax, flute
Eiji Otogawa: 4th tenor sax, flute
Atsushi Tsuzurano: 5th baritone sax
Toshiki Nunokawa: guitar
Koichi Osamu: bass
Masahiko Osaka: drums

Yoshihide Otomo Ground-O (12-17) :

Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables
Hideki Kato: bass
Masahiro Uemura: drums
Syuichi Chino: keyboards
Junji Hirose: sax
Michiaki Tanaka: percussion
Eye Yamatsuka: vocal
Syu-Kei: narration

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NB : THANX A LOT TO ROTKAPPCHEN FOR SHARING THIS VOLUME TWO (and sorry for the delay...)

Now's The Time Workshop

2010-04-04T18:51:00.007+02:00

(Fun House, 1990)

1- Richman's Song (Tomonao Hara) (3:18)
2- Sleepless Night (Makoto Oka) (6:10)
3- Strike Up the Band (George Gershwin) (3:17)
4- First Debut: Tribute to Philip K. Dick (Hiroshi Minami) (5:19)
5- Bird in Berlin (Hiroshi Minami) (5:51)
6- When Will the Blues Leave (Ornette Coleman) (1:31)
7- March for Ort in "C" (Kyoko Kuroda) (1:48)
8- Casa Batlló (Kyoko Kuroda) (5:38)
9- The Destroyed Machine Blues (Kyoko Kuroda) (5:36)
10- T.O.I.T.A.T.A. ((Atsushi Ikeda) (5:38)
11- Beluga (Issei Igarashi) (6:19)
12- The Way to Far Away (Taisei Aoki) (6:44)
13- Does Anyone Have No Chance? (Gaku Takanashi) (5:34)

musicians :

Makoto Oka Quintet (1-3):

Makoto Oka: alto sax, flute
Tomonao Hara: trumpet
Yutaka Shiina: piano
Masayuki Tawarayama: bass
Eiichiro Toyama: drums

Hiroshi Minami Neo Jazz Band (4-6):

Hiroshi Minami: piano
Masakuni Takeno: tenor sax, soprano sax
Hiroaki Mizutani: bass
Daisuke Hara: drums

Kyoko Kuroda Ort (7-9):

Kyoko Kuroda: piano, toys
Yoichi Murata: trombone
Atsushi Ikeda: alto sax, soprano sax
Yasuo Shimada: bass
Kaoru Kida: drums
Yoshihide Otomo: turntable, CD, guitar, toys

Issei Igarashi Twin Horn Band (10, 11):

Issei Igarashi: trumpet
Atsushi Ikeda: alto sax, soprano sax
Masayuki Tawarayama: bass
Masahiko Osaka: drums

Aoo-Nashi (12, 13):

Gaku Takanashi: bass
Taisei Aoki: trombone
Jun Usuba: tenor sax, soprano sax
Yasuaki Maejima: keyboards
Nahame Menesello Casseb: drums, percussion

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NB : SPECIAL THANX TO ROTKAPPCHEN FOR SHARING THIS GREAT RECORD.

O-U

2010-04-04T18:17:00.005+02:00

(Pawn House records)

1. Blivits
2. Waltz #4
3. Gymnesia
4. Shuyojo
5. Epistrophy/Variation (Thelonious Monk/Anton Webern)
6. Habanerege
7. Johnson Blues
8. Konzert op. 24 (Anton Webern)
9. Bugmeat
10. Mineral/Tasmania

live recordings : 1-6 : Manda-La 2 (1995) + 10 (1994) ; 7-9 : Inkstick (1988)

musicians :

Kazuto Shimizu : keyboards, clarinet, xylophone
Yuriko Mukoujima : violin, voice
Hitoshi Watanabe : bass
Reichi : drums, voice
Hiroyasu Yaguchi : saxophones (1-6, 10)
Osamu Matsumoto : trombone (1-6, 10)
Tsuneo Imahori : guitar (1-6, 10)
with:
Masami Shinoda : saxophones (7-9)
Tatsuo Kondo : keyboards, harmonica (7-9)

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Yutaka Fukuoka : "Yen calling documenta"

2010-03-29T12:06:00.004+02:00

(Imperial records, 2000)

1- Mille a mille
2- Tapestry
3- Bacile
4- Figura
5- Terra rossa
6- Giugno
7- Talking about
8- Superficie bianca~Canone

musicians :

Yutaka Fukuoka : voice
Natsuki Kido : guitar (1,2,5,6,7)
Yoichi Okabe : percussion (4,6)
Haruki Adachi : piano (3)

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Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai

2010-03-28T17:09:00.007+02:00

(self-released)

1. Stravizauls
2. Kim
3. Not so long Don

musicians :

Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu : sax alto
Yoriyuki Harada : piano & bass clarinet
Ahmed Abdullah : trumpet
Rashid Shinan : drums
William Parker : bass

part1

part2

Amazing first and rare lp (rip 256 kbps) by this band leaded by mister Umezu & Harada, here with some legendary afro-american free musicians ! BIG THANX to Rotkappchen for sharing this fire music. I think there'll be some other happy surprises from him...

Tenko + Ikue Mori = Death Praxis

2010-03-16T21:05:00.003+01:00

(What Next ?, 1993)

1. Magic
2. Bad seed
3. Hearse
4. Metal dream
5. Death mask
6. Economic noise
7. Fortune cookie
8. Rain
9. Glow worm
10. Where's missing
11. Confession
12. Lullaby
13. She
14. Death
15. Enticement
16. When the sun shines I can see your mind
17. I know you

musicians :

Tenko : vocals
Ikue Mori : drum machine

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Carmen Maki & Salamandre

2010-02-21T14:06:00.005+01:00

(W-In records, 2003)

1- Trick star (5'36'')
2- Lilly was gone with windowpane (8'13'')
3- Sekai no Hate no Tabi (14'21'')
4- Over the rainbow (9'56'')
5- Sora to Riku no Majiwatta Tokoro (8'56'')
6- Kawaranai Mono (9'45'')

musicians :

Carmen Maki : vocal
Kido Natsuki : guitars
Katsui Yuji : electric violin
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums & percussion
Matsunaga Takayoshi : electric & acoustic bass

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Shelley Hirsch + Uchihashi Kazuhisa : "Duets"

2010-02-03T12:25:00.002+01:00

(Innocent, 2002)

1- (2:45)
2- (4:40)
3- (4:47)
4- (5:10)
5- (2:34)
6- (15:32)
7- (11:33)
8- (9:27)

(all music improvised by Shelley Hirsch and Uchihashi Kazuhisa. Recorded live at Big Apple, Kobe, November 21, 2000)

musicians :

Shelley Hirsch: voice, electronics
Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar, electronics

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Derek Bailey + The Ruins : "Tohjinbo"

2010-02-03T11:33:00.004+01:00

(Paratactile, 1998)

1- Irakhioschukk
2- Kishnatass
3- Nibbimco

4- Ssuirakka

5- Naffrott
6- Vannachitta
7- Emmavorukk
8- Hyokkojick
9- Rakiosch
10- Menvortta
11- Bishumtsull
12- Tohjinbo

musicians :

Derek Bailey : guitar
Tatsuya Yoshida : drums, voice
Sasaki Hisashi : bass

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Emergency ! : "Loveman plays psychedelic swing"

2009-11-22T15:03:00.003+01:00

(Studio Wee, 2002)

1- Re-boptism (8;14)
2- Creole Love Call (13:21) ( Duke Ellington)
3- Canon (7:03) ( Charles Mingus)
4- Emergency! Walkin' (10:55)
5- (a) Don't Say It (3:43) / (b) The Inflated Tear (Rahsaan Roland Kirk) (11:25)
6- Jelly Roll (3:59) (Charles Mingus)
7- The Look of Love (9:26) (Burt Bacharach)

musicians :

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar
Ryoichi Saito: guitar
Hiroaki Mizutani: bass

Recorded live at Buddy in Tokyo on March 20, 2002

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Osamu Matsumoto : "Wahoo"

2009-11-19T23:10:00.004+01:00

(LoveDog, 2002)

1-Sora ni Keii, Chi niwa Doku, Kokoro ni Heiwa (5:10)
2-Kosaten no Muko (8:02)
3-Sakuso suru Jiga (3:02)
4-Wahoo (6:00)
5-Ido suru Mojiban (5:48)
6-1963 (7:06)
7-Tasogare no Vaudeville (6:08)
8-Ninjin, Gobo, Hakusai (2:41)

musicians :

Osamu Matsumoto (1-8): trombones, pianica, voice, euphonium
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (1-7): drums, percussion, voice
Kumiko Takara (1, 2, 4-7): percussions, marimba, vibraphone, voice
Hiroaki Mizutani (1, 2, 4-7): contrabass, electric bass, voice

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Hoppy Kamiyama : "A meaningful meaningnessless"

2009-11-19T22:37:00.005+01:00

(Creage, 2005)

1-Risqué Business
2-Looper Dooper
3-Schmaltz # 1
4-U-Tan (To Tell a Pack of Lies)
5-Kali d'Amour
6-Pwd (To Cast Pears Before Swine)
7-Knock on Food
8-Fountain of Love
9-Ol' Lady Grubb
10-Spasm # 2
11-To Make a Hit
12-Everyday I Have the Bruise
13-A Meaningful Meaningnessless
14-A Bolt From the Blue

musicians :

Hoppy Kamiyama : digital president, slide geisha, vocal, gram-pot
Tatsuya Yoshida : drums, percussions, vocal
Natsuki Kido : guitar
Mitsuru Nasuno : bass
Kumiko Takara : marimba, vibraphone, percussions
Wacho : percussions
Osamu Matsumoto : trombone
Masakuni Takeno : sax, flute, clarinet
Masahiko Sugasaka : trumpet
L?K?O : turntable
Tomoyuki Asakawa : harp
Takero Sekijima : tuba
Dennis Gunn : narration, vocal
Yutaka Fukuoka : vocal
Emi Eleonola : vocal
Aki Kubota : vocal
Keisuke Ohta : vocal
Great Eida strings
Tomzuin H : manipulation, keyboards (7,9)

The link is cancelled because of an individual inquiry.

