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Optical*8

All Over

(God Mountain, GMCD 022-023) (2-CD set)

Liquid Disk

  1. Bug (9:09)
  2. Halle Halle (Sanctus) (13:27)
  3. Penetration (8:41)
  4. Riots (8:16)
  5. Nightfade (12:24)
  6. God Speed (7:15)

Gas Disc

  1. Bush Push (14:06)
  2. Mio Corazon (7:49)
  3. Fate (10:42)
  4. God Mountain (8:52)
  5. Neurogenetic Circuit (9:20)

Optical*8:
Hoppy Kamiyama: vocal (Liquid 1, 2 and Gas 1, 3), synthesizers, smaples, tapes, neuz-violin, gram-pot
Reck: vocal (Liquid 5, 6 and Gas 2, 4), bass, guitar
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, bass, turntables
Masafumi Minato: drums

All music by Optical*8
Words by Hoppy Kamiyama (Liquid 1, 2 and Gas 1, 3), and Reck (Liquid 5, 6 and Gas 2, 4)

Recorded at:
Club 251, Tokyo on November 30, 1994 by Yumi Kobayashi (Liquid 1, 2, 5, 6 and Gas 1, 2)
Club Shibuya Quattro, Tokyo on March 8, 1993 by Kiko Uehara (Gas 4, 5)
Chocolate City Redd Hott on July 13, 1993 by Kiko Uehara (Liquid3, 4 and Gas 3)
Additional recording for Liquid 2 by Yoshihide Otomo and Hoppy Kamiyama in March 1995

All mixed at GOK Sound, Tokyo in March 1995 by Yoshiaki Kondo, except Liquid 3, 4 and Gas 3, mixed live by Kiko Uehara
Photography: Takao Ogata and Opium
Artwork and design: Opium

Released 1995