Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

An Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music: First A-chronology 1921-2001

(Sub Rosa, SR 190) (Belgium) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

  1. Luigi Russolo and Antonio Russolo - Corale (1921) (1:57)
  2. Walter Ruttman - Wochende (1930) (11:17)
  3. Pierre Schaeffer - Cinq Etudes de Bruits: Etude Violette (1948) (3:18)
  4. Henri Pousseur - Scambi (1957) (6:27)
  5. Gordon Mumma - The Dresden Interleaf 13 February 1945 (1965) (12:43)
  6. Angus MacLise, Tony Conrad and John Cale - Trance #2 (1965) (5:07)
  7. Philip Jeck, Otomo Yoshihide and Martin Tétreault - Untitled #1 (2000) (6:06)
  8. Survival Research Laboratories - October 24, 1992 Graz, Austria (1992) (6:11)
  9. Einsturzende Neubauten - Ragout: Küchen Rezpt von Einsturzende Neubauten (1998) (4:08)
  10. Konrad Boehmer - Aspekt (1966) (15:13)

Disc 2

  1. Nam June Paik - Hommage à John Cage (158-59) (4:13)
  2. John Cage - Rozart Mix (1965) (7:18)
  3. Sonic Youth - Audience (1983) (6:00)
  4. Edgard Varèse - Poeme Electronique (1957-58) (8:00)
  5. Iannis Xenakis - Concret PH (1958) (4:40)
  6. Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky (That Subliminal Kid) - FTP>Bundle / Conduit 23 (2001) (8:07)
  7. Pauline Oliveros - A Little Noise in the System (Moog System) (1966) (30: 16)
  8. Ryoji Ikeda - One Minute (1997) (1:00)

Produced by Sub Rosa
Curated by Guy Marc Hinant
Mastered at Equus Studios in Brussels
Design by Peter Maybury
Includes 36-page booklet in English with profiles of the musicians and comments on the tracks
Tracks 6-9 of Disc 1, and tracks 3, 6 and 8 of Disc 2 previously unreleased

Released in May 2002