DISCOGRAPHY: Otomo Yoshihide
Patrice Roussel
This is the first version of the discography of Otomo Yoshihide.
Again, we would really appreciate any comments, corrections and extra infor-
mation which could improve the quality of this discography. Specifically, if
people could send us information and/or corrections on:
* missing records and tapes,
* incorrect references (on dates, musicians, etc),
* additional references (for vinyl, CD, or different pressings);
for example, we are still looking for information on the following records:
* ELECTRIC SUN (1992 - God Mountain (Japan), GMCD-003 (CD))
* BUG: Optical 8 (1994 - God Mountain (Japan), GMCD-011 (CD))
* BLOOM: Kingjoe (???? - B-LOW RECORDS (Japan), B-TR-001-4 (CT))
* MELTCITY: Kingjoe (???? - B-LOW RECORDS (Japan), B-TR005 (CT))
* SPYCOOK: Kingjoe (???? - B-LOW RECORDS (Japan), B-TR006 (CT))
* DA VI DE BO: Kirihito (1995 - God Mountain (Japan), GMCD-019 (CD))
* ETHEREALIZE: Ground Zero (???? - ???, ??? (7"))
* VISUAL WORKS: Hoppy Kamiyama (???? - God Ocean (Japan), GOCD-001 (CD))
* DAYTONA: O.A.D. (1995 - F.M.N. Sound Factory (Japan), FMC-003 (CD))
* P53: p53 (1996 - ReR, ??? (CD))
Suzuki Naoko (RHH0...@pcvan.or.jp)
Patrice Roussel (prou...@ichips.intel.com).
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| DISCOGRAPHY OF OTOMO YOSHIHIDE |
| VERSION 1.0 - February 1996 |
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| by Suzuki Naoko |
| (RHH0...@pcvan.or.jp) |
| and Patrice Roussel |
| (prou...@ichips.intel.com) |
| 725 NW Flanders #306 |
| Portland, OR 97209 (USA) |
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With special thanks to:
Mason Jones ma...@netcom.com
Yoshiro Pooh Shikata PDC0...@niftyserve.or.jp
Stephane Vuilleumier svui...@micro.biol.ethz.ch
for sending me extra material and giving prompt answers to my questions.
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Records and tapes have been listed by chronological order for edition (and
not recording). The following records and tapes are listed:
* records and tapes by Otomo Yoshihide and/or his bands,
* records and tapes featuring Otomo Yoshihide,
* records containing composition(s) by Otomo Yoshihide,
* records containing arrangment(s) by Otomo Yoshihide;
the following ones are not listed (we think this deserves a special section):
* records (co)produced by Otomo Yoshihide,
* records having Otomo Yoshihide as a technical or musical consultant,
* records with liner notes by Otomo Yoshihide;
you won't find anything on extra material like (maybe in the near future ?):
* books,
* magazines,
* interviews,
* concerts,
* videos.
Some abbreviations:
Album Full album release, in one or more of the formats below:
LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM)
CD Compact (digital) disc
CT Cassette tape
DAT DAT, digital audio tape
DCC Digital compact cassette tape
MD MiniDisc, CD-like optical disc
Single Single release, usually from an album, in one or more of
the formats below:
7" 7" 45 RPM vinyl
10" 10" 45 RPM vinyl
12" 12" 45 RPM vinyl
EP Extended play single or mini-album, usually 33 1/3 RPM
CD-3 CD-3, 3" (7 cm) CD single
CD-5 5" (12 cm) CD single
CS Cassette single
Flexi Flexi-disc, usually included with a magazine
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| DISCOGRAPHY |
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001 - ORT: Kuroda Kyoko
1/ 4 Nin No Shogun
2/ 8 Tou No Zou No Uta
3/ Heiwa No Uta
4/ Iki-Dukai No Reihai-Shiki
5/ Taiho No Uta (The Cannon Song)
6/ Hosizora Ni Kiete (Lost in the Star)
Recorded live at Shinjuku PIT INN, on April 24, 1988
Kuroda Kyoko: piano, vocals; Kikuchi Sachiko: vocals; Ikeda Atsushi: alto,
soprano; Oka Jun: tenor, flute; Murata Yoichi: trombone; Shimada Yasuo: bass;
Wada Kei: drums; Otomo Yoshihide: noise junk.
