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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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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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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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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Yutaka Fukuoka : "Yen calling documenta"

(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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Carmen Maki & Salamandre

(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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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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Yukihiro Isso : "It's so isso"

(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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Nbagi : "Ecdysis"

(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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Opabinia : "Opabinia"

(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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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

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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Guillotine Kyodai - "Viva guitar"

(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"

(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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Rinnesya

(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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