Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Yoshihide Otomo
Bob Ostertag

Twins!

(Sank-ohso Discs/Creativeman Disc., CMDD-00030) (CD)

  1. Wacked/ Herb Robertson (parent) (3:58)
  2. Exercises for Currency/ Yoshihide Otomo (twin) (6:51)
  3. 3 Bear Rooms (Dust)/ Chris Cutler (parent) (4:42)
  4. The Power of Success/ Bob Ostertag (twin) (5:44)
  5. Fruits from Viet Nam/ Michiyo Yagi (parent) (3:55)
  6. 4 Rooms of Hong Kong Stuntman/ Yoshihide Otomo (twin) (6:35)
  7. YouÕre Going Nowhere/ Bob Ostertag (twin) (5:28)
  8. Tabbing Will Get You There Faster/ Bob Ostertag (twin) (5:08)
  9. Otok/ Yoshihide Otomo (twin) (6:23)

Track 1
Herb Roberson: a Holton trumpet and Le Roy S. Green mouthpieces exclusively
This trumpet solo was performed plunger muted.
Recorded February 28, 1996 at the Corner Store Syndicate Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Engineered by Jon Rosenberg

Tracks 2, 6, 9
Yoshihide Otomo: sampler and hard-disk recorder
Sampled guests: Sachiko Matsubara (voice-2; sampling materials-6), Yumiko Tanaka (shamisen and vocal-6), Shuichi Chino (piano-6)
Recorded July 2-5, 1996 at Lost Space in Tokyo
Recorded and mixed by Yoshihide Otomo

Track 3
Chris Cutler: gongs, tubular bell, kit drums, Tibetan finger cymbals, clay drum, woodblock, tambourine and radio
Composed by Chris Cutler
Produced at Studio Midi-Pyrenees in Caudeval, France, 1996
Engineered by Bob Drake

Tracks 4, 7, 8
Bob Ostertag: sampler
Recorded June-July, 1996 in San Francisco
Recorded and mixed by Bob Ostertag

Track 5
Michiyo Yagi: 17-string and standard kotos
Composed and arranged by Michiyo Yagi
Recorded January 31, 1996 at Sound Pot in Tokyo
Engineered by Masaki Sasaki
Recording adviser: Akikazu Nakamura

Bob Ostertag used an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler, EmagicÕs Logic Audio and Deck II.

Produced by Shigenori Noda
Mastered July 14, 1996 at Infinite Audio in San Francisco
Engineered by Bob Ostertag
Cover concept: Bob Ostertag and Yoshihide Otomo
Photography: Phyllis Christopher
Design and artwork: wokshy-oishi

*Notes of making ÒtwinsÓ
Step 1: Ostertag, Otomo and Noda each choose a Òparent.Ó
Step 2: Each ÒparentÓ makes a piece of their choosing.
Step 3: Ostertag and Otomo each make a ÒtwinÓ using pieces of the Òparent.Ó

*Twins! is also a variation of Yoshihide OtomoÕs Sampling Virus Project.

Released 1996