???? - Omba-Sha (Japan), OMBA-001 (CT)
Note: all lylics by Bertolt Brecht, except (6) by Maxwell Anderson and Alan
Patton.
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002 - KIKAI-JIKAKE NO BRECHT (BRECHT A LA MACHINA): Kuroda Kyoko, Shinoda
Masami, Hirose Junji, Otomo Yoshihide
1/ Shutefferu Jisan
2/ Jisatsu Ni Tsuite
3/ Haiiro Gacho
4/ Morudau-Gawa No Uta
5/ Yamaban To Hakushakufujin No Ballad
6/ Kodomo No Tameno Kokka No Uta
Recorded live at Kichijoji Mandara in Tokyo, Japan on May 30, 1988
Kuroda Kyoko: piano, vocals, synthesizer; Shinoda Masami: alto, tenor, bari-
tone saxophone; Hirose Junji: alto, tenor, self made instrument; Otomo
Yoshihide: noise junk, turntables.
???? - Omba-Sha (Japan), OMBA-003 (CT)
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003 - TERMINAL-ZERO: Otomo Yoshihide
1/ USA-KIH 0:26
2/ 3NC 0:25
3/ YUEN-FA 1:26
4/ ESE 1:32
5/ SWORDSMAN-2 1:30
6/ INORI-2 4:20
7/ K-E 2:00
8/ SPIN 0:06
9/ DB-EP 1:38
10/ POP 1:00
11/ /CHANEL-7 0:54
12/ SABETU-TOSI
a/ SWORDSMAN 0:45
b/ 0:11
c/ 1:19
d/ 1:06
e/ 1:01
f/ 0:28
g/ 1:09
h/ 3:24
(1-11,h) recorded at Lost Space Studio, Tokyo in 1991
(a-g) recorded at Player Piano Studio, Tokyo in 1990
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, tape recorders, CD players, DAT, TV.
???? - Lost Space (Japan), LS-001 (CT)
Note: the tape was accompanied with a small electric device.
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004 - ON THE EDGE OF THE FLAME: Player Piano
1/ Freddie#1 (Makio) 0:37
2/ So-Sukan (Kato) 1:52
3/ KanKanGakugaku (Kato) 3:59
4/ Ai (Kato) 4:07
5/ Berlin (Kato) 3:14
6/ Naked (Kato) 3:46
7/ Ushiro-No Shomen (Kato) 4:04
8/ Freddie (Makio) 0:28
Kato Hideki: voice, tuner fretless bass, Steinberger bass, contrabass,
computer programming; Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar; Makio: drums,
guitar, stick bass, computer programming; Tanaka Michiaki (4): talking drum.
1991 - Art Union Corporation/B-Low Records (Japan), BLD-2301 (CD)
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005 - NOW'S THE TIME WORKSHOP VOL. 2: various artists
This record features Shiina Yutaka Quintet, Akamatsu Toshihio's 'A-PROJECT'
and duet with Michisita Kazuhiko, Murata Yoichi's 'TRAD', and Otomo
Yoshihide's 'GROUND-0'.
Otomo Yoshihide plays on six tracks with Ground-0:
12/ Last Words (Otomo) 3:47
13/ Terminal-Zero 1 (Otomo, Yamatsuka) 0:44
14/ Terminal-Zero 2 (Otomo, Yamatsuka) 1:08
15/ Terminal-Zero 3 (Otomo, Yamatsuka) 1:04
16/ Autumn Story 3:41
17/ Lam Cheng-Ying 3:52
Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntables, arrangement; Kato Hideki: bass; Uemura
Masahiro: drums; Chino Shuichi: keyboards; Hirose Junji: saxophone; Tanaka
Michiaki: percussion; Yamatsuka Eye: voice; Shu-Kei (16): narration.
