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Akira Sakata

Nano Space Odyssey

(Bridge, BRIDGE-137) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Cosmic Zoom (7:33)
  2. Grandeur of Microcosm under the Chaos (6:06)
  3. Psy-field: A (8:04)
  4. A Strange Life of Daphnia (4:33)
  5. T4-Phage Landed on the Moon (2:31)
  6. Phase Transition of KCI (2:26)
  7. Psy-field: B (3:53)
  8. Micro-Robot Breaking into Laughter (1:50)
  9. Vicissitudes (7:14)
  10. Voices of "Super Strings" (6:52)
  11. Nano Space Odyssey (7:40)

All music by Akira Sakata
Original soundtrack of NHK TV science special Nano Space

Akira Sakata: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, synthesizer, piano
Tamai Toyooka: mukkuri
Asuka Kaneko: violin
Kyoko Kuroda: piano
Hiroshi Yoshino: contrabass
Yu Fujii: electric bass
Kiyohiko Senba: drums, percussion
Atuy: voice (1)
Fusae Doi: voice (2)
Mishio Ogawa: voice (9)
Shigeri Kitsu: voice (3, 7, 10)
Norihiko Yamanuki: sound programming

Produced by Akira Sakata
Recorded by Akira Fukada at NHK 604 Studio, November and December 1991
Remastered by Nobuyuki Suzuki
Original artwork by Yuji Nakajima and Kazumi Takahashi
Reissue photo by Akira Sakata
Reissue design by Yuko Watanabe
Includes liner notes by Akira Sakata in Japanese and English (original) and Akira Sakata in Japanese (reissue)

Released in March 2009
Originally released in 1992 as a CD on NEC Avenue (NACL-1071)