Chipfarm : Optical 8 + Melt Banana + Elliott Sharp + Zeena Parkins

2009-10-26T13:57:00.004+01:00

(God Mountain)

1- Trash or Not?
2- Spynetwork
3- Carps & Crows
4- Uknown Mix-2
5- Invisible Thread
6- Yes, We're! 1
7- Blunberbus
8- Hurry Sundown 1
9- Hurry Sundown 2
10- Where the Sidewalk Ends
11- Plot Cake
12- Grenstale No.13
13- Yes, We're! 2
14- Vilnius-3
15- Banana Fiction
16- Switch
17- Whirlpool
18- Noh Surf
19- Ritty
20- Melt-Lemon-3

Optical-8 (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 19) :

Hoppy Kamiyama (12, 14): synthesizers, samples, electric-violin, tapes, gram-pot
Yoshihide Otomo (4, 12, 14, 20): guitar, turntables
Reck (20): bass
Masafumi Minato (14, 20): drums

Melt Banana (1, 11, 15) :

YaSuKo O.: vocal
Agata: guitar
Rika mm': bass
Toshiaki Sudoh: drums

Elliot Sharp (1-3, 5-19): doubleneck guitarbass, sustainer guitar, soprano sax, samples
Zeena Parkins (1-13, 15-19): electric harp, melodica, voice, samples, tapes

Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo in November 1994

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Takeharu Hayakawa : "Hayakawa"

2009-09-26T22:05:00.005+02:00

(Omagatoki, 1996)

1- Genbu
2- Flying head
3- The sea of Pterosaurs
4- One more cup of coffee (Bob Dylan)
5- Tsuchigumo
6- Sixfold spirals
7- Wormhole
8- Masakomasa shuffle

musicians :

Hayakawa Takeharu : basses, cello
Ishii Youji : guitar (1,2,3,5,6,8)
Hashimoto Jun : guitar (1,2,3,5,6,8)
Fujii Nobuo : drums (1,2,3,5,6,7,8)
Suzuki Hirofumi : percussion (3,4)

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Seikatsu Kojo Linkai orchestra : "Dance dance dance"

2009-09-18T23:28:00.006+02:00

(Union, 1980)

1. Sail along silv'ry moon
2. Wanaoki
3. A night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie)
4. Take the « A » train (Billy Strayhorn)
5. Shackin' to me
6. St Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
7. Kaika nitai/Hentai nana byoshi/Uwasa no seikoui

musicians :

Kazutoki « Kappo » Umezu (as, cl, b-cl, yokobue, cho, vo, perc)
Hiroaki Katayama (ts, bs, as, cho, vo, perc)
Hiroshi "Manmos" Itaya (tb, vo, cho, perc)
Haruki Satoh (tb, a-hｒ, cho, vo, perc)
Shinji "Moh" Yasuda (tp, cho, vo, perc)
Yoriyuki Harada (pf, el-p, org, syn, ss, cl, vo)
Takeharu "Low-Rider" Hayakawa (el-b, vc, cho, vo)
Kenichi Kameyama (ds, perc, vo)
Takashi Kikuchi (ds, perc, cho, vo)

Genji Sawai : producer

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Seikatsu Kojo Linkai orchestra : "This is music is this !?"

2009-09-18T22:03:00.011+02:00

(Union, 1979)

1. Yasudabushi
2. Take The « A » Train
3. Aketaketa march/African elephant
4. Youngmen Insist

Musicians :

Kazutoki « Kappo » Umezu (as, ss, bcl)
Hiroaki Katayama (ts, bs)
Masami Shinoda (as, fl)
Junji Mori (as)
Shinji Yasuda (tp)
Tetsuji Yoshida (tp)
Hiroshi Itaya (tb)
Haruki Sato (tb)
Yoriyuki « Leo » Harada (p, cong)
Tsutomu Numagami (b)
Takeharu Hayakawa (b, cel)
Kenichi Kameyama (ds)
Takashi Kikuchi (ds, per)

Genji Sawai : producer

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Ruins : "Live in Guang Zhou - China"

2009-09-10T22:14:00.003+02:00

(Noise Asia, 2002)

1. Nivaftopoftz
2. Shi Zai Guang Zhou
3. Jallamjikko
4. I Ate Yue Bing This Morning
5. Dagdad
6. Schvostess
7. Eating 7 Kinds Of Chang Fen Was Too Much
8. Hyderomastgroningem
9. Snare
10. Kippssidamn
11. Progressive Rock Medley
12. Questzalcoatl
13. Korromda Peimm
14. Yawiquo
15. Classical Music Medley
16. Del Fanci Kant
17. Gharaviss Perrdoh
18. Bupphairodazz
19. Improvisation

Ruins :

Sasaki Hisashi : bass & vocals
Yoshida Tatsuya : drums & vocals

+ Wong Lei : vocals on track 19

recorded live on 13/08/2000 at Windflower Bar GZ, China.

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Akira Sakata : "Mooko"

2009-09-06T21:12:00.007+02:00

(Virgin/Venture, 1990)

1- Nitchimo satchimo
2- Hieyashi bushi
3- Wann kann ich sie wiedersehen ?

4- Hitsujikai no bansan
5- Kibaminzoku no odori
6- Mooko

musicians :

Akira Sakata : sax, clarinet, piano & vocals
Bill Laswell : basses, violin & ectar
Ronald Shannon Jackson : drums & scheollmie

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Miya Masaoka trio : "Monk's japanese folk song"

2009-08-17T18:59:00.004+02:00

(Dizim, 1997)

"Japanese koto wonder Miya Masaoka teams up with bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille for a set of originals, traditional tunes, and — as indicated in the title — Monk numbers. The koto is a harp that has existed in Japan since antiquity. It and the shakuhachi flute are the only two traditional instruments of Japanese origin that co-exist in royal court music as well as command a long, richly variegated folk lineage. Masaoka is first and foremost a folk musician and an improviser; her jazz leanings inform them both. Her command of the jazz and improvisational idioms here is total. She is unquestionably the bandleader, despite the lofty, well-deserved reputations of her accomplices. The set begins in the traditional vein with "Japanese Folk Song," utilizing the large timbral palette of the koto and the subtle bowed tonalities Workman adds via the bass. It is on "Monk's Mood," however, that the set truly kicks into gear with an eerie reading of the composer's melody as interpreted by an instrument not even tuned to the diatonic scale! Masaoka's reading of the lyric line is one of subtlety, grace, and, above all, musical aplomb. Her understanding of Monk's harmonic principles is without compare as she whispers forth from the tune's "sung" aspect rather than its rhythmic considerations. This is also true of "Evidence," which slips just off the metered axis to reveal a greater sense of space and even pacing than what has been the popular conception. "Epistrophy" becomes a study in shades and colors with interesting runs by Workman against Masaoka's conception of the melody and Cyrille's successful attempt to at least unite the composition in rhythm. The set closes with a tribute piece, the seven-minute "Monk's Sigh in July," a deeply meditative piece reflecting the elongated modal motifs in Monk's mature work with Columbia and even Black Lion when he was reinventing himself once again. It's a bit smarmy in how obvious it is, but it is also an ingenious use of drone against harmony and a deft methodology for creating open improvisational space. This disc is a winner".

by Thom Jurek (All Music)

titles :

1- Japanese folk song
2- Monk's mood
3- Aubade
4- Evidence
5- A shinto "midnight"
6- Snow capped hats
7- Epistrophy
8- 'round midnight
9- Monk' sigh in July

musicians :

Miya Masaoka : koto
Reggie Workman : bass
Andrew Cyrille : drums

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Tenko : "Slope"

2009-08-17T11:50:00.003+02:00

(Recrec, 1987)

