Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Otomo Yoshihide

The Night before the Death of the Sampling Virus

(Extreme, XCD 024) (Australia) (CD)

  1. Toyota (0:02)
  2. Akai (0:07)
  3. Matsushita (1:18)
  4. Aiwa (0:29)
  5. Nintendo (3:27)
  6. Mitsubishi (0:04)
  7. NTT (0:32)
  8. Fuji Film (1:31)
  9. Hitachi (0:16)
  10. Shimizu (0:27)
  11. Canon (0:05)
  12. Kashima (0:48)
  13. Teac (1:06)
  14. Nissan (0:03)
  15. Citizen (1:03)
  16. Sony (0:31)
  17. Olympus (0:34)
  18. Sansui (0:15)
  19. NEC (0:13)
  20. Honda (2:26)
  21. Seibu (2:05)
  22. Bridgestone (0:03)
  23. Yamaha (2:10)
  24. Matsuda (0:30)
  25. Toshiba (0:04)
  26. Sharp (1:13)
  27. Mitsui (1:03)
  28. Casio (1:34)
  29. Nihon Victor (0:41)
  30. Sega (1:39)
  31. Juki (1:35)
  32. Pioneer (0:34)
  33. Fostex (0:17)
  34. Sumitomo (0:17)
  35. Obayashi (1:04)
  36. Asahi Kasei (1:28)
  37. Kenwood (0:05)
  38. Toyo Engineering (1:02)
  39. Nakamichi (0:20)
  40. Nikon (1:11)
  41. Suzuki (0:07)
  42. Nisseki (0:04)
  43. Fujita (0:20)
  44. Isuzu (1:48)
  45. Daihatsu (0:29)
  46. Konica (0:29)
  47. Maxell (0:38)
  48. Contax (0:11)
  49. Roland (1:19)
  50. Fujitsu (0:35)
  51. Seiko (0:49)
  52. TDK (0:36)
  53. Sanyo (0:04)
  54. Kao (0:31)
  55. Shiseido (0:35)
  56. Marubeni (0:34)
  57. Sekisui (0:24)
  58. Kanebo (1:07)
  59. JAL (0:08)
  60. Fuji Jyuko (0:17)
  61. Crown (0:48)
  62. Uniden 21 (0:32)
  63. Brother (0:12)
  64. Minolta (0:16)
  65. Komatsu (1:27)
  66. Ito Chu (1:51)
  67. Parco (0:09)
  68. Oki (0:39)
  69. Amano (0:28)
  70. Bandai (0:35)
  71. Renown (0:30)
  72. Sogo (1:14)
  73. Takeda (0:10)
  74. Kubota (1:19)
  75. Konami (0:12)
  76. Amada (0:06)
  77. Korg (0:01)

Otomo Yoshihide: DAT (1, 4-6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21, 22, 27, 30, 36, 41, 54, 68, 72, 73, 75), video (2, 10, 18, 26, 39, 55, 56, 60, 62, 67, 76), S-1000 (3, 21, 30, 34, 37, 44, 48, 49, 53, 57, 64, 65, 69, 74, 77), CD (7, 16, 32, 36, 70), toy sampler (7, 8, 16, 36, 44, 70, 72), MD (12, 16, 24, 25, 29, 44-46, 50, 61-63), open tape (13, 33, 47, 59, 72), cassette tape (15, 17, 28, 31, 38, 42, 43, 71), computer (21, 65), turntables (23, 35, 36, 51, 52, 58, 71), cassette loops (66)
Hideaki Sasaki (20): S-1000, video, MTR, cassette tape, computer
Yuji Katsui (40): sampler with drum machine, MTR cassette

Sampled guests
Tenko: voice (8, 21, 47, 65)
Eye Yamatsuka: voice (3, 7, 16, 30, 36, 44, 49, 57, 64, 70, 74, 77)

Recorded and mixed by Otomo Yoshihide at Lost Space, Tokyo, January-May 1993
Mastered by Satoshi Iwamura and Hiromi Takase at Kojima Recordings, Tokyo, May 19 and 20, 1993
Japanese design by Chikaco Oishi
Image and photos by Michael Brand
English translation by Haruna Ito
Produced by Roger Richards and Otomo Yoshihide
Co-produced by Masaki Morishita

Released in 1993