Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

HOAHIO

Ohayo! Hoahio!

(Tzadik, TZ 7230) (CD)

  1. Hoahio Song
  2. Happy Mail
  3. Seeds
  4. Marimo
  5. ChatChat
  6. Jellyfish
  7. Sea wall III
  8. Invisible Fireworks II
  9. DunDun
  10. Less than Lovers, More than Friends

Music written by Haco (1, 2, 8, 10), Yagi Michiyo (7), Sachiko M (3), Haco and Yagi Michiyo (4, 6), and Hoahio (5, 9)
All lyrics by Haco
All arrangements by Hoahio

HOAHIO:
Haco: vocals, electronic percussion and bass (1, 2, 6, 7, 9), electric mandolin (1, 2, 8), synthesizer (2), samplers (1, 10), Moroccan drum (3), guitar (9)
Michiyo Yagi: kotos, 20- and 17-string (4), voice (1, 2)
Sachiko M: samplers, piezo microphone with effects (4), trigger synthesizer (2), voice (1, 2, 6)

Basic recordings by Yoshiaki Kondo at Gok Sound in Tokyo
Additional recordings by Haco at Mescalina in Kobe
Live recordings by Masato Kurita at Silver Elephant in Tokyo
Engineered and Mixed by Haco
Produced by Haco
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital in NYC

Released May 2000