1- Passing through the Night (4:19)
2- Somewhere Far Away (3:41)
3- Guitars (1:34)
4- I've Eaten Nuts with Different Shapes (2:16)
5- In the Strawberry Preserves (3:40)
6- Sleep Walker (3:18)
7- Antagata-doko-sa (1:45)
8- In Horto Infinito (2:41)
9- The Time Drawers (2:54)
10- Gradual Disappearance (2:30)
11- Nightrope Dancing (2:33)
12- Guitars II (2:54)
13- Opinion (3:06)
14- A Watchdog of the Labyrinth (3:25)

musicians :

Tenko: vocal (1-2, 4-14), guitar (3, 5, 12), hand claps (8), DX100 (11), snare drum (12, 14)
Ned Rothenberg: flute (1), alto sax (14)
Zeena Parkins: electric harp (1, 5), vocal (4)
Fred Frith: guitar (1, 3, 10-12), bass (1, 5-6, 9, 12-13), piano (1, 13), bass drum (1, 10), vocal (4, 10), snare drum (5, 7, 11), hand claps (8), tubular bells (9), marching drum (9), mirage (10), violin (11, 13)
David Licht: snare drum (1)
Wayne Horvitz: piano (2, 11), DX7 (2, 8), DX100 (2, 8)
Arto Lindsay: guitar (3, 10, 12), vocal (7)
David Moss: vocal (4, 7, 10-11, 13)
Kamura: vocal (4, 7, 10, 13)
Moko: vocal (4, 7)
Tom Cora: vocal (4, 10), cello (9, 11)
Christian Marclay: turntables (4, 6)
C. Batty: hand claps (8)
Kramer: Indian banjo (9)

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Tenko : "At the top of MT. Brocken"

2009-08-16T13:50:00.003+02:00

(Recrec, 1993)

1- Blue heat
2- Moonlight waltz
3- If I...
4- A piece of silence
5- Dressed in memories
6- Bolero hyperbolic
7- Dodo
8- Water hours
9- The sands just sigh
10- Cardiogram
11- There play children in the flowering meadow
12- Interwoven
13- Temptation
14- At the top of MT. Brocken
15- A crack in a lie
16- An irregular attack
17- Drifting
18- The last angel

musicians :

Tenko : vocal, guitar
Yukihiro Issou : nho-kan (3, 9, 12)
Tsuneo Imahori : guitar (2, 5, 6, 10, 14)
Swoowoong Lim : spring noise (1)
Kazutoki Umezu : sax, clarinet (8, 13, 14)
Wataru Ohkuma : piano, vocal, clarinet (6, 10, 11)
Yoshihide Otomo : turntables, guitar, tape, voice (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17)
Hideki Kato : bass (3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 18)
Kyoko Kuroda : piano (2, 12, 14)
Kenichi Takeda : taisho-koto (4, 11, 17)
Motoharu Yoshizawa : bass (3, 4, 12)
Tatsuya Yoshida : drums, voice (3, 6, 12, 14, 16)

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Toy : "Live at Pit Inn"

2009-06-22T19:16:00.005+02:00

(Q-Train)

1- Beginnings (26:43)
2- Ohta's Turkey (17:50)
3- Ohta's Talk (0:41)
4- Feel like the "ALLMAN" (13:04)

TOY :

Yasuhiko Tachibana: bass, voice
Keisuke Ohta: violin, vocal, voice
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion, trumpet, voice

Guest :

Akira Sakata: alto sax, clarinet, voice

recorded live at Shinjuku Pit Inn on November 13, 2001

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Kalle Laar + Takashi Kazamaki : "Moving"

2009-06-22T16:37:00.004+02:00

(Konnex, 1996)

1- Silver Twang (3:31)
2- Twilight Crossroads (4:20)
3- Hawaiian Mystery (Poi Poi Poi) (4:26)
4- Golden Lakes (5:11)
5- Eraser Strikes Back (3:35)
6- Slow Country Boys (4:32)
7- Stranger Wherever You Go (5:18)
8- No Whistle Blowing (2:17)
9- Seven Seas (3:04)
10- Glory (6:17)
11- Come Rain (2:35)
12- Creature in My Backyard (2:02)
13- One Early Morning... (10:30)
14- Moving (4.47)

musicians :

Kalle Laar: guitar, sampling
Takashi Kazamaki: percussion
Kazutoki Umezu (1, 3, 5-7, 9, 10, 13): reeds
Samm Bennett (1, 3, 5-7, 9, 10, 13): percussion, sampling

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nb : this is one link toward a another great Takashi Kazamaki & Kalle Laar disc on Lucky blog :
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Lawrence D. Butch Morris : "conduction 28 & 50"

2009-06-21T12:23:00.007+02:00

(New World, 1995)

1- Conduction #28, Part II-X (20:56)
2- Conduction #28, E (2:59)

musicians :

Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris: conductor
Yukihiro Isso: nokan
Shonosuke Okura: oh-tsuzumi
Makiko Sakurai: shomyo, music box
Michihiro Sato: tsugaru shamisen
Kizan Daiyoshi: shakuhachi
Yuji Katsui: violin
Haruna Miyake: piano
Asuka Kaneko: voice
Shuichi Chino: computer
Koichi Makigami: voice
Yoshihide Otomo: turntables, CD player
Kazutoki Umezu: bass clarinet
Sachiko Nagata: percussion
Motoharu Yoshizawa: electric vertical bass
Kazuo Ohno: Butoh dance
Koichi Tamano: Butoh dance

recorded at P3 Art and Environment, Tokyo on March 28, 1993

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1- Conduction #50, Part I (37:15)
2- Conduction #50, Part II (33:42)
3- Conduction #50, E I (1:57)
4- Conduction #50, E II (3:12)

musicians :

Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris: conductor
Asuka Kaneko: electric violin
Kim Dae Hwan: percussion
Haruna Miyake: piano
Shonosuke Okura: ohtsuzumi
Hikaru Sawai: koto
Yumiko Tanaka: gidayu-shamisen
Yoshihide Otomo: turntables
Michihiro Satoh: tsugaru-shamisen
Tomomi Adachi: voice
Keizo Mizoiri: bass
Motoharu Yoshizawa: electric vertical bass
Ayuo Takahashi: zheng

recorded at P3 Art and Environment, Tokyo on March 5, 1995

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John Zorn's Cobra : "Tokyo operations '94"

2009-06-19T22:53:00.008+02:00

(Avant, 1995)

Cobra 1: Sensyo (6:07)
Cobra 2: Tomobiki (9:27)
Cobra 3: Senbu (8:08)
Cobra 4: Butsumetsu (8:54)
Cobra 5: Taian (8:05)
Cobra 6: Shakko (9:54)

musicians :

Koichi Makigami: prompter
Yukihiro Isso: dengaku-bue, nokan
Masahiro Uemura: percussion
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar
Shinichi Kinoshita: shamisen
Kiyohiko Semba: percussion
Makoto Takei: shakuhachi
Yumiko Tanaka: gidayu-shamisen
Hitomi Nakamura: hichiriki
Miki Maruta: koto
Mekken: bass
Kyoko Yamamoto: vocal
Taeko Ito: ortin doo

(composed by John Zorn)

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Excerpts from a conversation with John Zorn (THEAWL 03/17/2011) :

The Awl: When did you first travel to Japan? To what extent were you already aware of the depth of the avant-garde tradition there before you went? Or, put another way: how much was still left for you to discover once you arrived?

JZ: this is a long question. I was way into japanese art, literature, film, music and theatre from my teens—in the 60s. First I went there in 1985 or so I kept an apartment there in KOENJI (tokyo) til 1995. I played with SO MANY artists is hard to keep track. I remember seeing a trio of yoshida tatsuya, yamataka eye and null called I believe GEBA GEBA that really was amazing. I hooked up with EYE that very night and we have been tight ever since! The scene there was and still is incredibly diverse and creative. Amazing energy and imagination !!

The Awl: It's funny how some way-out recordings—such as Coltrane's "Live in Japan" box set—were first issued in Japan as though they were no big commercial risk. Maybe it's because music on the fringe feels as though it's so aggressively marginalized in the U.S., but I'm curious how you see Japan's relationship, as a country, to its own musical avant-garde.

JZ: its just as hard for the avant garde in Japan as it is for the avant garde here but the integrity, creativity and tenacity they have is inspiring. They do what they do with no compromise, and very little outside support.

The Awl: Can I ask you for your Top 10 list, regarding extreme/experimental/noise/improv albums by Japanese artists?

JZ: I can't do the top ten but here is a list of some of my favorite musicians !!!

asakawa maki
sato masaru
yamataka eye
yoshimi
haino keiji
makigami koichi
yoshida tatsuya
katsui yuji
seiichi yamamoto
takahashi yuji
ryuichi sakamoto
akiko yano
hosono haruomi
toshinori kondo
ohta hiromi
aoyama michi
kitajma saburo
takemitsu toru
otomo yoshihide

.......................................

