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Hoppy Kamiyama

Ongaku-o 2: Welcome to Forbidden Paradise

(Toshiba-EMI, TOCT-6487) (CD)

  1. E.S.T. (Electric Shock Treatment) (2:36)
  2. PUMP (4:29)
  3. A.M. (0:29)
  4. My Dear Sight (8:16)
  5. Naomi's Dream (5:22)
  6. Obsession (3:58)
  7. Sarari Mambo (2:47)
  8. Sleepy Blind Lemon (2:20)
  9. Happy Valley (3:56)
  10. Alter of Heaven (3:37)
  11. Giant D'janzo (7:39)
  12. Jubilee (1:37)
  13. AU NATUREL (16:34)

Words by Hoppy Kamiyama (1, 7-11), Be-Bop (2), Uwe-Sage (4), and Tirga Attar (5)
Music by Hoppy Kamiyama (1-4, 6-12) and Space Men (13)
Arranged by Hoppy Kamiyama (11-12) and E.T. (13)

Hoppy Kamiyama: keyboards (1-13), toys (1), samples (2-13), effects (3, 4, 6-10, 12, 13) piano (4, 10), talking (4), prepared piano (8), chorus (1, 9, 11), vocal (4, 7, 10, 11), acoustic guitar (7), Dobro (4, 7)
Marc Ribot: guitar (1, 2, 4-11, 13), charanquito (5), voice (6)
Sebastian Steinberg: bass (1, 2, 9, 11, 13), acoustic bass (4), talking (4), fretless bass (5), voice (9)
Dougie Bowne: drums (1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 13)
E.J. Rodriguez: percussion (1, 5, 9, 11, 13)
Steve Eto: toys (1), chorus (1, 9, 11), metal percussion (4), shaker (4), bottle drum (7), percussion (13)
John Zorn: sax (1, 3, 13)
Yuka Honda: toys (1)
Shun O'cima: toys (1), sax (9)
Yukari Iwamura: chorus (1, 9, 11)
Lorelei McBroom: chorus (1, 2), talking (1)
Jackie Collins: chorus (1, 2), talking (1)
Joey Young: chorus (1), talking (1), vocal (2)
Hirokaz: guitar (2, 11)
Syd Straw: voice (3) , chorus (4, 10), vocal (5, 13)
Don Byron: clarinet (4)
Koichi Makigami: voice (9)
Jenifer Smith: voice (10)
Jane Scarpantoni: cello (10)
Yoshihide Otomo: turntables (13)

Recorded by Tim Hatfield at Studio 900 on January 9-24, 1992, and Hoppy Kamiyama at Maschie's Ham Studio in December 1991
Mixed by Roger Masstenat at The Looking Glass Studio on January 27-31, 1992
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Master Disk
Art direction: Yoshiki Kanagawa
Photography: Motoharu Gohshi
Design: Yoshiki Kanagawa and Shinji Megaki
Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama

Released 1992