Osamu Matsumoto : "Wahoo"

(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"

(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)

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Shimada Masahiko/Otomo Yoshihide : "My dear mummy"

(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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Altered States - "Mosaic"

(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

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Gessyoku - "Psychedelic kabuki"

(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

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ESP = Extra Sensory Perception

(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

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P.O.N.

(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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