Satoh Michihiro Tsugaru-shamisen Gakudan : "Natsu Yoi Matsuri"

2009-06-19T21:46:00.005+02:00

(Kyoto records, 1995)

1- Sakura Fubuki (8:05)
2- Shinnai Osore-Bushi (8:46)
3- Natsu Yoi Matsuri (5:09)
4- Mukashi Mukashi (4:05)
5- Yuhi No Tsugaru-Shamisen (5:21)
6- Shamisen Polka (5:34)
7- John Kara-Genki (6:02)

musicians :

Michihiro Satoh: tsugaru-shamisen
Shozan Tanabe: shakuhachi
Jyoji Sawada: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums and percussion
Shigeri Kizu: taiko
Kaori Kizu: taiko

guest :

Kazuhisa Uchihashi: electric guitar and effects

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Yukihiro Isso : "It's so isso"

2009-06-19T20:51:00.004+02:00

(King, 1991)

1- Toh hyo-hyo
2- Bi-byohnn
3- Scarecrow and the red dragonfly
4- The fable of the elementary school for minnows
5- Just for fantasia
6- The pastoral village
7- Soku-ryu-teki-ha

musicians :

Yukihiro Isso : nohkan & shinobue flute
Natsuki Kido : guitar
Masahiro Uemura : percussion
Kiyoshi Yoshitani : shimedaiko (japanese drum)

guests :

Yosuke Yamashita : piano (2)
Akira Sakata : sax (7)
Kazumi Watanabe : guitar (1)
Kiyohiko Semba : percussion (1,2,5,7)

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Big in Japan... II !

2009-06-16T14:53:00.006+02:00

Hello,

if you want to taste Japan differently, exept music (or by listening to all these records I added), you can take this way ! It's not mine but it's the same title ! And it's also a good trip !

http://biginjapan.over-blog.com/

And look at the stones photos taken by drummer Tatsuya Yoshida all around the world, it's wonderful !

stoneoftheworld

Nbagi : "Ecdysis"

2009-06-14T17:52:00.003+02:00

(Nbagi, 2000)

1- Nbagi

2- Heso
3- Ghost on the clave

4- For Carrie

5- J.P.

6- Epicureans

7- Lucifer's bebop

8- Don't complain

9- Freeze in fire

musicians :

Toshiki Nagata : bass
Eiichi Hayashi : sax
Akihisa Tsuboy : violin
Natsuki Kido : guitar
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki : drums
Tobby Suzaki : percussion

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Altered States : "4"

2009-06-14T16:06:00.004+02:00

(Zenbei, 1995)

1- (21:05)
2- (5:57)
3- (24:30)

Altered States :

Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar and effects
Mitsuru Nasuno: bass and voice
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums and voice

Recorded live at the Knitting Factory, New York City, April 6, 1995

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Opabinia : "Opabinia"

2009-06-14T00:16:00.003+02:00

(Tutinoko, 2003)

1- Shower (Passing) of Passion (5:46)
2- Pre-Cambria Dreamin' (3:49)
3- Crunchy Brains (2:31)
4- Fugujiru (Lukewarm) -- "The Lowests" Variations (5:11)
5- (a) Part 1 (6:59)
6- (b) Intrusion of Pre-Cambrians (3:21)
7- (c) Part 2 (9:05)
8- (Slight) Googli-Moogli (5:15)
9- Hyorokudama (8:39)
10- Kombtry (4:08)
11- Minerals (3:45)
12- Tasmania (9:04)

Opabinia :

Kazuto Shimizu: keyboards, clarinets, xylophone
Natsuki Kido: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bandolin
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion

Guest :

Yuriko Mukojima: violin (2, 9)

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LowBlow : "Mister Cafe"

2009-06-13T23:05:00.003+02:00

(Off Note, 1997)

1- Unhatched chickens
2- Mister cafe
3- Buta Buta
4- Ballade II
5- General Violet
6- Go round
7- Space mafia
8- Jodel
9- Goblin dance
10- Clumsy daddy

LowBlow :

Hiroaki Mizutani : bass
Akira Sotoyama : drums
Ryoichi Saito : guitar
Taisei Aoki : trombone, keyboards
Kenichi Matsumoto : sax
Masakuni Takeno : sax, flûte

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Tipographica : "Tipographica"

2009-06-13T21:24:00.004+02:00

(God Mountain, 1994)

1- Naked lunch
2- Infinity street car
3- Blue heaven but be unsolved
4- The turf have disorded gravity
5- Prostitute robot
6- Like a new type apes
7- If you are an aggressor, keep slowly and certainly
8- Forest tipographical

Tipographica :

Tsuneo Imahori : guitar
Akira Sotoyama : drums
Atsushi Sano : bass
Akira Minakami : keyboards
Naruyoshi Kikuchi : sax
Osamu Matsumoto : trombone

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Daimonji : "Improg"

2009-06-13T17:30:00.004+02:00

(Poseidon/Musea, 2003)

1- Glimpse

2- Mongo lian bandits

3- Night dust

4- Ombre moned

Daimonji :

Hoppy Kamiyama : keyboards, vocal

Tatsuya Yoshida : drums, vocal

Nasuno Mitsuru : bass

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Good stuff !*#' (work in progress)

2009-06-09T12:02:00.016+02:00

Hi,

I'd like to mention some excellent musical blogs with a few links towards other great records from Japan :

Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu "Bamboo Village" on inconstantsol : HERE

Bidziliba (first record under the name Biziriba) on mutantsounds : HERE

Luna Park ensemble (with Wataru Ohkuma) on mutantsounds : HERE

Junji Hirose + Otomo Yoshihide ("Silanganan Ingay" lp) on mutantsounds : HERE

Live Under The Sky (Seiichi Yamamoto) : mutantsounds : HERE

Kazutoki Umezu "Pandora's Cocktail" on what'sinmyipod : HERE

Kazutoki Umezu "Eclecticism" on what'sinmyipod : HERE

Tipographica "God says I can't dance" on luckypsychichut : HERE

Doctor Umezu band "Eight Eyes and Eight Ears" on luckypsychichut : HERE

Kazutoki Umezu "First deserter" on luckypsychichut : HERE

Michihiro Sato "Rodan" on luckypsychichut : HERE

Dragon Blue (Tenko) "Hades park" on sector2814 : HERE

Altered States (with Otomo Yoshihide) "Lithuania & Estonia live" on sector2814 : HERE or on microphonesinthetrees : HERE

Tipographica "God Says I Can't Dance", "The Man Who Does Not Nod" (live) and "Floating opera" on lamusicaescultura : HERE

Kido Natsuki "Disco space baby !" on mutantsounds : HERE

Demi Semi Quaver "I" (with Katsui Yuji) on mutantsounds : HERE

Demi Semi Quaver "II" on sector2814 : HERE

Base Of Fiction "Kakusenjo No Ongaku" on mutantsounds : HERE

O.N.T.J. (with Hoppy Kamiyama) "Jose" on mutantsounds : HERE

Kazutoki Umezu + Tom Cora "Abandon" on wfmu : HERE

Rovo + Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden on mutantsounds : HERE

Shimada Masahiko/Otomo Yoshihide : "My dear mummy"

2009-06-08T22:25:00.010+02:00

(Sank-Ohso discs, 1996)

1- Introduction (3:27)
2- Day 1 to day 4 (5:16)
3- Day 5 to day 10 (5:38)
4- Day 11 (0:30)
5- Day 12 to day 18 (6:26)
6- Day 19 to day 20 (6:26)
7- Day 21 to day 28 (7:59)
8- Day 29 to day 31 (3:08)
9- Day 32 to day 35 (10:03)
10- Day 36 to day 43 (8:29)
11- Day 44 to day 52 (10:48)
12- Day 53 to day 62 (2:32)

musicians :

Otomo Yoshihide: conductor
Takashi Harada: ondes Martenot
Ko Ishikawa: sho
Hitomi Nakamura: hichiriki
Yuko Hirai: ryuteki and koma-fue
Uchihashi Kazuhisa: electric guitar, effects
Masaaki Kikuchi: doublebass, electronics
Kumiko Takara: percussion
Mari Era: percussion
Shiro Sano: narrator
Masahiko Shimada: narrator

sampled guest :

Derek Bailey: guitar

Conceived by Otomo Yoshihide for Mosquito Paper
Original text by Masahiko Shimada

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Otomo Yoshihide/Bob Ostertag : "Twins !"

