Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Tetsu Saitoh
Michel Doneda

Spring Road 01

(Scissors 003) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Saturday June 2nd, "Lettres de Rodez", letters from Antonin Artaud lead us through the town of Rodez, with the Théatre2 l'Acte - Rodez Cathedral featuring Michel Mathieu, Chantal Riotte and Nadia Mouëza. (9:07)

  2. Wednesday June 6th, small library in the suburbs of Blois with the children of the projects. (2:15)

  3. Sunday June 3rd, Nightfall on the Île de Layoule featuring the Théatre2 l'Acte. (3:17)

  4. Thursday June 7th, concert at the festival "les Improbables" - Horlieu - Lyon. (17:35)

  5. Tuesday May 28th, an afternoon in the Alps near Gérald's house, featuring Gérald Zbinden on guitar and Shunichiro Hisada on kotsuzumi and voice. (5:25)

  6. Saturday June 2nd, concert at the Chapelle Royale - Rodez, dedicated to Marie-Thérèse. (20:52)

All music by Michel Doneda

Tetsu Saitoh: contrabass, harmonium, Korean gong
Michel Doneda: soprano sax and sopranino sax

Recorded by Pierre-Olivier Boulant, except track 5, by Gérald Zbinden
Edited by Pierre-Olivier Boulant and Michel Doneda
Post-card collage by Michel Doneda
Photogaraphy by Idiot-san and Pascale Para
Produced by Wataru Matsumoto

Released in August 2002