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Ground Zero

Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Ver. 1.28

(ReR Megacorp, RéR GZ1) (UK) (CD)
(Locus Solus, LSI 1007) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Opening - Flying across the J.P.YEN (9:29)
  2. Consume Mao (1:33)
  3. Rush Capture of the Revolutionary Opera 1 (2:05)
  4. Red Mao Book by Sony (4:23)
  5. Crossing Frankfurt Four Times (2:02)
  6. The Glory of Hong Kong - Kabukicho Conference (4:53)
  7. Paraiso 1 (7:03)
  8. Anouncing Good News from the West (0:40)
  9. Revolutionary Enka 2001 (1:15)
  10. Grand Pink Junktion Ballad (1:27)
  11. Crossing Snow Mountains with Yamaha Bike (1:29)
  12. Rush Capture of the Revolutionary Opera 2 (0:51)
  13. Yellow Army, Beloved of the Various Nationalities (0:52)
  14. Triumphant Junction (Grand Finale) (1:07)
  15. International - Epilogue (2:49)
  16. Paraiso 2 (5:36)

All music by Otomo Yoshihide, the performers, and the sampled guests.

Ground Zero
Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntables
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar, effects
Sachiko M: sampler, voice (10)
Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
Masahiro Uemura: drums, enka keyboard (9)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: percussion, voice (10, 11)

Guests:
DJ-MAO: samples (1, 2, 10, 12, 13, 16)
Kazuhiro Nomoto: bass clarinet (1)
AYA: voice (4)
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: tenor sax (9, 12-14)

Mao Singers (13, 14):
Sachiko M, haruna ito, Tsuguto Tsunoda, Masahiro Uemura, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, Mitsuru Nasuno, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, and Otomo Yoshihide

Sampled guests:
Original Pekinese Opera groups
Heiner Goebbels: piano, etc.
Alfred 23 Harth: sax, etc.
Jon Rose (2, 10): violin, etc.
Norimizu Amaya: telephone samples (1)
Osamu Hashimoto: voice (2)
Steve Beresford: voice (2)
Rudolf Ebner (10, 11): voice, etc.
Compostela (3)
Yumiko Tanaka (1, 13, 14): voice, shamisen
Christian Marclay: record without cover (15, 16)

Recorded and mixed in March 1995 by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo
Mastered on April 4, 1995 by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital in New York
Re-mix and re-mastered in January 1996 by Otomo Yoshihide at Sank-ohso Studio and Kojima Recordings in Tokyo
Photography and art direction: Hideaki Sasaki
Artwork: Chikaco Oishi
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide
Post-produced by haruna ito

(Locus Solus, LSI 1007) includes liner notes in Japanese by Otomo Yoshihide.

Released 1996