Akira Sakata : "Fisherman's.com"

(Starlets'/Dogtail, 2001)

1- Kaigara-bushi (14'43'')
2- Ondo no hunauta (9'49'')
3- Saitaro-bushi (8'43'')
4- Wakare no ipponsugi (14'28'')

Akira Sakata : vocal, sax & synth.
Pete Cosey : guitar
Hamid Drake : drums, conga
Bill Laswell : bass, synth.

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Electric Sun

(God Mountain, 1994)

1- Horizon (1:34)
2- The Count (5:45)
3- Life Insurance (4:04)
4- Rough (0:30)
5- Marmots (8:42)
6- I Fell Down (2:04)
7- Milk (3:37)
8- Earth in the Stew with Motherhood (3:58)
9- Fuzzy (0:59)
10- Magic Hands (16:52)
11- She (2:04)
12- Unplugged (2:41)

Electric Sun :

John King: guitars, vox, H-H
Hoppy Kamiyama: keyboards, sample, guitars, gram-pot
Yoshihide Otomo: turntable, guitars, shagg-drum
Hideki Kato: bass, metal, guitar
Hideo Yamaki: drums, bass
Yoichi Murata: trombone, kick

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Slut

(God Mountain, 1993)

1- Instant Fossil
2- Star Gazer
3- Brutal Transmitter
4- First Dimension
5- The Last Month Of Pregnancy
6- (Quiet) Tiny Lights
7- Curb
8- Slippery Baggy Shop
9- Too Much Nature
10- The World According To C.M.
11- Ballad Of Larry Parker
12- Evocation Of Venus
13- Continuation Of The Miracle
14- Broken Lizard
15- Incest Of Orange
16- De-Ja Vu (Sniff Me While I'm Sour)

The players are :

Bradford Reed

Elliott Sharp

Zeena Parkins

Steve Eto

Acheilux

Marc Ribot

Jane Scarpantoni

Marc Anthony Thompson (Chocolate Genius)

Hoppy Kamiyama

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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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Shin-Okubo Gentlemen - "Live"

(Atelier Peyotl, AP-012)

1 - Chiteijin to Saiteijin (People from Underground) (Gudang "Rum"-o, Igor) (1:28)
2 - Ekimae Shuffle (Igor) (4:33)
3 - Jonetsu no Toriame: Flamenco Version (Igor) (7:19)
4 - Great no Namida (The "Great" Kintoki) (12:03)
5 - Koshi Kudake (Igor) (9:16)
6 - Great Romania (The "Great" Kintoki) (12:31)
7 - Ota no Turk (Abdul Wahaha) (18:38)
8 - ?
9 - ?

The "Great" Kintoki : soprano sax, alto sax, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet
Igor: piano, keyboard, vocal
Abudul Wahaha: electric violin, vocal
Obuchi-kun (Bone): percussion, samples, vocal
Ozawa-kun (Gudang "Rum"-o) : drums, percussion, pocket trumpet

Recorded live by Hidetake Miyazaki at Shinjuku Pit Inn in Tokyo on August 14, 1999

(the CD was accompanied with a bandana)

Released November 1999

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