Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Taku Sugimoto and Moe Kamura

Live in Saritote

(Ftarri, ftarri-993) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Stairs [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (3:11)
  2. Choucho [music, traditional; words, Akitari Nomura; arrangement, Sugimoto] (0:54)
  3. An Angel Passes [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (1:49)
  4. Three Words [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura and Sugimoto] (1:19)
  5. A Chair 3 [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (1:18)
  6. Saritote [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (2:39)
  7. A Minor [music, Sugimoto; improvised melody, Kamura] -- Three Words (5:50)
  8. Because It Breezed [music, Sugimoto and Kamura; words, Kamura] (0:50)
  9. A Wind [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (1:04)
  10. Inner Muscle [music and words, Junichiro Tanaka] (0:26)
  11. A Chair 2 [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (1:57)
  12. Stay It Fragile [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (0:47)
  13. Fragile It, Stay [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (0:56)
  14. Vexations [music, Erik Satie; words, Ikuhiro Yamagata] (4:58)
  15. Inner Muscle [music and words, Junichiro Tanaka] (0:42)
  16. Ino-Shika-Chou [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (7:36)
  17. Sato-kun [music and words, Sugimoto, Kamura, and Ikeda] (1:43)
  18. Vexations [music, Erik Satie; words, Ikuhiro Yamagata] (1:17)
  19. Hitori de Sabishi [music and words, traditional; arrangement, Sugimoto; additional words, Kamura] (3:24)
  20. Macaroni [music, Kamura and Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (0:52)
  21. Sweet Melody A [music, Sugimoto; words, Kamura] (1:33)
  22. Ozouni Song [music, Sugimoto] (0:30)

Taku Sugimoto and Moe Kamura
Taku Sugimoto: guitar, voice (2, 8, 17)
Moe Kamura: voice, guitar (1, 12, 13, 16, 22)

Takeshi Ikeda: percussion (13-22), voice (17)
Masafumi Ezaki: trumpet (3), voice (2)
Mitsuteru Takeuchi: flute (3), voice (2)

Tracks 1-3 recorded by Taku Sugimoto at Common Cafe, Osaka, May 7, 2010
Tracks 4-6 recorded by Taku Sugimoto at Mushibunko, Kurashiki, May 9, 2010
Tracks 7 and 8 recorded by Taku Sugimoto at Loop-Line, Tokyo, August 5, 2010
Tracks 9-12 recorded at Issue Project Room, New York, September 17, 2011
Tracks 13-15 recorded by Taku Unami at Colored Jam, Tokyo, May 9, 2011
Tracks 16 and 17 recorded by Taku Sugimoto at Gendai Heights, Tokyo, November 2, 2011
Tracks 18-22 recorded by Taku Unami at Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo, January 23, 2013

Edited and mastered by Taku Unami, Moe Kamura, and Taku Sugimoto
Design by Moe Kamura and Taku Sugimoto

Released in July 2013
Limited edition of 500