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Hoppy Kamiyama

Nympho Has Some Great Elements: Hoppy Kamiyama Visual Works 2

(God Ocan Record, GOCD-002) (CD)

  1. Arh (Nympho) (2:42)
  2. First Movement (Grome) (11:32)
  3. Pause One (Symbiosis) (0:28)
  4. Second Movement (Nariad) (6:14)
  5. Pause Two (Symbiosis) (2:43)
  6. Third Movement (Oread) (9:53)
  7. Pause Three (Symbiosis) (3:06)
  8. Fourth Movement (Salamander) (14:33)
  9. Pause Four (Symbiosis) (2:18)
  10. Fifth Movement (Sylph) (13:30)
  11. Sixth Movement (Nymph) (8:12)
  12. Arh - Blood Orgy (1:08)

Contains the soundtrack for designer brand Dr. Mahler's "Tokyo Collection 95 Spring and Summer" show held in Fall 1994, as well as pieces inspired by the soundtrack.

Hoppy Kamiyama: oberheim, emu-II, simmons, gram-pot
Masafumi Minato: drums, simmons, metals
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion, vibraphone, batphones, metals
Kumiko Takara: marimba, vibraphone, percussion, batphones, xylophone
Steve Eto: metals, wave drum, pecussion
Junji Hirose: sax, self-made noise machine, metal board, sonai

Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama
Recorded at GOK Sound in Tokyo on October 18, 1994
Engineered by Yoshiaki Kondo
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo on October 20, 1994
Mastered by Yoshiaki Kondo at Kojima Sound in Tokyo on December 1, 1994
Art direction: Mikiko Hirayama