2009-06-08T22:14:00.006+02:00

(Sank-Ohso discs, 1996)

1- Wacked/ Herb Robertson (parent) (3:58)
2- Exercises for Currency/ Otomo Yoshihide (twin) (6:51)
3- 3 Bear Rooms (Dust)/ Chris Cutler (parent) (4:42)
4- The Power of Success/ Bob Ostertag (twin) (5:44)
5- Fruits from Viet Nam/ Michiyo Yagi (parent) (3:55)
6- 4 Rooms of Hong Kong Stuntman/ Otomo Yoshihide (twin) (6:35)
7- You're Going Nowhere/ Bob Ostertag (twin) (5:28)
8- Tabbing Will Get You There Faster/ Bob Ostertag (twin) (5:08)
9- Otok/ Otomo Yoshihide (twin) (6:23)

Track 1 :
Herb Roberson : trumpet (this trumpet solo was performed plunger muted)
Tracks 2, 6, 9 :
Otomo Yoshihide : sampler and hard-disk recorder. Sampled guests: Sachiko Matsubara (voice-2; sampling materials-6), Yumiko Tanaka (shamisen and vocal-6), Shuichi Chino (piano-6)
Track 3 :
Chris Cutler : gongs, tubular bell, kit drums, Tibetan finger cymbals, clay drum, woodblock, tambourine and radio
Tracks 4, 7, 8 :
Bob Ostertag : sampler
Track 5 :
Michiyo Yagi : koto

NOW

Tohban Djan : "Poison petal"

2009-06-08T17:17:00.006+02:00

(Nato)

1/ Icicle Tango 2:45
2/ Rice & Beans 3:42
3/ Asobi 4:03
4/ The Whispers Beyond 3:52
5/ Shangai Express 2:53
6/ 21 Nails 3:27
7/ Black 2:29
8/ Lame Talking 2:31
9/ Butterfly 1:41
10/ Song For Deep Water 1:40
11/ No Time 1:02
12/ Belladonna 6:42

recorded at Sorcerer Studio, New York City in 1988

Tohban Djan :

Luli Shioi : vocals, bass, melodion, piano
Ikue Mori : drums, DMS, voice

NOW

Doctor Umezu band : "Do-Guwaw !"

2009-06-08T14:56:00.006+02:00

(News records, 1984)

1- Bumpy mountain on the back

2- Munoo

3- Tang tango

4- The cramp

5- Crocodile by starlight

6- 800 ton

musicians :

Kazutoki UMEZU : sax
Hiroaki KATAYAMA : sax

Takeharu HAYAKAWA : bass

Takashi KIKUCHI : drums

NOW

Doctor Umezu band : "Danger"

2009-06-08T14:04:00.006+02:00

(London, 1982)

1- Pop Up
2- Melody
3- Nande Nande Nande
4- Red Hippopotamus in the Sunset
5- Thymol
6- Dance Party
7- I'm No Good
8- Ojo-San

musicians :

Kazutoki Umezu : sax, clarinet
Takeharu Hayakawa : bass
Hiroaki Katayama : sax
Takashi Kikuchi : drums
+ Kiyoshiro Imawano (RC Succession) : guitar, Vocal

special guest :

G2 : percussion (4), piano (6, 8)

NOW

Doctor Umezu band : "Dynamite"

2009-06-07T23:25:00.009+02:00

(London Records, 1983)

1- Off the Door
2- Down Down !
3- In My Shoes
4- Jayne (Ornette Coleman)
5- Canal
6- Coffee Music
7- Pyrosis
8- Pretty Kranke
9- Dynamite

musicians :

Kazutoki Umezu : sax
Hiroaki Katayama : sax
Takeharu Hayakawa : bass
Takashi Kikuchi : drums

guests :

Fred Frith : guitar/violin
Terry Jenoure : vocal

NOW

Autonomous Zone : "The map is not the territory"

2009-06-01T18:26:00.004+02:00

(Meldac, 1992)

1. Invoke 6.26
2. Lost Dimension 6.03
3. The Grey Room 5.34
4. Black Light 6.57
5. The Hollow Earth 5.47
6. Chaos Field 6.57

Musicians :

Ginger Baker (1,4): drums
Anton Fier: drums, drum machine, percussion
Hideo Yamaki: drum machine, drums, balaphone, percussion
Foday Musa Suso: kora, talking drum, vocals
Bill Laswell: bass
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, synthesizer
Akira Sakata: alto saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone, shanai
Yukihiro Isso: Japanese flute
Peter Brötzmann: tenor saxophone, clarinet, taragato, bass clarinet
Haruo Togashi: synthesizer

NOW

Tenko : "Dragon Blue"

2009-05-30T16:21:00.010+02:00

(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

NOW

Akira Sakata : "Silent plankton"

2009-05-30T15:16:00.003+02:00

(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

NOW

Toy : "Futari de ocha wo"

2009-05-28T19:33:00.005+02:00

(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.

NOW

Optical*8 : "Gender"

2009-05-28T18:21:00.005+02:00

(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

NOW

Katayama Hiroaki : "Instant groove"

2009-05-28T15:25:00.011+02:00

(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)

NOW

CO2 : "Zero"

2009-05-28T15:11:00.006+02:00

(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

NOW

Optical*8

2009-05-25T21:30:00.006+02:00

(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

NOW

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

2009-05-25T21:19:00.007+02:00

(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

NOW

Akira Sakata : "Fisherman's.com"

2009-05-25T18:59:00.003+02:00

(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.

NOW

Electric Sun

2009-05-25T16:30:00.003+02:00

(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

NOW

Slut

2009-05-25T16:09:00.006+02:00

(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

NOW

Altered States - "Café 9.15"

2009-05-25T13:56:00.008+02:00

(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

NOW

Altered States - "Plays standards"

2009-03-25T23:33:00.005+01:00

(EyeWill, 1999)

1- All the Things You Are (O. Hammerstein II - J. Kern) (3:00)
2- Oleo (S. Rollins) (1:46)
3- Blue Moon (R. Rodgers - L. Hart) (3:28)
4- Someone to Watch over Me (G. and I. Gershwin) (6:45)
5- A Night in Tunisia (F. Paparelli - D. Gillespie) (5:20)
6- Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (Hammerstein II - Romberg) (6:25)
7- Hello Dolly (Herman) (2:13)
8- The Shadow of Your Smile (J. Mandell) (1:51)
9- Peace (H. Silver) (2:40)
10- Over the Rainbow (Harburg - Arlen) (3:05)
11- Bohemia after Dark (Adderley) (3:52)
12- You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye - DePaul) (4:17)
13- In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) (4:50)
14- Spring Is Here (R. Rodgers - L. Hart) (2:38)
15- Mood Indigo (D. Ellington) (2:56)
16- Misty (E. Garner) (5:05)

Altered States :

Uchihashi Kazuhisa : guitar
Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, pocket trumpet (7)

NOW

Altered States - "Mosaic"

2009-03-25T21:29:00.007+01:00

(God Mountain, 1994)

1- Martzmer (4:20)
2- Emer (4:04)
3- Silly Old Bear (5:10)
4- Dan-go (3:26)
5- D*W*D (4:21)
6- Issai-kai-ku (4:41)
7- Billiken (5:37)
8- Motif A (3:00)
9- Sosukan (3:23)
10- Da Dou (5:18)
11- Suite "Circle" (28:12/1:04)

Altered States :

Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar, effects
Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion

Guests :

Kazutoki Umezu (10, 11): alto sax, clarinet
Shizuru Ohtaka: voice (11)
Yuji Katsui (5, 11): electric violin, ponchi
Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello (1)
Yuki Saga: voice (11)
Kumiko Takara (11): vibraphone, percussion
Ned Rothenberg: alto sax (4)
Ichiko Hashimoto (11): piano, voice
Junji Hirose: tenor sax (8, 11)
Koichi Makigami: voice (6, 11)
Yoshinori Motoki: tapes (9, 11)

Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama and Kazuhisa Uchihashi

NOW

Shin-Okubo Gentlemen - "Live"

2009-03-11T22:42:00.012+01:00

(Atelier Peyotl, AP-012)

1 - Chiteijin to Saiteijin (People from Underground) (Gudang "Rum"-o, Igor) (1:28)
2 - Ekimae Shuffle (Igor) (4:33)
3 - Jonetsu no Toriame: Flamenco Version (Igor) (7:19)
4 - Great no Namida (The "Great" Kintoki) (12:03)
5 - Koshi Kudake (Igor) (9:16)
6 - Great Romania (The "Great" Kintoki) (12:31)
7 - Ota no Turk (Abdul Wahaha) (18:38)
8 - ?
9 - ?

The "Great" Kintoki : soprano sax, alto sax, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet
Igor: piano, keyboard, vocal
Abudul Wahaha: electric violin, vocal
Obuchi-kun (Bone): percussion, samples, vocal
Ozawa-kun (Gudang "Rum"-o) : drums, percussion, pocket trumpet

Recorded live by Hidetake Miyazaki at Shinjuku Pit Inn in Tokyo on August 14, 1999

(the CD was accompanied with a bandana)

Released November 1999

Now

Umezu Kazutoki : "Dancing winds"

2008-10-26T18:47:00.008+01:00

(Samsung Music, 1997)

1. 잠자리 (09:11)
2. 꿈의 기억 (11:21)

3. 바람개비 (09:57)

4. 바람부는 창 (11:15)

5. 불사조(不死鳥) (21:05)

Kazutoki Umezu : saxes, clarinet

Jamaaladeen Tacuma : bass (1,3,4)

Kim Suk-Chul : jang-go, jing, tae-pyung-so (1, 4,5)

Kim Dae-Rae (2)

Park Byung-Won (2)

Lee Kwang-Soo (2)

Wolfgang Puschnig : sax (3)

NOW

Third Person : "Trick moon"

2008-10-26T18:33:00.007+01:00

(Tsuki No Uso Record, 1991)

