Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

The Garden of Forking Paths

(Spekk, KK-009) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Birds of Paradise (1:28)
  2. Aberration of Starlight (7:11)
  3. Spirits (1:32)
  4. Bay of Pearls (5:30)
  5. Autumn Equinox, August Moon, Coyolxauhqui, The Golden Bells (1:45)
  6. Feast of the Pentecost (7:00)
  7. The Lights and Perfections (4:37)
  8. Rhododendrons (2:55)
  9. Phases of the Moon (4:38)
  10. Io (2:29)
  11. Our Way Was Lit by Moonlight (6:23)
  12. Farewell Transmission from the Holy Ghost (2:34)

All music by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: electric and acoustic guitars, gong, shruti box, harmonium, singing bowl, cassette, microcassette, reel-to-reel tape machine, electronics, sound booster, ride cymbal
Tony Cross (6): percussion, tapes, electronics

Recorded at Sun Place, San Francisco, fall 2005 and spring 2006; and by Tony Cross at The Holocene, San Francisco, and in Battery Towsand, Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Mastered by Zengyo
Drawings by Satoshi Ogawa
Artwork design by mondii

Released in December 2006