Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Mitsuru Nasuno

Prequel Oct. 1998 - Mar. 1999 + 1

(Doubtmusic, dmf-121) (Japan) (CD)

  1. The Next Minute (12:23)
  2. Before the Rain (4:24)
  3. Motai (7:31)
  4. Karamel (4:16)
  5. The Mists (4:24)
  6. SB (5:41)
  7. Beyond the Cross (6:44)
  8. Mobile Syndrome Ver. 0302 (3:48)

Composed by Michihisa Watanabe and Mitsuru Nasuno (1, 5, 7) and Mitsuru Nasuno (2-4, 6, 8)

Mitsuru Nasuno: bass (1-5, 7, 8), voice (1, 3, 5-8), programming (1-5, 8), keyboard (3), drums (5), guitar (7), etc. (3, 4, 8)
Natsuki Kido (1): guitar
Tatsuki Masuko: alpha-juno cello (1), organ (5), drums (5)
Otomo Yoshihide (1, 7): turntable
Fumie Masuko (2): vocal
Samm Bennett (2, 3): wave drum
Osamu Isoda (4): guitar, voice
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (4): drums, percussion
Yumiko Tanaka (6): gidayu shamisen, voice
Michiko Minakata (8): keyboard
Jun Numata (8): noises

Tracks 1-7 recorded by Tatsuki Masuko and Naoaki Kose at Earth Studio, Asagaya, Tokyo, October 1998-March 1999
Track 8 recorded by Michiko Minakata at Tokiwa Studio, Tokyo, February 2008
Mixed by Tatsuki Masuko, except (3), by Tatsuki Masuko and Naoaki Kose, and (7), by Naoaki Kose
Produced by Mitsuru Nasuno and Tatsuki Masuko (1-7) and by Mitsuru Nasuno and Jun Numata (8)
Cover photo by Mamoru Hosaka
Cover design by Akira Sasaki and Jun Numata
Includes liner notes by Mitsuru Nasuno in Japanese and English (translation by Cathy Fishman)

Released in May 2008
Tracks 3 and 4 originally released in 2001 in the Improvised Music from Japan 10-CD boxed set (on the Improvised Music from Japan label)