1991 - Fun House Inc (Japan), FHCF-1162 (CD)
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006 - SOLID BRASS: Yoichi Murata
8/ Well You Needn't
Recorded at Nikkatsu Studio Center, March 5,12,19,26. April 17 1991
Murata Yoichi: trombone; Eric Miyashiro: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo
trumpet; Hara Tomonao: trumpet; Sugasako Masahiko: trumpet; Honda Masato:
alto, soprano, flute, clarinet; Takeno Masakuni: tenor; Yamamoto Takuo:
baritone saxophone, tenor, clarinet, bass clarinet; Sekizima Takero: tuba;
Satoh Kiyoshi: tuba; Murakami "Ponta" Shuichi: drums; Aoyama Jun: drums,
handclap; Semba Kiyohiko: percussion, handclap; Konno Yohko: piano; Otomo
Yoshihide: turntable, handmade-guitar; Toriyama Yuji: guitar.
1991 - Puff Up Labels (Japan), puf-6 (CD)
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007 - VISIONS OF JAPAN - SOUNDS OF TOKYO: Katsui Yuji, Higo Hiroshi, Otomo
Yoshihide
1/ Sound I 9:43
2/ Sound II 7:28
3/ Sound III 7:58
Kasui Yuji; Higo Hiroshi; Otomo Yoshihide.
1991 - Our Touch Records (Japan), VOJ-0979 (CD)
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008 - WE INSIST? Otomo Yoshihide
1/ We Insist? a) Rinko-Gun (Otomo) 5:32
b) X-Day
2/ Replicant (Otomo) 4:52
3/ Terminal-Zero (Otomo, Eye) 0:43
4/ Xper.Xr. (Otomo) 0:33
5/ Blackbird 1 (Otomo) 2:39
6/ Watchtower Waltz (Otomo) 3:29
7/ Film Maker From Kreuzberg (Otomo) 2:51
8/ Chronicle (Otomo) 1:43
9/ Quiet Fire At GOK (Hirose, Zone, Otomo) 0:23
10/ Cash Dispenser (Otomo) 4:52
11/ Hardcore Chinese Opera (Otomo, Eye) 1:05
12/ Techno (Otomo) 0:32
13/ Crossover (Otomo) 0:25
14/ Thrash (Hirose, Zone, Otomo) 0:20
15/ Death House (Otomo) 1:37
16/ Acid Jazz (Otomo) 0:15
17/ Psyche Punk (Otomo) 0:24
18/ World Music (Otomo) 1:19
19/ Be-bop (Otomo, Eye) 1:03
20/ Boundary (Otomo) 3:11
21/ Last Words (Otomo) 3:40
22/ Yuppie's Walk (Otomo) 1:11
23/ Blackbird 2 (Otomo) 2:41
24/ Walls (Otomo) 3:54
(5-9,15,20,23,24) recorded and mixed by Kondo Yoshiaki, Gok Sound, Tokyo,
1992
(1-24) recorded and mixed by Otomo, Lost Space, Tokyo, 1991-1992
(1-b) recorded live at Todai Komaba, Tokyo, "Noise in X'es" 1988
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide and Sound Factory Records, co-produced by
Trigram
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, sampler, tapes, guitar; Yamatsuka Eye (3,11,
19): vocals; Kato Hideki (6,7,20,21,23): bass, vocals on (15); Hirose Junji
(1-b,5,6,9,14,20): sax; Numata Jun (1-b): bass, vocals; Saito Ken-Ichi
(1-b): guitar; Uemura Masahiro (6,7,15,20,21): drums; Chino Shuichi (5,6,7,
20,23): piano, sampler; Lim Soowoong (1-b): junk, vocals; Kondo Yoshiaki
(5,6,7,8,9,15,20,23,24): mix; John Zorn (9,14): sax.
1992 - Sound Factory Records (Hong Kong), SFCD:003 (CD)
Note: Track 1 is composed for the theatre troup, RINKO-GUN.
Track 2 is composed for the theatre troup, REPLICANT and XEROX.
Tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 20, 22, 23, 24 are remixed for NHK BS TV
special program, "Berlin-Dai-tanken", produced by NHK CREATIVE.
