Tenko + Ikue Mori = Death Praxis

(What Next ?, 1993)

1. Magic
2. Bad seed
3. Hearse
4. Metal dream
5. Death mask
6. Economic noise
7. Fortune cookie
8. Rain
9. Glow worm
10. Where's missing
11. Confession
12. Lullaby
13. She
14. Death
15. Enticement
16. When the sun shines I can see your mind
17. I know you

musicians :

Tenko : vocals
Ikue Mori : drum machine

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Tenko : "Slope"

(Recrec, 1987)

1- Passing through the Night (4:19)
2- Somewhere Far Away (3:41)
3- Guitars (1:34)
4- I've Eaten Nuts with Different Shapes (2:16)
5- In the Strawberry Preserves (3:40)
6- Sleep Walker (3:18)
7- Antagata-doko-sa (1:45)
8- In Horto Infinito (2:41)
9- The Time Drawers (2:54)
10- Gradual Disappearance (2:30)
11- Nightrope Dancing (2:33)
12- Guitars II (2:54)
13- Opinion (3:06)
14- A Watchdog of the Labyrinth (3:25)

musicians :

Tenko: vocal (1-2, 4-14), guitar (3, 5, 12), hand claps (8), DX100 (11), snare drum (12, 14)
Ned Rothenberg: flute (1), alto sax (14)
Zeena Parkins: electric harp (1, 5), vocal (4)
Fred Frith: guitar (1, 3, 10-12), bass (1, 5-6, 9, 12-13), piano (1, 13), bass drum (1, 10), vocal (4, 10), snare drum (5, 7, 11), hand claps (8), tubular bells (9), marching drum (9), mirage (10), violin (11, 13)
David Licht: snare drum (1)
Wayne Horvitz: piano (2, 11), DX7 (2, 8), DX100 (2, 8)
Arto Lindsay: guitar (3, 10, 12), vocal (7)
David Moss: vocal (4, 7, 10-11, 13)
Kamura: vocal (4, 7, 10, 13)
Moko: vocal (4, 7)
Tom Cora: vocal (4, 10), cello (9, 11)
Christian Marclay: turntables (4, 6)
C. Batty: hand claps (8)
Kramer: Indian banjo (9)

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Tenko : "At the top of MT. Brocken"

(Recrec, 1993)

1- Blue heat
2- Moonlight waltz
3- If I...
4- A piece of silence
5- Dressed in memories
6- Bolero hyperbolic
7- Dodo
8- Water hours
9- The sands just sigh
10- Cardiogram
11- There play children in the flowering meadow
12- Interwoven
13- Temptation
14- At the top of MT. Brocken
15- A crack in a lie
16- An irregular attack
17- Drifting
18- The last angel

musicians :

Tenko : vocal, guitar
Yukihiro Issou : nho-kan (3, 9, 12)
Tsuneo Imahori : guitar (2, 5, 6, 10, 14)
Swoowoong Lim : spring noise (1)
Kazutoki Umezu : sax, clarinet (8, 13, 14)
Wataru Ohkuma : piano, vocal, clarinet (6, 10, 11)
Yoshihide Otomo : turntables, guitar, tape, voice (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17)
Hideki Kato : bass (3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 18)
Kyoko Kuroda : piano (2, 12, 14)
Kenichi Takeda : taisho-koto (4, 11, 17)
Motoharu Yoshizawa : bass (3, 4, 12)
Tatsuya Yoshida : drums, voice (3, 6, 12, 14, 16)

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Tenko : "Dragon Blue"

(Sound Factory, 1993)

1- Magic (4:34)
2- Where's Missing (2:41)
3- Bolero Hyperbolic (3:26)
4- Shi-ru-si (3:54)
5- Storm (8:50)
6- Say No (2:03)
7- Passing through the Night (5:03)
8- Happy End (5:49)
9- Kaguya (5:23)

musicians :

Tenko: vocal
Tsuneo Imahori: guitar
Hideki Kato: bass
Tatsuya Yoshida: drums, voice
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar

live recording at Crocodile in Tokyo on March 5, 1992

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