1- The Silence of the Long Distance Runner (3:41)
2- Kokubunji Suite (2:56)
3- My Sweet Isahn (3:38)
4- Tricorn (3:08)
5- Dusty Star (3:00)
6- Sky Scraps (3:36)
7- Kumamoto (5:10)
8- The Changing Stakes (5:01)
9- Gi-gaku (4:20)
10- First Legs (5:05)
11- McKappo (2:32)
12- Slinky (3:40)
13- Gospel of Gone (for James Baldwin) (4:19)
14- Tricycle (2:10)
15- Real Gadget (1:19)
16- All the Live Long Day (2:39)

Third Person :

Tom Cora: cello
Samm Bennett: percussion, samples, vocal
Kazutoki Umezu: alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet

+ Tsuneo Imahori: guitar

NOW

Kazutoki Umezu : "Kinema"

2008-10-26T12:15:00.010+01:00

(Nec Avenue, 1990)

1- Rose de Sahara

2- Raccoon

3- Nishikoigakubo koushinkyoku

4- Shakushian no tatakai

5- Isei

6- Kabuongyoku

7- Bogo bogo

8- K

9- From Cherbourg ("les parapluies de Cherbourg")

Kazutoki Umezu : saxes

Tsuneo Imahori : guitar (1,2,3,4,5,7,9)

Takeharu Hayakawa : bass (2,3,5,7,9)

Kazuto Shimizu : keyboards (1,2,3,4,5,7,9)

Reichi : drums (2,3,5,6,7,9)

Isao Miyoshi : guitar (1,4)

Benisuke Sakai : bass (1,4)

Kozo Nida : drums (1,4)

Tomohiro Yahiro : percussion (1,3,4)

Hikashu : (6)

Koichi Makigami : vocals

Mita Freeman : guitar

Makoto Inoue : keyboards

Masami Sakaide : bass

Kazuhiro Nomoto : clarinet

Fumio Itabashi : piano (8)

Neko Saito : violin (3,7,9)

Asuka Kaneko : violin (6)

Susumu Hirasawa : vocals (9)

NOW

Kazutoki Umezu : "Diva"

2008-10-25T23:21:00.009+02:00

(Nec Avenue, 1988)

1 - Diva

2- Nishibi no ataru he ya

3- Hinobashi no tamoto

4- Poi

5- Gosan

6- Ohayashi

6- E ni kaita mochi

7- Down wind

Kazutoki Umezu : saxes, clarinet
Midori Takada : percussion

Ichiko Hashimoto : keyboards

Reichi : drums

NOW

U.M.A. (Ubiquitous Musicians Association) : "Ja-ck"

2008-08-04T13:04:00.007+02:00

(Tokuma Japan, 2002)

1/ Nagare (U.M.A.) 10.50

2/ Wa (Sawai) 7.25

3/ Mizu (U.M.A.,Konda) 5.43

4/ Yen (Sawai) 12.20

5/ Minamoto (U.M.A.,Konda) 4.53

6/ Nagare (Remix Version) (U.M.A.) 6.14

7/ Ki (U.M.A.) 5.05

U.M.A. :

Genji Sawai : alto saxophone, soprano saxophone

Bill Laswell : bass

Hoppy Kamiyama : digital president, slide geisha, ass hole box, scum tape from garbage, klavier, gram pot

Hideo Yamaki : drums

Kiyoto Konda (3,5,6) : guitar

NOW

Novo Tono : "Panorama paradise"

2008-08-03T22:24:00.013+02:00

(Alida, Creativeman, 1996)

1- Introduction (1:13)
2- Toku no Kassai (2:31)
3- Koko kara no Shuppatsu (4:14)
4- Owaranai Uzumaki (4:11)
5- Sasaekirenai Kurasa (4:07)
6- Dynamite Summer (3: 35)
7- Yume no Hanshu (3:56)
8- Robot Rondo (2:48)
9- Hakujitsumu (2:15)
10- Angel (1:46)
11- Yohaku no Uta (2:28)
12- Umi e Iko (4:07)
13- Moichido Nemuro (4:39)

Novo Tono :

Seiichi Yamamoto: guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar, backing vocal
Phew: vocal
Naoko Etoh: piano, keyboards, backing vocal
Yusuke Nishimura: bass, acoustic guitar (9), backing vocal
Masahiro Uemura: drums, percussion, backing vocal

Guests :

Hiroaki Fujimura: banjo (2)
Yuji Katsui: violin (4, 6, 7)
Hiroyuki Nagashima: edit. (2, 11)

NOW

Gessyoku - "Psychedelic kabuki"

2008-08-03T18:24:00.010+02:00

(Art Sphere, 1994)

1 - Onna Ni Umarete Yokattawa (Glad To Be Born A Woman)
2 - Soushin Ashubin No Uta (The Song Of Soushin Ashubin)
3 - Dance For Ascetic Exercises
4 - Arujyuna & Rafura No Michiyuki (The Road For Arujyuna & Rafura)
5 - Maaradita Wo Tataeru Uta (A Song To Bless Maaradita)
6 - Song Of Night Goddess
7 - Otoko To Onna Ha Itsumademo Hitotu (Man And Woman Are Together Forever)
8 - Kono Fushigina Omoiha Nani (What Is This Incomprehensible Feeling)
9 - Onna Ni Umarete Yokattawa (Glad To Be Born A Woman)
10 - Happy Metempsychosis
11 - Song Of Docrine
12 - The Curtain Call
13 - Soushin Ashubin No Uta (Instrumental) (The Song Of Soushin Ashubin)

SUPER GOD MOUNTAIN ORCHESTRA :

Hoppy Kamiyama -- conductor, gram-pot, samples & vocal

Tadasu Yoshida -- drums, electric percussions & vocal

Jyoji Sawada -- electric bass, acoustic bass & vocal

Natsuki Kido -- guitar & vocal

Steve Eto -- percussion, metal & vocal

Kumiko Takara -- marimba, vibraphone, percussion & vocal

Junji Hirose -- sax, noise-machine & vocal

Yuji Katsui -- violin & vocal

+ Actors & vocalists : Kazuhiro Yamaji - Ken Osawa -Kazue Itoh -Masanori Ujigawa -Masayuki Oba -Shin Sugie -Tohru Nagasawa - Atsushi Yoshida -Hiromichi Kawakami

NOW

ESP = Extra Sensory Perception

2008-08-02T21:38:00.006+02:00

(Subconscious Label, 1995)

1 - Slur-XI (1:12)
2 - Mother Destruction (5:41)
3 - Destination (4:00)
4 - Idiot Tube (12:33)
5 - Suicide Ocean (1:56)
6 - Pilgrimage (3:06)
7 - Spatial Prophecy (2:36)
8 - A Slug on the Rug (12:16)
9 - El Dorado (4:03)

E.S.P. :

Hoppy Kamiyama: piano, prepared piano, synthesizer, samples, percussion, noiz-violin, ems, gram-pot

Kazuhisa Uchihashi: snake guitar

Kumiko Takara: vibraphone, percussion, toy piano, xylophone

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion

Junji Hirose: saxes, self-made noise machine

Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello, electric cello, saw

Setsuko Chiba: voice

NOW

Guillotine Kyodai - "Meetings with Remarkable Men"

2008-08-02T19:30:00.008+02:00

(Guillotine Discs / Tag Rag Records, 2000)

1 - Meeting with Saxophones (Junji Hirose Solo 1) (2:06)
2 - Meeting with Yoichi Okabe (5:00)
3 - Meeting with Royal Squeezit (5:06)
4 - Meeting with Kirihito (3:38)
5 - Meeting with Yoshihide Otomo (1:55)
6 - Meeting with Dowzer (4:55)
7 - Meeting with Seiichi Yamamoto (4:13)
8 - Meeting with Syonosuke Ohkura (5:16)
9 - Meeting with Yoshinori Motoki (5:33)
10 - Meeting with Ruins (4:06)
11 - Meeting with Shuichi Chino (3:34)
12 - Meeting with Pill and Yuji Katsui (4:55)
13 - Meeting with Dub Squad (3:47)
14 - Meeting with SMI (Junji Hirose Solo 2) (2:23)
15 - Meeting with Remarkable Men (3:30)

Guillotine Kyodai : Tiger (Hideaki Sasaki) and Jaguar (Yuji Katsui)

+ Junji Hirose (1-15): sax, self-made instruments

NOW

Guillotine Kyodai - "Viva guitar"

2008-08-02T16:24:00.008+02:00

(Double Trap/Creativeman, 1997)

1- Introduction (0:30)

2- Left Channel: Guillotine Kyodai / Right Channel: Uchihashi Kazuhisa (3:37)

3- Uchihashi Kazuhisa / Tsuneo Imahori (3:37)

4- Tsuneo Imahori / Reck (3:42)

5- Reck / Otomo Yoshihide (3:44)

6- Otomo Yoshihide / Ichiro Agata (3:46)

7- Ichiro Agata / Ken Takehisa (3:49)

8- Ken Takehisa / Masahiko Ohno (3:49)

9- Masahiko Ohno / Seiichi Yamamoto (3:47)

10- Seiichi Yamamoto / Natsuki Kido (3:48)

