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Ground Zero

Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Ver. 1.50

(Gentle Giant, GG701) (7" single)

Side A:
Revolutionary Pekinese Opera Ver.1.50 (5:55)

Saide B:
Live 1992 (0:59)

Ground Zero:
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables (A, B), guitar (A, B), voice (A)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (A): guitar, voice
Sachiko M (A): sampler, voice
Mitsuru Nasuno (A): bass, voice
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (A): drums, voice
Masahiro Uemura: drums (A, B), voice (A)
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: sax (A)
Yumiko Tanaka (A): gidayu-shamisen, voice
Eye Yamatsuka: voice (B)
Junji Hirose: sax (B)
Hideki Kato: bass (B)
Mao Singers: voices (A)

Sampled guests (A):
Heiner Goebbels: keyboards, etc.
Alfled 23 Harth: sax, etc.
Jon Rose: violin, etc.
Eye Yamatsuka: voice
DJ-Mao: samples
Rudolf Ebner: voice
Original Pekinese Opera groups

Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo in March 1995 (A); and recorded live by Kenji Ito at 20000V, Tokyo on March 1, 1992 (B)
Remixed by Otomo at Lost Space, Tokyo in February 1996 (A)
Design: Toako Yoshizawa

Released 1996