Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Haco

Forever and Ever

(Arcàngelo, ARC-7352) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Forever and Ever (8:30)
  2. Crystal Shadow (2:15)
  3. It's Too Dazzling (6:43)
  4. Lemon and Ice (6:40)
  5. Day, Month, Year (6:07)
  6. Enveloped (4:01)
  7. Because I Got Hacked (5:58)
  8. Let It Take Me (6:45)

All words and music by Haco
Programming and arrangements by Haco

Haco: vocals, electronics, guitar, ukulele, etc.

Sampled sounds
Mari Era (1-4): marimba, vibraphone, percussion
mamieMU (4): glass harp
Akira Sotoyama (5): djembe drum
Uchihashi Kazuhisa (5): guitar and effects
Otomo Yoshihide (7): turntables, noise guitar
Hiromichi Sakamoto (8): cello, music box
Atsushi Tsuyama (8): bouzouki

Produced by Haco
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Haco at Mescalina, Kobe
Photos by Ayako Mogi
Art direction by Ayako Mogi and Haco
Design by Takuya Kitamura
Includes an insert with lyrics in Japanese and English (translation by Christopher Stephens) and a color photo, and an obi with liner notes by Haco in Japanese

Released in October 2011