Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Optical*8

Bug

(God Mountain, GOCD 011) (CD)

  1. Deafening (8:36)
  2. Penetration (6:21)
  3. Summer Slave (8:23)
  4. Night Fade (5:05)
  5. Bug (8:27)
  6. Mio Corazon (3:39)
  7. Cripples & Kings (4:36)
  8. Mind-Roasting Grooves (4:50)
  9. Bush Push (6:41)
  10. Cuff (6:18)
  11. God Speed (4:44)

Optical*8
Hoppy Kamiyama: vocal (1, 5, 9, 10), synthesizers, samples, neuz violin, gram-pot
Reck: guitar (9), metal cavasa (3, 11), bass
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables, backing vocal
Masafumi Minato: metal cavasa (9), backing vocal, drums

Guests
Gerald Muirhead: bagpipe (7)
Emi Eleonola: talking (6)

All music by Optical*8
Words by Hoppy Kamiyama (1, 5, 9, 10) and Reck (3, 4, 6, 11)

Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo, April-May 1994
Mastered by Yoshiaki Kondo at Kojima Recordings in Tokyo, June 1994
Design by Opium
Produced by Optical*8

Released 1994