Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Takuma Makino

In the Suburbs

(Grid605, grid-001) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Suburban Blues (2:48)
  2. New Residential Quarter Rag (2:03)
  3. Weird Sign (3:18)
  4. Conspiracy Theory Blues (3:07)
  5. Mt. Weather (3:09)
  6. Sui (2:15)
  7. Go to the Grave (2:38)
  8. Unesoteric March (3:26)

    Shimoyama Suite: Duo with Atsuhiro Ito
  9. (2:34)
  10. (1:20)
  11. (1:09)
  12. (1:59)
  13. (3:22)
  14. (1:36)
  15. (5:51)

All songs composed by Takuma Makino except (9-15), spontaneously composed by Takuma Makino and Atsuhiro Ito

Takuma Makino: guitars, horn-like sound
Yuki Yoshida (2, 7): erhu
Atsuhiro Ito (9-15): optron
Motoki Yamaguchi (1, 3, 5, 8): drums, percussion

Tracks 9-15 recorded live at Grid605, Kichijoji, Tokyo
Mixed by Takuma Makino and Motoki Yamaguchi
Mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura
Photos by Mamoru Hosaka and Tomomi Hirano
Produced by Takuma Makino

Released in February 2008