11- Natsuki Kido / Osamu Isoda (3:48)

12- Osamu Isoda / Guillotine Kyodai (3:51)

13- Confirm: Kazuhisa Uchihashi / Osamu Isoda (3:52)

14- Inspect: Guillotine Kyodai / Tsuneo Imahori (3:34)

15- Inspect: Guillotine Kyodai / Reck (3:33)

16- Inspect: Guillotine Kyodai / Otomo Yoshihide (3:33)

17- Inspect: Guillotine Kyodai / Ichiro Agata (3:33)

18- Inspect: Guillotine Kyodai / Ken Takehisa (3:33)

19- Inspect: Guillotine Kyodai / Masahiko Ohno (3:33)

20- Inspect: Guillotine Kyodai / Seiichi Yamamoto (3:33)

21- Inspect: Guillotine Kyodai / Natsuki Kido (3:39)

22- viva guitar (5:39)

Guillotine Kyodai : Guillotine Tiger (Hideaki Sasaki) and Guillotine Jaguar (Yuji Katsui)

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Guillotine Kyodai - "Suspense Carry Pro"

2008-08-02T14:42:00.008+02:00

(Double Trap, Creativeman, 1997)

1 - My Little Sister (4:41) + Yutaka Ohara
2 - Last War (2:28)
3 - Hardcore (5:41) + Misturu Nasuno
4 - Mac Fan (0:30) + Tatsuya Yoshida
5 - Spectre-Q (0:14)
6 - X-Day (5:40) + Otomo Yoshihide
7 - Mosburger (0:29) + Tatsuya Yoshida
8 - Family (0:47)
9 - Feeling (2:19) + Junji Hirose
10 - Scanners (1:07) + Junji Hirose
11 - Girl Friend (0:58)
12 - Love Attack (1:52) + Tatsuya Yoshida
13 - Piano Lesson (0:26) + Seiichi Yamamoto
14 - Deadend (0:13)
15 - Wizard (5:42) + Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
16 - Rap-Line (11:33) + Atsushi Tsuyama
17 - Deep Red (8:31) Uchihashi Kazuhisa
18 - Paradox (1:00)
19 - Suspense Carry (0:30) + Natsuki Kido
20 - Suspense Carry Masuko Tatsuki Style (4:01)
21 - Suspense Carry Isoda Osamu Style (3:02)
22 - Suspense Carry Kikuchi Naruyoshi Style (3:40)
23 - Stop! (0:12)
24 - Refresh (0:45) + Tatsuya Yoshida
25 - Dear Brother (7:51)

Guillotine Kyodai : Tiger (Hideaki Sasaki) and Jaguar (Yuji Katsui)

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P.O.N.

2008-08-01T23:04:00.011+02:00

(Double Trap, Creativeman, 1995)

1- Yumin #3 (5:43)
2- George Ni Sei #8 (5:01)
3- Petenshi #2 (1:15)
4- Yumin #5 (3:10)
5- Petenshi #4 (1:15)
6- '93. 8. 12 #1 (4:00)
7- Petenshi #5 (2:13)
8- George Ni Sei #6 (6:59)
9- Usotsuki #2 (7:02)
10- George #10 (8:26)

P.O.N. :

Masahiro Uemura: drums, percussion (1, 2, 4)
Juniji Hirose: sax (1, 3, 5-10), noise machine (2, 4, 7, 10)
Natsuki Kido: electric guitar, acoustic guitar (2, 4), percussion (1)
Masaki Shimizu: fretless bass (1-6, 8-10), freted bass (7)
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone, percussion (1)

+ Asuka Kaneko: electric violin (2), acoustic violin (9)

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Kingjoe - "Tornado shaman"

2008-08-01T21:59:00.006+02:00

(Doubletrap, Creativeman, 1996)

1 - X-View (0:08)
2 - Goffer Dip (4:09)
3 - Ace (0:53)
4 - M.Z.M.P.X (2:40)
5 - SP (5:56)
6 - DM vs DM (1:29)
7 - Troop Pack (2:19)
8 - PG (239) (2:09)
9 - Mother (1:05)
10 - Red Loam (3:21)
11 - Bonanza (2:12)
12 - Hosana (1:09)
13 - Multi-Path (0:39)
14 - PK-Lala (3:34)
15 - Apogee (0:24)
16 - Heaven (6:23)
17 - Parallax (0:04)
18 - 98. (each 0:03 of silence !!!)
99 - Custom-6 (2:05)

Kingjoe :

Hideaki Sasaki: electronics (4, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 99), tapes (2, 3, 5, 14), metals (10), machines (2, 11), voice (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14)
Tatsuki Masuko: electric guitar (2-4, 11), samples (14), synthesizer (16), voice (7)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums (2-4, 6, 8, 10, 11), percussion (14), voice (7)
Jin Harada: electric bass (2-4, 6, 8, 11, 14), voice (7)
Yoshinori Motoki: motokitronics (3, 5-7, 11)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: electric guitar and effects (5, 9, 12, 16)
Junji Hirose: sax (3, 10, 11)

Guests :

Yuji Katsui: electric violin (5, 11)
Eiko Arimitsu: drums (14)
Dennis Gunn: voice (99)h
Haruna Ito: voice (1, 15, 17)
Reck: electric guitar (14), voice (13)

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Rinnesya

2008-08-01T20:03:00.009+02:00

(Doubletrap, Creativeman, 1995)

1 - Stamina God (5:08)

2 - Dynamite Essence (4:44)

3 - Tomahawk Chop (7:22)

4 - Desert Serenade (5:52)

5 - Atom Love (4:26)

6 - Taste of Maturity (3:38)

7 - Macho Kid (2:58)

8 - Opus Universe (9:25)

9 - Dynamite Essence (Reprise) (0:33)

Rinnesya :

Tadasu Yoshida: drums, YC-10 (2, 4)
Natsuki Kido: guitar, SH-101 (2, 8)
Masaki Shimizu: fretless bass, double bass (4)

+ Tadashi Watanabe: violin (2-4, 6)

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Royal Squeezit - "O.P aria"

2008-08-01T19:50:00.005+02:00

(Doubletrap, Creativeman, 1996)

1 - "Aria": Prelude (0:44)

2 - "Aria" (4:04)

3 - Op. No. 1 in C minor: Ware ni Katayuru Atarashiki Mono (5:01)

4 - Mizu ni yoru Tanjo (0:59)

5 - Op. No. 8 in G flat major: Mama Asobi (1:05)

6 - Begonia Garden (4:30)

7 - Maso (2:13)

8 - Op. No. 9 in G minor: Keredo Watashi wa Yume Miru (5:28)

9 - Op. No. 10 in F minor: Equinox/Blue--Chuya Hanbun no Aoi Aria (2:02)

10 - Toki no Dance: Trilogy for "Elaine no Sora" (1:52)

11 - Op. No. 14 in D sharp major: Watashi dake no Kireina Uchu (2:54)

12 - Op. No. 15 in C minor: Aozora (8:08)

13 - Op. No. 16 in C sharp: Hisho (6:52)

14 - Daijobu Kimi no Yasashisa wa Sekaiju ga Shitteiru--(Haru): "Trilogy for Elaine no Mori" (1:05)

15 - Op. No. 18 in A flat minor: Mori no Mitsu no Iriguchi (1:54)

16 - Op. No. 19 in D flat minor: Mori (1:34)

17 - Op. No. 20 in C major: Mori no Mistu no Deguchi (1:04)

18 - The Woods of Silent. Raves: Mokkyo no Mori (2:55)

19 - ARIA (0:55)
20 - FLY ME! (1:51)

Royal Squeezit :

Emi Eleonola: vocal, piano, accordion, pianica

Yuji Katsui: violin, vocal

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Bass Army - "Karada wa Oto o Dasu Mono"

2008-08-01T19:49:00.007+02:00

(Trigram, 1994)

1- Crossfire (3:17)
2- Karada wa Oto o Dasu Mono (4:09)
3- Infliction (2:26)
4- Politics of Hate (4:06)
5- Sneak Attack (3:21)
6- Himitsu Keisatsu / Sorekara (4:30)
7- Skirmish (3:00)
8- Implosion (4:18)
9- Vanishing Point (0:14)
10- National Front (2:55)
11- Uwatte Inai Koto ga Aru (6:33)
12- Ashes to Ashes (2:49)

Bass Army :

Kato Hideki: bass, voice, noise
Kazuyoshi Kimoto: bass, voice
Masahiro Uemura: drums, voice, bass

+ Otomo Yoshihide: turntables (2, 6)

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Bloodbath - "Live Bloodbath Live"

2008-08-01T19:47:00.006+02:00

(Phenotype, 1996)

1- Bad Dreams (2:39)
2- Hell Blonde Groove (7:22)
3- Solo vs. Lead (1:14)
4- Geisha-Maki (6:27)
5- Solo vs. Lead (1:50)
6- Waiting for Tanya (6:22)
7- Solo vs. Lead (1:52)
8- Blues for Marilyn (Let's Get Down) (5:42)
9- The Funk Never Stops (6:18)
10- Solo vs. Lead (1:26)
11- What Funk You Got (7:21)
12- Solo vs. Lead (1:00)
13- KamiFunkuoka Blues (9:04)
14- Polkabuki (5:12)

