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Dub Sonic Roots
Nerve Net Noise

Dub Sonic Roots Meets Nerve Net Noise: Live at Uplink Factory, November 3, 1996

(Zero Gravity, ZGV-010) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Roots Man Chant (6:21)
  2. Noroshi Roots Mix (10:44)
  3. Holy of Space Ship (9:58)
  4. Roots Man Talk Show (2:05)
  5. Roots Man as Space Man -Space Is the Place- (30:27)

Dub Sonic Roots (1, 2, 4, 5):
Takehito Nakazato (as Dub Sonic): mix, electronics, keyboard, percussion, voice
Masahiko Okukra: alto sax, percussion
Tomohide Midori: tenor sax
Masaaki Kikuchi: double bass, electronics
Masaaki "Malta" Taniguchi: voice, percussion
Tadashi Matsumoto: percussion
Yoshinori "Maru" Marui: percussion

Nerve Net Noise (3, 5):
Tsuyoshi Nakamaru: system rouge
Hiroshi Kumakiri: system blue, system blue wink

Produced by Dub Sonic and Kazunao Nagata
Recorded live at Uplink Factory, Tokyo, November 3, 1996
Mastered by Kazunao Nagata at Altoki Studio, January 6, 1997
Cover painting by Masahiko Okura
Artwork by SLP Designs (Ryo Miyoshi and Yuusuke Simiz)
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Keiji Yamabe

Released in February 1997