Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Otomo Yoshihide
Yuki Saga

See You in a Dream

(F.M.N. Sound Factory, FMC-038/039) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

  1. Aozora wo Dakishimeyo (2:52)
  2. Ue wo Muite Aruko (3:46)
  3. Taiyo to Tsuchi to Mizu wo (8:28)
  4. Koibito Chushin Sekai (4:20)
  5. Tasogane no Begin (3:21)
  6. Ame no Yuenchi (4:23)
  7. Itsumo no Komichi de (3:41)
  8. Hitoribochi no Futari (5:43)
  9. Yume de Aimasho (2:48)
  10. Ikirumono no Uta (9:28)
  11. Bokutachi wa kono Hoshi de Deatta (5:02)

Disc 2

  1. Uchu ni Tobikome (4:33)
  2. Kaze yo Tsutaete (5:05)
  3. Ue wo Muite Aruko (4:05)
  4. Kaze ni Utao (3:10)
  5. Tasogane no Begin (2:58)
  6. Toku e Ikitai (4:55)
  7. Me wo Tojite (4:06)
  8. Ikiteiru to iu koto wa (8:33)
  9. Taiyo to Tsuchi to Mizu wo (13:17)
  10. Dokoka de (7:13)
  11. Yume de Aimasho (3:28)

All songs composed by Hachidai Nakamura
Lyrics by Rokusuke Ei (D1-1, 2, 5, 7-10; D2-3-8, 10,11), Hachidai Nakamura (D1-3; D2-9), Naomi Kodaira (D1-4), Rokuro Yanai (D1-6), Michio Yamagami (D1-11), and Tokiko Iwatani (D2-2)

Yuki Saga: vocals (all tracks), mellophone (D1-10), field recording (D2-10)
Otomo Yoshihide: electric guitar (D1-1, 3, 4, 10; D2-1, 8, 9), banjo-guitar (D1-2, 7; D2-4, 5, 10, 11), sound collage (D1-3, 4, 9; D2-9, 10), vocals (D1-3; D2-9), turntable (D1-6, D2-11), dub (D2-8)

Masaki Kurihara: electric bass (D1-1, 3, 4; D2-1, 9), mellophone (D1-2, 10; D2-4), Andes-25 (D1-7), recorder (D2-5), electric guitar (D2-8), vocal (D2-9)
Tatsuro Kondo: organ (D1-1, 2, 3, 4, 7; D2-1, 8, 9), harmonica (D1-7), recorder (D1-7), piano (D2-4), vocal (D2-9), string synthesizer (D2-10)
Hiromichi Sakamoto: musical saw (D1-1), cello (D1-3, 10; D2-8, 9), vocal (D2-9)
Takero Sekijima: tuba (D1-1, 4, 10, 11; D2-1, 4, 8), great bass recorder (D1-2, 7; D2-5), recorder (D1-3; D2-9), vocal (D1-3, D2-9), trumpet (D1-10)
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone (D1-1, 4, 11; D2-1, 10), marimba (D1-2, 3, 7, 10; D2-4, 9, 11), timpani (D1-3; D2-9), vocal (D1-3; D2-9), glockenspiel (D2-5), cymbal with bow (D2-8)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums (D1-1, 2, 3, 4, 10; D2-1, 4, 8, 9), percussion (D1-3; D2-5, 9), vocal (D1-3, 4; D2-9), toys (D1-7) trumpet (D1-10)
Seiichi Yamamoto: vocals (D1-2, D2-11), whistling (D1-2), electric jazz guitar (D1-10), acoustic guitar (D2-8), electric guitar (D2-11)
Taisei Aoki: trombone (D1-9, D2-7)
Alfred Harth: tenor saxophone (D1-3)
Sachiko M: sine waves (D1-11)
Kenta Tsugami: soprano saxophone (D1-4; D2-2)
Takeshi Shibuya: piano (D1-5, 6, 8, 9; D2-2, 3, 6, 7)

Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide
Mastered by Tetsuya Kotani
Includes a 60-page Japanese-language booklet with recording notes by Otomo Yoshihide, a conversation between Otomo Yoshihide and Yuichi Kishino, an interview of Yuki Saga by Shigenori Noda, a conversation between Takeshi Shibuya and Manabu Yuasa, and an essay by Yuichi Kishino, plus 10 black and white photos

Released in December 2005