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009 - ELECTRIC SUN
John King: guitar, vocals; Hoppy Kamiyama: keyboards; Otomo Yoshihide: turn-
tables, guitar; Hideki Kato: bass; Hideo Yamaki: drums; Yoichi Murata: trom-
bone.
1992 - God Mountain (Japan), GMCD-003 (CD)
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010 - SILANGANAN INGAY: Hirose Junji, Otomo Yoshihide
1/ Noise form Far East 3:11
2/ The Time to Live and The Time to Die 2:40
3/ 1.2.3.4. 1:22
4/ 6 and 14 Wave 5:25
5/ Black and Blue 4:01
6/ Green Bicycle 2:33
7/ Intolerable Fellow 1:30
8/ Short Tune 0:24
9/ Mob? 3:55
10/ For T.T. 1:53
11/ Crying Sky 1:51
12/ #7 1:15
13/ Jalan 5:54
14/ Don't be late! 1:41
15/ Rip 3:25
Hirose Junji: self-made instrument, toy rhythm box, toy-voice-changer, auto-
harp toys, tenor; Otomo Yoshihide: turntables with hand-made-mixer, cassette
tapes, hand-made guitar, small-instruments, toys.
???? - Tanga-Tanga (Japan), R-001 (LP)
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011 - GROUND-ZERO: Ground Zero
1/ Ground-Zero 890604 (Otomo) 4:29
2/ China White (Otomo) 1:01
3/ Lam Cheng-Ying/Yuen-Wah (Otomo) 5:17
4/ Wjaz-1 (JZ, OY, KH, TB) 2:27
5/ Chronicle-1 (Otomo) 1:26
6/ Eclipse (Otomo, Eye) 0:44
7/ Massacring (Otomo) 1:26
8/ M-Project (YE, OY, KH, UM) 0:29
9/ Ground-Zero (Otomo) 4:01
10/ G-Project (JZ, HJ, OY) 1:38
11/ Wjaz-2 (JZ, OY, KH, TB) 2:41
12/ Chronicle-2 (Otomo) 1:45
13/ Euthanasia Drive (Otomo) 1:12
14/ Topography Of The Black Lungs (YE, OY, KH, UM) 0:38
15/ Sniper Xr. (JZ, OY, KH, UM, Kondo) 0:47
16/ I X Love II B.S. (M-Project 2) (Otomo) 0:57
17/ Silanganan Ingay (G-Project 2) (HJ, YE, OY) 1:40
18/ Stranger Than Tokyo (Otomo) 3:19
19/ Ground-Zero Presents Ground-Zero (Otomo) 4:32
20/ Ground-Zero (Hong Kong-Tokyo, June 91) (OY, CS, HJ, KH, UM) 5:09
Recorded and mixed by Kondo Yoshiaki at Gok Sound in Tokyo, February-
May 1992
except (7) recorded by Otomo at Lost Space in Tokyo, May 1991
Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar; Kato Hideki: bass; Uemura Masahiro:
drums; Hirose Junji: tenor, soprano; Chino Shuichi: keyboards, piano;
Yamatsuka Eye (2,3,6,8,13,14,16,17,19): vocals; John Zorn (4,5,10,11,15):
alto; Tony Buck (4,5,11): drums; Takara Kumiko (18): vibraphone; Shu-Kei
(18): narration.
1993 - God Mountain (Japan), GMCD:002 (CD)
Note: we listed the appearances for the guests (YE, JZ, TB, TK, SK) only.
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012 - PERIL: Peril
1/ Kiken (Otomo Yoshihide) 0:44
2/ Exchange Rate (Tony Buck) 4:36
3/ Gold (Tony Buck) 7:00
4/ Peril (Tony Buck) 2:26
5/ Lurch (Tony Buck) 4:28
6/ Accidently Hoddle St (Buck, Hideki) 4:07
7/ Rotor Syndrome (Peril) 4:46
8/ 50-144 (Tony Buck) 1:47
9/ Free-Rock (Peril) 3:28
10/ Left of Center (Tony Buck) 6:10
Tony Buck: drums, samples, machines; Kato Hideki: bass, voice; Otomo
Yoshihide: turntables, guitar, tapes; Michael Sheridan: guitar.
