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Oto Asobi no Kai

Oto no Shiro / Oto no Umi

(Oto Asobi no Kai, OTOCD 001/002) (Japan) (2-CD set)

CD 1

  1. Opening (11:09)
  2. Ohiroma/Nikai Shosai/Roka/Nikai Yoma (9:19)
  3. Ohiroma/Roka/Engawa/Ohiroma (9:49)
  4. Nikai Yoma (3:44)
  5. Roka/Nikai Ima/Nikai Shosai (4:50)
  6. Kataoka Hameln (1:12)
  7. Ending (10:16)

CD 2

First Set

  1. Kodomo Big Band (5:59)
  2. Denki Band (2:40)
  3. Xaphoon Trio (1:35)
  4. Jazz Quartet (4:49)
  5. Nagai Band (5:40)
  6. Kebue (0:53)
  7. Kigi (3:03)

Second Set (Otomo's Room)

  1. Trio 1 (6:04)
  2. Trio 2 (4:22)
  3. Quartet 1 (3:18)
  4. Bakuon Duo (2:56)
  5. Violin Duo (3:24)
  6. Quartet 2 (4:44)

Third Set

  1. 3 Trumpets (2:58)
  2. Sojiki Band (3:17)
  3. Big Band (5:30)

The Oto Asobi project started in September 2005; the participants are mentally disabled children, musicians who play free improvisation, and music therapists. Workshops were held about three times a month, followed by two concerts: Oto no Shiro (December 3 and 4, 2005) and Oto no Umi (March 5, 2006).

Oto Asobi no Kai
Rii Numata, Yui Iiyama, Takuichiro Inuzuka, Yuko Kitagawa, Masaru Suzuki, Kota Terao, Mariko Hara, Yodai Hiraki, Daisuke Fujita, Tomoko Honma, Hiroko Miyake, Akihito Yoshizaki, and Kumi Wakao

Guests
CD 1: Shuichi Chino, Yusuke Kataoka, and Maki Ishimura
CD 2: Masafumi Ezaki, Otomo Yoshihide, Kana Hayashi, and Ari Morimoto

Recorded live at an old Western-style house, Kobe, December 3 and 4, 2005 (CD 1) and at Xebec Hall, Kobe, March 5, 2006 (CD 2)
Recorded by Akihiko Goto and Yu Wakao
Mastered by Akihiko Goto
Produced by Rii Numata and Shinya Yamazaki
Design by Asuka Uda
Illustration by Tsubasa Hama
Photos by Ai Nakagawa
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Rii Numata

Released in November 2006