Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Otomo Yoshihide

Ensembles 09: Pre-opening Live at Shinjuku Pit Inn

(No Idea) (Japan) (DVD)


DVD: NTSC, region free, total time 42:20

  1. Day 1 Set 1 (6:35)
    Performed by Otomo Yoshihide, Yuko Mohri, and Tetsuya Umeda

  2. Day 1 Set 2 (6:45)
    Performed by Otomo Yoshihide and Incapacitants (Toshiji Mikawa and Fumio Kosakai)

  3. Day 2 Set 1 (7:14)
    Performed by Otomo Yoshihide, Norimizu Ameya, and Gozo Yoshimasu

  4. Day 2 Set 2 (7:06)
    Performed by Otomo Yoshihide, Hiroaki Mizutani, and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki

  5. Day 3 Set 1 (6:10)
    Performed by Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, and Jim O'Rourke

  6. Day 3 Set 2 (8:20)
    Performed by Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Jim O'Rourke, and Kahimi Karie

Filmed live at Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo, April 18-20, 2009
Camera by Yusuke Ishida, Tatsuya Matsutani, and Maki Morishima
Typography by Lina Hitomi
Edited by Yusuke Ishida
Sound recorded by Taku Unami
Sound mastered by Funkrootdown
Produced by Vacant/No Idea
Directed by Yusuke Ishida

Released to commemorate Otomo Yoshihide's sound installation "Without Records" at Vacant, Tokyo, July 4-August 9, 2009

Released in July 2009
Limited edition of 500