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Strange Fruits

(ALL ACCESS, AACD-004) (CD)

  1. So, That Was the Beginning (1:23)
  2. Ooh I Feel Horny (5:22)
  3. Life in a Vacuum (5:02)
  4. Banana (DonÕt Slip) (6:10)
  5. I Met You on the Street (4:06)
  6. Yellow Fever (6:23)
  7. Melt with You (4:55)
  8. Center of the World (7:26)
Aki Onda: tape recorder (1), samples and programming (2-8); hand claps (5)

Kazuhisa Uchihashi: acoustic guitar (1); electric guitar (1, 3)
Nobukazu Takemura: samples (2, 3); scratches (2-4)
Dairo Miyamoto: sax (2, 4); flute (2)
Junji Hirose: sax (2)
Yutaka Ohara: trombone (3)
Issei Igarashi: trumpet (6)
Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizer (2); piano (3)
Toshiyuki Mori: electric piano (4, 5); piano (8)
Tadashi Ueda: synthesizer (7)
Takahiro Hosoki: bass (6)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums (4, 6, 7); percussion (2, 4, 6)
Gaku Nakamura: percussion (2, 4, 7, 8)
Ryoichi Fukumoto: percussion (4); additional programming (2, 6-8)
D-Zine: rap (2, 4, 8)
Miki: vocal (5); background vocal (4, 8)
Monday Michiru: vocal (6)
Aceilux (D*M.L.): vocal (7)
Vie Vie: voice (7); background vocal (8)
Takehiko Kamada: hand claps (5)
Hamada: hand claps (5)
Toru Okitsu: hand claps (5)
Tomonori Yamada: hand claps (5)

All music by Aki Onda, except track 1 by Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Words by D-Zine (2, 4, 8); Takehiko Kamada (5); Monday Michiru (6); and Aceilux (7)

Recorded at Wonder Station, Kawaguchiko Studio, Byodoji Studio, Interlink, and AkiÕs Bedroom
Engineered by Takehiko Kamada
Mastered by Akihiko Takenaka at Heart Beat
Produced by Aki Onda and Takehiko Kamada

Photography: Hajime Sawatari and Hiroyuki Matsukage
Graphic design: Hiroki Tachibana
Art direction: Aki Onda and Hiroki Tachibana

Released 1994