Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Koichi Makigami
Kazuto Shimizu
Uchihashi Kazuhisa
Tatsuya Yoshida

Sorites Paradox

(Magaibutsu, MGC-38) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Perseverance under Difficulties (3:52)
  2. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (4:14)
  3. To Lose Is to Win (3:03)
  4. To Cast Water into the Thames (2:25)
  5. The Greater Embraces the Less (5:33)
  6. Fortune Comes In by a Merry Gate (5:38)
  7. He Whom the Gods Love Dies Young (4:00)
  8. After a Storm Comes a Calm (6:11)
  9. Patience Provoked Turns to Fury (3:59)
  10. Misfortunes Never Come Singly (2:58)
  11. You Don't Give the Finishing Touch (6:36)
  12. I Don't Care What Follows (2:42)

All music improvised except tracks 1, 4, 7, and 10, composed by Tatsuya Yoshida

Koichi Makigami: bass, vocal
Kazuto Shimizu: keyboards, vocal
Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar
Tatsuya Yoshida: drums, vocal

Recorded live at ShowBoat, Tokyo, June 15, 2009
Recorded, mixed, and edited by Tatsuya Yoshida

Released in July 2011