1993 - Dr Jim's Records (Australia), DR JIM 7 (CD)
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013 - AT THE TOP OF MT. BROCKEN: Tenko
1/ Blue Heat 4:22
2/ Moonlight Waltz 5:01
3/ If I... 3:04
4/ A Piece of Silence 8:05
5/ Dressed in Memories 2:11
6/ Bolero Hyperbolic 3:02
7/ Dodo 2:46
8/ Water Hours 3:57
9/ The Sands Just Sigh 1:03
10/ Cardiogram 2:07
11/ There Play Children in The Flowering Meadow 2:35
12/ Interwoven 4:16
13/ Temptation 1:22
14/ At the Top of Mt. Brocken 2:55
15/ A Crack in a Lie 0:33
16/ An Irregular Attack 3:42
17/ Drifting 4:34
18/ The Last Angel 3:04
Recorded at Gok Sound in Tokyo between 1990 and 1991
Tenko: vocal, noise guitar, guitar; Otomo Yoshihide (1,2,3,4,7,8,10,13,15,
17): turntables, noise guitar, tape, guitar, voice; Lim Soowoong (1): spring
noise; Umezu Kazutoki (8,13,14): reeds; Ohokuma Wataru (6,11): piano, clari-
net; Kato Hideki (3,4,6,7,12,14,18): fretless bass, electric bass, accoustic
bass; Kuroda Kyoko (2,12,14): piano; Takeda Kenichi (4,11,17): taisho-koto;
Yoshizawa Motoharu (3,4,12): home-made electric vertical bass; Yoshida
Tatsuya (3,6,12,14,16): drums, voice; Issou Yukihiro (3,9,12): Nho-kan;
Imahori Tsuneo (2,5,6,10,14): guitar.
1993 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 48 (CD)
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014 - DRAGON BLUE: Tenko
1/ Magic
2/ Where's Missing
3/ Bolero Hyperbolic
4/ Shi-Ru-Si
5/ Storm
6/ Say No
7/ Passing Through The Night
8/ Happy End
9/ Kaguya
Recorded live at Crocodile, Tokyo on March 5th, 1992
Tenko: voice; Imahori Tsuneo: guitar; Kato Hideki: bass; Yoshida Tatsuya:
drums; Otomo Yoshihide: turntable, guitar.
1993 - Sound Factory Records (Hong Kong), SF CD:004 (CD)
Note: liner notes by John Zorn.
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015 - KOROSHI NO BLUES: Makigami Koichi
1/ Saizansu Mambo (Tani, Tetsuo, Tadaosa)
2/ Onna O Wasurero (Toshio, Toru)
3/ Machiboke No Kissaten (Hattori, arr. Quine)
4/ Akunin Shigan (Kayako, Riichiro, arr. Zorn)
5/ Sukiyaki Etoufee (Rokusuke, Hachidai, arr.
Klucevsek)
6/ Yozora No Fue (Kuranosuke)
7/ Tokyo No Yane No Shita (Takao, Ryoichi, arr. Gallant)
8/ Kaette Kita Yopparai (Folk Parody Gang, Kazuhiko,
arr. Yoshihide)
9/ Utsuro (Koichi)
10/ Marianne (Yasuko, Yoshio)
11/ Koroshi No Blues (Hachiro, Kagehisa)
Recorded in January 1992 at R.P.M. Dound, NYC
(10) recorded at Greenpoint
Produced by John Zorn
Makigami Koichi: vocals, devil chanting on (4); Tokyo Nami (1): vocals;
Jazzy Joyce (1): turntables; Andrew Sterman (1): piccolo; Steven Bernstein
(1,7): trumpet; Pablo Calogero (1): baritone saxophone; Marcus Persiani (1):
piano; Guillermo Edghill (1): bass; Papo Pepin (1): congas; Joe Gonzales
(1): bongos, guiro, cowbell; Raul Paonessa (1): drums; John Patton (2):
organ; Marc Ribot (2,8,11): guitar, acoustic guitar, charango; Jeff
