Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Masonna
Incapacitants
Merzbow
Solmania
Hijokaidan

Good Alchemy Video

(Alchemy Music Store, AMSDVDR-021) (Japan) (DVD-R)

  1. Masonna (18:31)
    Masonna: Maso Yamazaki
    Live at Bears, Osaka, March 14, April 23, May 20, and August 28, 1994; at 20000V, Tokyo, August 18, 1994; at IMP Hall, Osaka, September 1, 1994; at Fandango, Osaka, November 30, 1994; at Zokei Center, Osaka, December 30, 1994; at Takutaku, Kyoto, January 25, 1995; and at Club Quattro, Osaka, February 4, 1995
    Camera by Tadashi Fukumoto, Fusao Toda, Akifumi Nakajima, Shohei Iwasaki, and Keizo Suhara
    Edted by Tadashi Fukumoto

  2. Incapacitants (31:20)
    Incapacitants: Toshiji Mikawa and Fumio Kosakai
    Live at "Zenei Koi Ongaku Sai (music festival)," Shimin Plaza, Toyama, August 27, 1994
    Camera by Toshimaru Ogura

  3. Merzbow (23:29)
    Merzbow
    Masami Akita: noise electronics
    Reiko A: manipulated tape, voice
    Bara: action, piss, voice
    1. Klo-ken Phantasie
      Live at East Gallery, Tokyo, June 24, 1994
      Camera by V.O.G.
    2. Smoke on the Water
      Live at 2B, Eindhoven, October 31, 1992
      Camera by Toshiyuki Seido
      Live sound mix by John Duncan
    Video mixed at ZSF Produkt

  4. Solmania (20:24)
    Solmania
    Masahiko Ono: rhythm guitar, vocal
    Katsumi Sugahara: lead guitar
    Live at Metro, Kyoto, September 25, 1994
    Camera and edited by Tadashi Fukumoto

  5. Hijokaidan (15:02)
    Hijokaidan
    Jojo Hiroshige: guitar
    Junko: voice
    Toshiji Mikawa: the Mikawa
    Live at "Alchemy Records 10th Anniversary," Fundango, Osaka, September 3, 1994
    Camera by Tadashi Fukumoto and Manabu Asahina
    Edited by Tadashi Fukumoto

DVD-R: NTSC, region free, color, 110 minutes

Produced by Jojo Hiroshige
Video by Videgram

Released in October 2008
Originally released in 1995 as a VHS cassette on Alchemy Records (ARVC-014)