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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Now's the Time Workshop, Vol. 2

(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...)

Good stuff !*#' (work in progress)

Hi,

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

Yoshisaburo"Sabu" Toyozumi Unit : "The masterpiece" on inconstantsol : HERE

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

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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Guillotine Kyodai - "Meetings with Remarkable Men"

(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

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Guillotine Kyodai - "Suspense Carry Pro"

(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.

(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"

(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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