Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Nobukazu Takemura

Child's View

(Bellissima! Records/Toys Factory Records, TFCC-88312) (CD)

  1. Phases of the Moon (5:59)
  2. For Tomorrow (Childlike Mix) (7:04)
  3. Ivory Tower (2:01)
  4. Searching (5:28)
  5. Another Root (Menelik's Rap Mix) (3:59)
  6. Rill (5:06)
  7. Crescent (Monika's Universe Mix) (5:11)
  8. The Future with Hope (Sample and Hold Mix) (2:30)
  9. Time and Space (1:51)
  10. Pastral Waltz (5:58)
  11. Ill at Ease (3:51)
  12. Let My Fish Loose (5:21)
  13. Science Fiction (Menelik's Rap Edit Mix) (5:08)
  14. One Blue Moment (4:48)
  15. Serene (4:37)
  16. The Lake of Winter (6:07)

Nobukazu Takemura: programming, keyboards, synthesizer, samples, flute, turntable, tape recorder

Dee-C-Lee: vocal (4)
Menelik: rap (5, 13)
Monika Linges: vocal and chorus (7, 11)
Major: talk (12)
Stephen A. Elliot: sop vocal (2); vocal and chorus (6)
Nadja: talk (3); vocal (15)
Seth Borden: talk (1, 10)
Kiku (Kikuko Nonaka): chorus (1); talk (2, 16)
Reichi: vocal (1, 12); chorus (6)
Toshiyuki Mori: synthesizer (sampled 13); keyboards (sampled all tracks); piano (5, 9); melodian (2, 6, 16)
Tomo-o Kawagoe: sax (sampled, solo on 4)
Takero Ogata: percussion (1, 2, 6, 7)
Kazumi Totaka: vibraphone (3, 12, 15)
Kohei Osato: acoustic guitar and electric guitar
Honzi: violin (6, 12)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6, 12); electric guitar (9)
Hiroshi Funato: double bass (sampled)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums (sampled)
Masakazu Ishibashi: oboe (7, 10)
Takahiro Hosoki: electric bass (5)
Dairo: clarinet (solo on 5)
Yoshio Yamada: double bass (10)

All music by Nobukazu Takemura
Words by Kiku (1, 16); Kiku and Maki Hiraga (2, 3, 6, 10); Kiku, Maki Hiraga and Major (12); Dee-C-Lee (4); Albert Tjamag (5, 13); Monika Linges (7); Nadja and Maki Hiraga (15)

Japan Session
Recorded at Onkio Haus, Interlink Prolificworks, Studio Groove, LM Studio, Studio Shangri-la, Sound Inn, and Lollop studio by Masashi Yabuhara, Ohji Hayashi, Atsushi Mori, Takehiko Kamada, and Ryoichi Fukumoto
Mixed at Onkio Haus, Music Inn Studio, and Land Mark Studio by Masashi Yambuhara (2, 3, 6, 16), Takehiko Kamada (1, 5, 9, 13-15), and Hideaki Nojima (8, 10)

London Session
Recorded and mixed at Metropolis Studio
Recorded by Howie B
Mixed by Howie B (4, 7, 11, 12)

Paris Session
Recorded and mixed at Studio PLUS XXX
Recorded by Philippe ZDAR Ceboneschi

All songs are mastered by Masao Nakazato at Onkio Haus in Tokyo
Produced by Nobukazu Takemura

Photography: Peter Williams, Tajimax, and Pey Inada
Art direction and design: Kazuhiko Komoda

Released 1994