Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Deluxe Improvisation Series Vol. 1: 2000

(ASE, ASE-02) (Japan) (CD)


  1. (16:44)
    Tetsu Saitoh (contrabass, percussion)
    Recorded by Hiroshi Ogawa on June 2, 2000

  2. (12:23)
    Sachiko M (sampler with sine wave) and Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board)
    Recorded by Toshimaru Nakamura on August 6, 2000
    Edited by Toshimaru Nakamura

  3. (12:23)
    Evan Parker (soprano sax)
    Recorded by Tetuzi Akiyama and Shinpo Yanagawa on September 28, 2000

  4. (2:46)
    Taku Sugimoto Guitar Quartet: Taku Sugimoto (electric guitar), Tetuzi Akiyama (electric guitar), Toshimaru Nakamura (electric guitar), and Yoshihide Otomo (electric guitar)
    Recorded by Taku Sugimoto on December 24, 2000

  5. (10:42)
    Ito: Yuji Takahashi (vocal), Kazuko Takada (shamisen, vocal), Yumiko Tanaka (futozao shamisen, vocal), Yoko Nishi (koto, vocal), and Yoshiko Kanda (percussion, vocal)
    Recorded by Brett Larner and Jess Larner on July 1, 2000

  6. (9:27)
    Samm Bennett (electronics), Gianni Gebbia (alto sax), Kazuo Imai (guitar, electronics), and Brett Larner (gu zheng)
    Recorded by Mike Kubeck and Brett Larner on March 3, 2000

All recorded live at Deluxe in Azabujuban, Tokyo
Mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura at Setreset Studio in Tokyo on May 21, 2001
Design: Namaiki, and Brett Larner
Produced by Brett Larner

Released July, 2001