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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Altered States : "4"

(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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Daimonji : "Improg"

(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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Altered States - "Café 9.15"

(Phenotype, 1996)

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

Altered States :

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

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

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

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Altered States - "Plays standards"

(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)

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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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