Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Haco
Hiromichi Sakamoto

Ash in the Rainbow

(Detector, U.S., MP-26; ReR Megacorp, UK, ReR HACO3) (CD)

  1. Ash in the Rainbow (6:39)
  2. Moonfish Dance (5:07)
  3. Zero Hills (6:54)
  4. Sign of the Seahorse (3:35)
  5. Airhead (3:04)
  6. Standard Smile (2:51)
  7. Hot Road (4:40)
  8. Channeling (3:51)
  9. Hibana (Sparks) (0:26)
  10. Drunken Strings (3:06)
  11. Deep Sky (5:08)

All words by Haco
All music by Haco and Hiromichi Sakamoto

Haco: vocals (1-3, 6-8), vocals with computer (5), vocals with vocoder (11), synthesizer (1-3, 6, 8), drum sample (1), sampler with piezo microphone (4), one voice (9), CDJ (10)
Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello (1-11), 1/8-sized cello (6), musical saw (1, 3, 6), reversed rhythm machine (1), effects (2, 4, 5, 9), musical box (4, 11), water horn (5), kettle (5), pianica (7, 11), recorder (7), jew's harp (7), autoharp (7), toys (7), chorus (7), chromatic tuner (8), massage machine (8), disk grinder (9)
Mari Era: reversed vibraphone (1), cymbals (3, 7), bell (3), vibraphone (6), snare drum (7), triangle (7), percussion (8)

Recorded by Haco at Mescalina in Nishinomiya and Big Apple in Kobe, 2001-2002; by Hiromichi Sakamoto at his home in Yokohama, 1997-2002; and by Yoshihisa Omata at Toi Studio in Tokyo, 1997-1999
Produced by Haco
Art direction by MGX
Photography by Hideto Uchiike, Kan Fukuda, Ayano Shibata, Haco and MGX

Released January 2003