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Koto Vortex

Koto Vortex I: Works by Hiroshi Yoshimura

(Dainippon Katei Ongakukai/Pradise, PRD-268) (CD)

  1. Clouds for Alma
    1. (3:17)
    2. (1::43)
    3. (1:32)
    4. (4:18)

  2. HO.NA.MI
    1. Prologue (0:41)
    2. (4:35)
    3. (4:00)
    4. Epilogue (0:24)

  3. Vortex
    1. (9:28)

  4. Koto2
    1. Acorn Mix (7:44)
    2. Round Version (4:40)

  5. Afternoon in String-Figures
    1. (3:42)
    2. (3:17)
    3. (2:20)
    4. (2:16)
    5. (2:11)

All composed by Hiroshi Yoshimura

Koto Vortex:
Yoko Nishi: koto (HO.NA.MI, Vortex, Koto2, Afternoon in String-Figures)
Miki Maruta: koto (Clouds for Alma, Vortex, Koto2, Afternoon in String-Figures)
Etsuko Takezawa: koto (HO.NA.MI, Koto2, Afternoon in String-Figures), 17-string koto (Vortex)
Michiyo Yagi: koto (Clouds for Alma, Vortex, Afternoon in String-Figures), 17-string koto (Koto2)

Guests
Ryuko Mizutani: koto (Koto2)
Ayako Iseki: 17-string koto (Koto2)

Produced by Koto Vortex
Recorded by Izumi Sekita at Studio Sho in Tokyo on September 27, 1993, January 28, 1994 and February 21, 1994
Mastered by Izumi Sekita
Photography: Kensho Ishigaki
Artwork: Takumi Tamura
Design: Norio Gunji
Includes liner notes by Kiyoko Motegi in Japanese

Released April 1994