Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Septet//2013

(Pico, Pico-05/06) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Pico-05

  1. Masptt 1 (23:05)
  2. Masptt 2 (22:47)
  3. Masptt 3 (22:45)

    Hideaki Shimada: violin
    Ko Ishikawa: sho
    Tetuzi Akiyama: guitar
    Kenichi Matsumoto: tenor saxophone
    Daysuke Takaoka: tuba
    Toshihiro Koike: trombone
    Madoka Kouno: tape recorders

Pico-06

  1. Ocsptt 1 (24:34)
  2. Ocsptt 2 (25:56)
  3. Ocsptt 3 (22:07)

    Hideaki Shimada: violin
    Kazushige Kinoshita: violin
    Junji Hirose: tenor saxophone
    Hideo Ikegami: contrabass
    Maresuke: contraviola
    Toshihiro Koike: trombone
    Manabu Suzuki: electronics

Concerts organized and directed by Hideaki Shimada
Recorded live at Ftarri, Tokyo, May 11, 2013 (Pico-05) and October 12, 2013 (Pico-06)
Photos by Eigen Kino and Yoshiyuki Kitazato
Design by Makoto Masui
Artwork by Hideaki Shimada

Released in June 2014