Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Carl Stone
Otomo Yoshihide

Monogatari: Amino Argot

(Trigram, TR-P 908) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Direction of the Tale (7:22)
  2. Audio Ink Tradition (7:46)
  3. Travel Theory (8:38)
  4. Do a Kurd Initiation (8:08))
  5. Known/Unknown (9:24)
  6. Ain't Kind Audio Riot (9:58)

Otomo Yoshihide (1, 3, 5): records, CDs, hard-disk recorder, rhythm machine, guitar, sampler
Carl Stone (2, 4, 6): SP sampler, Macintosh computer

Recorded on:
June 22, 1994 in Tokyo (1)
July 31, 1994 in San Francisco (2)
August 15, 1994 in Tokyo (3)
August 30, 1994 in San Francisco (4)
September 10, 1994 in Tokyo (5)
September 30, 1994 in San Francisco (6)

The works on the CD were created serially via DAT exchange between Otomo in Tokyo and Stone in San Francisco, each using the other's work as their own sound material.

Produced by Shigenori Noda
Composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed by Otomo Yoshihide (1, 3, 5) and Carl Stone (2, 4, 6)
Mastered by Ken Lee at Locket Labs, San Francisco
Design by Chikaco Oishi
Photography by Chikaco Oishi and Ed Colver
Includes liner notes by Otomo Yoshihide and Carl Stone in English and Japanese (translation by Haruna Ito)

Released in 1994