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Ryoji Hojito

A Man from the East: Solo Piano in Russia 1993

(A Man from the East Series, Vol. 1)

(Darko, dkcd01+dksd01) (CD & 3" CD set)

Solo Piano in Moscow

  1. Introduction (3:58)
  2. Hiroshima (4:49)
  3. My Treasure (5:18)
  4. Kaiyu (6:06)
  5. Improvisation 1 (3:18)
  6. Mongol Mongol (5:25)
  7. Improvisation 2 (3:45)
  8. Ending (4:41)

Solo Piano in Novosibirsk

  1. Introduction (1:44)
  2. Hiroshima (4:14)
  3. My Treasure (4:48)
  4. Improvisation 1 (2:17)
  5. Kaiyu (2:09)
  6. Mongol Mongol (5:42)
  7. Improvisation 2 (2:40)
  8. Ending (5:37)

3" CD

Solo Piano in Cherepovets

  1. The Earth (5:04)
  2. My Treasure (7:56)

All music by Ryoji Hojito

Ryoji Hojito: piano, small instruments, voice, etc.

Recorded live by Yoshiko Hojito
at the Contemporary Art Center in Moscow on May 30, 1993 (1-8)
at Art Center "Studio-8" in Novosibirsk on June 5, 1993 (9-16)
in Cherepovets, Russia on September 28, 1994 (3" CD)

Sound improvements and mastering by Yoshihiro Tsukahara in Sapporo, April 2000
Cover painting: Etsuko Azuta
Original design: Chikaco Oishi
Reissue design: Takashi Homma
Includes liner notes by Teruto Soejima (in Japanese and English) and Yoshihide Otomo (in Japanese and English) (English translation: haruna ito)

Released July, 2000
Originally released 1994 from Trigram label (without 3" CD)