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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Akira Sakata : "Silent plankton"

(Tokuma, 1991)

Musicians :

Akira Sakata : alt sax, clarinet, piano, synthesizer, bells, chinese flute
Bill Laswell : fretless bass, sitar bass, bowed bass, tapes, short wave
Nicky Skopelitis : 6&8 string guitar
Aiyb Dieng : chatan, doff, bells, gongs, cymbals

1- Daphnia
2- Strange Island
3- Strawberry-Kids in a Storm
4- Ancient Dream
5- Innocent Forest
6- Look at Me
7- Silent Plankton

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Toy : "Futari de ocha wo"

(Toy, 1998)

1- Nemurenu Yoru no Tame ni (Yasuhiro Yoshigaki) (4:34)
2- Kita no Umi (Keisuke Ohta) (4:53)
3- Introduction (Yasuhiko Tachibana)--Better Get Hit in Your Soul (Charles Mingus) (9:19)
4- Yume no yoni (Yasuhiko Tachibana) (5:28)
5- Kodomo no TOY (Yasuhiro Yoshigaki) (7:13)
6- Tea for Two (Vincent Youmans) (9:01)
7- Gondola no Uta (Shinpei Nakayama) (5:39)
8- Rabo de Nube (Silvio Rodriguez) (5:19)
9- Otona no TOY (Yasuhiko Tachibana) (6:25)

TOY :

Yasuhiko Tachibana: electric bass, voice, etc.
Keisuke Ohta: violin, electric violin, guitar, mandolin, voice, etc.
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion, trumpet, voice, etc.

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Optical*8 : "Gender"

(God Mountain, 1995)

1- Dare To Be "Uncool" (8:45)
2- Blessed Bloomer (7:56)
3- Otto Hypnosis (24:05)
4- Disposable Heros Do "Lunch" (8:41)

Optical*8 :

Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizers, smaples, neuz-violin, gram-pot
Reck: bass, guitar
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables
Masafumi Minato: drums, toy steel drum

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Katayama Hiroaki : "Instant groove"

(Natya, 1998)

1- Spirits rejoice

2- N'kakka

3- September

4- Theme of the anglers

5- Untitled

Musicians :

Hayashi Eiichi : sax (1)

Miyano Yuji : sax (1)

Umezu Kazutoki : sax & clarinet (2)

Hayakawa Takeharu : bass (2)

Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums (2)

Kato Takayuki : guitar (3)

Katsui Yuji : violin (4)

Kato Takayuki : guitar (4)

Fuwa Daisuke : bass (4)

Onuma Shiro : drums (4)

Ishiwatari Akihiro ; guitar (5)

Ino Nobuyoshi : bass (5)

Tsunoken : drums (5)

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CO2 : "Zero"

(Natya, 1998)

1- Introduction/Asian blues
2- CO2/98'
3- After you
4- Go ! Go ! Steve !
5- Drophead
6- Traumanequo
7- White noise

CO2 :

Katayama Hiroaki : sax tenor
Hayashi Eiichi : sax alto
Kato Takayuki : guitar
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums

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Optical*8

(God Mountain, 1992)


1- Ambidextrousness
2- Undercover Man
3- Jungle Protects The Past
4- The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

OPTICAL*8 :

Hoppy Kamiyama--synth, samples & gram-pot
Marc Ribot--guitar
Sebastian Steinberg--bass
Dougie Bowne--drums
E.J. Rodriguez--percussion
Steve Eto--metals

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