See you soon !

Ruins + Kazutoki Umezu

(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"

(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"

(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"

(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

(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"

(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"

(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"

(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"

(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 !"

(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

(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"

(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"

(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"

(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

(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

(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"

(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"

(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"

(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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