Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Tenko

Slope

(Shoh, SHOH-120) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Passing through the Night (4:19)
  2. Somewhere Far Away (3:41)
  3. Guitars (1:34)
  4. I've Eaten Nuts with Different Shapes (2:16)
  5. In the Strawberry Preserves (3:40)
  6. Sleep Walker (3:18)
  7. Antagata-doko-sa (1:45)
  8. In Horto Infinito (2:41)
  9. The Time Drawers (2:54)
  10. Gradual Disappearance (2:30)
  11. Nightrope Dancing (2:33)
  12. Guitars (2:54)
  13. Opinion (3:06)
  14. A Watchdog of the Labyrinth (3:25)

Tenko: vocal (1-2, 4-14), guitar (3, 5, 12), hand claps (8), DX100 (11), snare drum (12, 14)
Ned Rothenberg: flute (1), alto sax (14)
Zeena Parkins: electric harp (1, 5), vocal (4)
Fred Frith: guitar (1, 3, 10-12), bass (1, 5-6, 9, 12-13), piano (1, 13), bass drum (1, 10), vocal (4, 10), snare drum (5, 7, 11), hand claps (8), tubular bells (9), marching drum (9), mirage (10), violin (11, 13)
David Licht: snare drum (1)
Wayne Horvitz: piano (2, 11), DX7 (2, 8), DX100 (2, 8)
Arto Lindsay: guitar (3, 10, 12), vocal (7)
David Moss: vocal (4, 7, 10-11, 13)
Kamura: vocal (4, 7, 10, 13)
Moko: vocal (4, 7)
Tom Cora: vocal (4, 10), cello (9, 11)
Christian Marclay: turntables (4, 6)
C. Batty: hand claps (8)
Kramer: Indian banjo (9)

Produced by Tenko and Fred Frith
Engineered by Kramer
Recorded at Noise New York in 1987
Mastered by Masayuki Yamamoto and Kazunao Nagata
Photography by Yoshinobu Araki
Design by Toshio Tanaka

Released in July 2001
Originally released in 1987 as an LP