Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Midori Hara
Kometaro Nakamura

Blues Suisei

(Paranoiz / Compozila, PAR-50025) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Drive (5:32)
  2. Rhythm (4:51)
  3. Beautiful Beautiful Love (6:58)
  4. Yarikirenaimono (6:21)
  5. Atatakakute Tsumetaimono (2:48)
  6. Blues (5:01)
  7. Thank You Bye Bye (5:06)
  8. Bus to Handkerchief (4:59)
  9. Sayonara 90 Nentai (7:31)

All words by Midori Hara
Music by Midori Hara (2-5, 7-9), and Midori Hara and Kometaro Nakamura (1, 6)
Arranged by Kometaro Nakamura (3-4, 6-7, 9), and Kometaro Nakamura and Midori Hara (1-2)

Midori Hara: vocal (1-9), keyboards (1, 3-4), piano (4-5, 8), chorus (1, 3, 8), india chime (2-3), noise (8)
Kometaro Nakamura: electric guitar (1, 4, 9), programming (1-4, 6-9), acoustic guitar (2), reggae guitar (3), bass (3-7, 9), rap (6), chorus (1, 3, 8), bouzouki (9)

Yoshihide Otomo: guitar (2, 5)
Satoshi Minakami: prophet 5 (2, 5), clavi (6)
Hoppy Kamiyama: effects (2-3, 6), omni cord (7), cymbals (7)
Natsuki Kido: guitar (3)
Tetsu Mukoyama: drums (4, 6, 9), break beats (5)
Katsuhito Teshirogi: electric guitar (6-7)

Recorded in 1999-2000
Engineered by Kometaro Nakamura at Oh! That's Rice and Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound
Mastered by Mayo Takise at M's Disk Mastering
Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama
Art direction and styling: Midori Hara
Design and photography: Saki Furukawa

Released November 2000