Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Peter Kowald

Global Village

(Free Elephant, free elephant 001) (Germany) (CD)

Global Village trio

  1. Movement I (2:19)
  2. Movement II (2:25)
  3. Movement III (2:22)

Trio and Otomo Yoshihide

  1. Movement I (5:50)
  2. Movement II (2:44)
  3. Movement III (6:14)

Global Village trio

  1. Movement I (2:38)
  2. Movement II (3:01)
  3. Movement III (3:16)

Trio and Jin Hi Kim

  1. Movement I (5:02)
  2. Movement II (2:52)
  3. Movement III (3:28)

Global Village trio

  1. Movement I (2:25)
  2. Movement II (2:21)
  3. Movement III (1:59)

Trio and Pamela Z

  1. Movement I (4:49)
  2. Movement II (4:48)
  3. Movement III (5:34)

Global Village trio
Peter Kowald: bass
Gunda Gottschalk: violin, viola
Xu Feng Xia: guzheng

Otomo Yoshihide: electronics (4-6)
Jin Hi Kim: komungo (10-12)
Pamela Z: voice, electronics (16-18)

Recorded by Jürgen Kausemann at Artcore Studios, Wuppertal, 1999-2001 (1-9, 13-18); and by Ferrau Conengle at Metronom, Barcelona, 1999 (10-12)
Mixed and mastered by Dirk Peters at Guanako Audio, Wuppertal
Artwork by Peter Kowald
Photos by Camilla van Zuylen, Nicole Aders, Lori Eanes, and Rita Küster
Design by KSS
Includes liner notes by Niklas Wilson in German and English (translation by Scott Roller)

Released in January 2004