Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Anima Mundi (Vazquez-Yoshigaki Project)

Primer Encuentro

(Glamorous Records, EWGL-0010) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Tal Vez Llueva (9:42)
  2. Reconstrucción (5:12)
  3. El Trance del Almuerzo (6:03)
  4. En Foco (11:01)
  5. En Juliana (7:11)
  6. Salida de Camiones (7:56)
  7. Baile en el Playón (6:31)
  8. Siete Hojas Flotando (13:47)
  9. En una Gota que Gira (4:00)

Santiago Vazquez: cajon, tabla, bombo, tambourine, kalimba, berimbau, gongs, thinking bowls, slit drum, caxixi, toys, horn, plant, voice, etc.
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, surdo, tambourine, talking drum, cymbals, bells, thinking bowl, berimbau, kalimba, caxixi, shaker, toys, voice, etc.
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone, antique cymbals, bass marimba, slit drum, engelhart, shaker, kalimba, tube horn, etc.
Yoichi Okabe (1-8): conga, bougarbou, tinbau, cajon, shaker, triangle, caxixi, cymbals, talking drum, beans, etc.
Alejandro Franov (1-8): piano, keyboards, sitar, wood flute, voice, dance
Uchihashi Kazuhisa (1, 2, 4, 8): guitar, daxophone, effects
GOMA (3, 7, 9): didjeridu

Produced by Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
Recorded by Tatsuki Masuko at IRC2 Studio, July 9 and 10, 2006
Mixed by Tatsuki Masuko at Float, October 30 and 31, November 1, and December 12, 2006
Mastered by Shuji Kitamura at Audio City, December 21, 2006
Photos and art direction by Hideaki Sasaki
Artwork by workshy-Oishi
Includes Japanese liner notes by Yasuhiro Yoshigaki

Released in March 2007