HacoHaco
(Tribal Market / P-Vine Records, PCD-5558) (Japan) (CD)
(Detector, MP-24) (US) (CD)
(ReR Megacorp, ReR Haco2) (UK) (CD)
All songs written by Haco, except tracks 1 and 6 written by Haco, Peter Hollinger, and Seiichi Yamamoto; track 4 and 7 by Haco, Pierre Bastien, and Kazuhisa Uchihashi; and track 10 by Haco and Atsushi Tsuyama
Haco: all vocals, sampler, rhythm box, synthesizer, guitars (2, 4, 8, 9), tambourine (8)
Atsushi Tsuyama: bass (1, 2, 5, 9), acoustic guitar (3, 8, 9), bouzouki (10), voice (9)
Christopher Stephens: guitar (3, 9), voice (2, 3, 4, 6, 9)
Yoshimitsu Ichiraku: drums (2, 5, 9), gong (5)
Peter Hollinger: drums (1, 6)
Seiichi Yamamoto: guitar (1, 6)
Pierre Bastien and his Mecanium: African drums (4), violins (7), African harp (7)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar and effects (4), daxophone (7)
Tsuneo Imahori: guitar (5)
Tadahiko Yokogawa: bass (5)
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables (5)
Akira Sotoyama: djembe drum (9, 10)
Chikako Hidaka: Russian voice (9)
Recorded and mixed by Haco at Mescalina, Japan, 1998-1999, except Peter Hollinger's drums which were recorded and engineered by Sebastian Fell in Berlin, July 1996; Pierre Bastien's mechanical orchestras which were recorded in Rotterdam, 1996; Otomo Yoshihide's turntables which were recorded in Tokyo; Yoshimitsu Ichiraku's drums which were recorded in Yamaguchi; Kazuhisa Uchihashi's guitar and daxophone which were recorded in Kobe, 1998; Tsuneo Imahori's guitar and Tadahiko Yokogawa's bass which were recorded live with Neatopia in Bologna, 1997
Mastered by Tetsuya Kotani at Omega Sound, Osaka, April 1999
Art direction: Manga Graphixxx
Photography: Masa Kobayashi
Produced by Haco
Co-produced by Atsushi Tsuyama
Released October 1999 (P-Vine); August 2000 (Detector and ReR Megacorp)