Bloodbath :

John King : guitar and vocal
Otomo Yoshihide : turntables and guitar
Tatsuro Kondo : keyboards
Takeharu Hayakawa : bass
Jun Aoyama : drums

Guests :

Kazutoki Umezu : alto and soprano sax, clarinet and bass clarinet
Koichi Makigami : voice

Recorded live at Manda-la 2, Tokyo, December 27, 1992

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Hoppy Kamiyama - "Ongaku-o 2: Welcome to Forbidden Paradise"

2008-08-01T19:44:00.015+02:00

(Toshiba Emi, 1992)

1 - E.S.T. (Electric Shock Treatment) (2:36)
2 - PUMP (4:29)
3 - A.M. (0:29)
4 - My Dear Sight (8:16)
5 - Naomi's Dream (5:22)
6 - Obsession (3:58)
7 - Sarari Mambo (2:47)
8 - Sleepy Blind Lemon (2:20)
9 - Happy Valley (3:56)
10 - Alter of Heaven (3:37)
11 - Giant D'janzo (7:39)
12 - Jubilee (1:37)
13 - AU NATUREL (16:34)

Hoppy Kamiyama: keyboards (1-13), toys (1), samples (2-13), effects (3, 4, 6-10, 12, 13) piano (4, 10), talking (4), prepared piano (8), chorus (1, 9, 11), vocal (4, 7, 10, 11), acoustic guitar (7), Dobro (4, 7)
Marc Ribot: guitar (1, 2, 4-11, 13), charanquito (5), voice (6)
Sebastian Steinberg: bass (1, 2, 9, 11, 13), acoustic bass (4), talking (4), fretless bass (5), voice (9)
Dougie Bowne: drums (1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 13)
E.J. Rodriguez: percussion (1, 5, 9, 11, 13)
Steve Eto: toys (1), chorus (1, 9, 11), metal percussion (4), shaker (4), bottle drum (7), percussion (13)
John Zorn: sax (1, 3, 13)
Yuka Honda: toys (1)
Shun O'cima: toys (1), sax (9)
Yukari Iwamura: chorus (1, 9, 11)
Lorelei McBroom: chorus (1, 2), talking (1)
Jackie Collins: chorus (1, 2), talking (1)
Joey Young: chorus (1), talking (1), vocal (2)
Hirokaz: guitar (2, 11)
Syd Straw: voice (3), chorus (4, 10), vocal (5, 13)
Don Byron: clarinet (4)
Koichi Makigami: voice (9)
Jenifer Smith: voice (10)
Jane Scarpantoni: cello (10)
Yoshihide Otomo: turntables (13)

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Makigami Koichi - "Koroshi no blues"

2008-08-01T19:44:00.014+02:00

(Toshiba Emi, 1992)

1- Saizansu Mambo (3:43)

2- Onna o Wasurero (4:45)

3- Machiboke no Kissaten (3:49)

4- Akunin Shigan (4:35)

5- Sukiyaki Étoufée (6:28)

6- Yozora no Fue (3:52)

7- Tokyo no Yane no Shita (10:01)

8- Kaettekita Yopparai (3:46)

9- Utsuro (3:03)

10- Marianne (7:50)

11- Koroshi no Blues (3:06)

1- Lyrics by Tony Tani and Tetsuo Miyagawa Music by Tadaosa Ohno Arranged by Koji Ueno.
Koichi Makigami: vocal Nami Tokyo: vocal Jazzy Joyce: turntables Andrew Sterman: piccolo Steven Bernstein: trumpet Pablo Calogero: baritone sax Marcus Persiani: piano Guillermo Edghill: bass Papo Pepin: congas Joe Gonzales: bongos, guiro, cowbell Raul Paonessa: drums

2- Lyrics by Toshio Nomura Music by Toru Funamura.
Koichi Makigami: vocal John Patton: organ Marc Ribot: guitar Jeff Hirshfield: drums

3- Lyrics and music by Raymond Hattori Arranged by Robert Quine.
Koichi Makigami: vocal Robert Quine: guitar Matthew Sweet: bass Steve Shelley: drums

4- Lyrics by Kayako Honoo Music by Riichiro Manabe Arranged by John Zorn.
Koichi Makigami: vocal, devil chanting Andy Haas: didjeridu Anthony Coleman: sampler, organ David Shea: turntables Mark Dresser: bass James Pugliese: percussion Keiji Haino: devil chanting Yoshihide Otomo: devil chanting Hideki Kato: devil chanting

5- Lyrics by Rokusuke Ei Music by Hachidai Nakamura Arranged by Guy Klucevsek.
Koichi Makigami: vocal Guy Klucevsek: piano, accordion Mark Feldman: violin David Hofstra: bass Robert Previte: drums

6- Lyrics and music by Kuranosuke Hamaguchi.
Koichi Makigami: vocal Laura Seaton: violin Jane Scarpantoni: cello David Shea: turntables

7- Lyrics by Takao Saeki Music by Ryoichi Hattori Arranged by Joe Gallant.
Koichi Makigami: vocal Joe Gallant: 6-string bass Janet Axelrod: flute Phillip Johnston: soprano sax Walter Thompson: alto sax Louie Belogenis: tenor sax Dave Sewelson: baritone sax Frank London: trumpet Steven Bernstein: trumpet Jason Hwang: violin Margo Grib: violin, voice Michelle Kinney: cello Dawn Buckholz: cello Elizabeth Panzer: harp Ann Klein: guitar Vito Ricci: synthesizer, wrench guitar Tom Judson: accordion Evan Gallagher: piano, organ Skip Reed: vibes, percussion David Hofstra: bass Dickie Dworkin: drums

8- Lyrics by The Folk Parody Gang Music by Kazuhiko Kato Arranged by Yoshihide Otomo.
Koichi Makigami: vocal Marc Ribot: acoustic guitar, charango Kyoko Kuroda: piano, voice, chorus Nana Vasconcelos: Brazilian percussion Yoshihide Otomo: turntables, handmade guitar, chorus Hideki Kato: bass, chorus Suzuki: chorus Uemura: chorus

9- Lyrics and Music by Koichi Makigami Arranged by Koichi Makigami.
Koichi Makigami: vocal, vision, proteus, sound canvas, cornet Hideki Kato: bass Nicolas Collins: "Barney"

10- Lyrics by Yasuko Aisawa Music by Yoshio Hayakawa.
Koichi Makigami: vocal Keiji Haino: guitar, vocal Painkiller : John Zorn: alto sax, vocal Bill Laswell: bass Mick Harris: drums, vocal

11- Lyrics by Hachiro Guru Music by Kagehisa Kuzui.
Koichi Makigami: vocal Marc Ribot: guitar Yoshihide Otomo: sampler Hoppy Kamiyama: killer

Produced by John Zorn

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Shin-Okubo Gentlemen - "Igor's lament"

2008-08-01T19:38:00.013+02:00

(MSI, 1998)

1 - Igor's Lament (music: Igor / lyrics: Igor) (3:52)
2 - Ota no Turk (Abdul Wahaha / Abdul Wahaha) (9:36)
3 - People from Underground (Gudang "Rum"-o: R->L, Igor: L->R) (5:01)
4 - 40's Rocker (The "Great" Kintoki) 3:49)
5 - Igor's Whisper (Igor) (1:07)
6 - Fat Back Burner (Samm Bennett / Samm Bennett) (4:05)
7 - Boogie Man Song (Rahsaan Roland Kirk) -- Take Me Girl, I'm Ready (Pam Sawyer, La Vern Ware, Johnny Bristol (7:59)
8 - But Then, We Love It. (Gudang "Rum"-o / Gudang "Rum"-o) (7:21)
9 - Igor's Whisper, Again (Igor) (0:14)
10 - Gri Gri (The "Great" Kintoki) (3:51)
11 - Ayam (Jeffry Bulle / Japanese lyrics: The "Great" Kintoki) (4:02)
12 - Let's Make Love (Mose on the Hill) (4:14)
13 - Party Swing (Igor) (3:39)
14 - Igor's Joy (Igor / Igor) (1:59)

Shin-Okubo Gentlemen :

The "Great" Kintoki (aka Umezu Kazutoki) : soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, penny whistle, vocal (11)
Igor (aka Kazuto Shimizu) : piano, keyboard, vocal (1, 14), chorus (11)
Abudul Wahaha (aka Ohta Keisuke) : violin, electric violin, mandolin, vocal (2, 11), voice (8)
Mose on the Hill (aka Tachibana Yasuhiko) : double bass, chorus (11)
Bone (aka Samm Bennett) : percussion, samples, monster voice (4, 12), vocal (6), extra jaw harp (6), chorus (11)
Gudang "Rum"-o (aka Yoshigaki Yasuhiro) : drums, percussion, pocket trumpet, guitar, monster voice (4), voice (8), chorus (11)

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