Hirshfield (2): drums; Robert Quine (3): guitar; Matthew Sweet (3): guitar;
Steve Shelley (3): drums; Andy Haas (4): didjeridu; Anthony Coleman (4):
sampler, organ; David Shea (4,6): turntables; Mark Dresser (4): bass; James
Pugliese (4): percussions; Haino Keiji (4,10): devil chanting on (4), gui-
tar, vocals; Otomo Yoshihide (4,8,11): devil chanting on (4), turntables,
handmade guitar, sampler; Kato Hideki (4,8,9): devil chanting on (4), bass;
Guy Klucevsek (5): piano, accordion; Mark Feldman (5): violin; David Hofstra
(5,7): bass; Robert Previte (5): drums; Laura Seaton (6): violin; Jane
Scarpantoni (6): cello; Joe Gallant (7): 6-string bass; Janet Axelrod (7):
flute; Phillip Johnston (7): soprano; Walter Thompson (7): alto; Louie
Belogenis (7): tenor; Dave Sewelson (7): baritone saxophone; Frank London
(7): trumpet; Jason Hwang (7): violin; Margo Grib (7): violin, voice;
Michelle Kinney (7): cello; Dawn Buckholz (7): cello; Elizabeth Pamzer (7):
harp; Ann Klein (7): guitar; Vito Ricci (7): synthesizer, wrench guitar; Tom
Judson (7): accordion; Evan Gallagher (7): piano, organ; Skip Reed (7):
vibes, percussions; Dickie Dworkin (7): drums; Kuroda Kyoko (8): piano,
voice; Nana Vasconcelos (8): Brazilian percussions; Nicolas Collins (9):
"Barney"; John Zorn (10): alto, vocals; Bill Laswell (10): bass; Mick Harris
(10): drums, vocals; Hoppy Kamiyama (11): killer.
1993 - Toshiba-EMI Japan, TOCT-6496 (CD)
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016 - THE NIGHT BEFORE THE DEATH OF THE SAMPLING VIRUS: Otomo Yoshihide
1/ Toyota (Yoshihide) 0:02
2/ Akai (Yoshihide) 0:07
3/ Matsushita (Yoshihide) 1:18
4/ Aiwa (Yoshihide) 0:29
5/ Nintendo (Yoshihide) 3:27
6/ Mitsubishi (Yoshihide) 0:04
7/ NTT (Yoshihide) 0:32
8/ Fuji Film (Yoshihide) 1:31
9/ Hitachi (Yoshihide) 0:16
10/ Shimizu (Yoshihide) 0:27
11/ Canon (Yoshihide) 0:05
12/ Kashima (Yoshihide) 0:48
13/ Teac (Yoshihide) 1:06
14/ Nissan (Yoshihide) 0:03
15/ Citizen (Yoshihide) 1:03
16/ Sony (Yoshihide) 0:31
17/ Olympus (Yoshihide) 0:34
18/ Sansui (Yoshihide) 0:15
19/ Nec (Yoshihide) 0:13
20/ Honda (Yoshihide) 2:26
21/ Seibu (Yoshihide) 2:05
22/ Bridgestone (Yoshihide) 0:03
23/ Yamaha (Yoshihide) 2:10
24/ Matsuda (Yoshihide) 0:30
25/ Toshiba (Yoshihide) 0:04
26/ Sharp (Yoshihide) 1:13
27/ Mitsui (Yoshihide) 1:03
28/ Casio (Yoshihide) 1:34
29/ Nihon Victor (Yoshihide) 0:41
30/ Sega (Yoshihide) 1:39
31/ Juki (Yoshihide) 1:35
32/ Pioneer (Yoshihide) 0:34
33/ Fostex (Yoshihide) 0:17
34/ Sumitomo (Yoshihide) 0:17
35/ Obayashi (Yoshihide) 1:04
36/ Asahi Kasei (Yoshihide) 1:28
37/ Kenwood (Yoshihide) 0:05
38/ Toyo Engineering (Yoshihide) 1:02
39/ Nakamichi (Yoshihide) 0:20
40/ Nikon (Yoshihide) 1:11
41/ Suzuki (Yoshihide) 0:07
42/ Nisseki (Yoshihide) 0:04
43/ Fujita (Yoshihide) 0:20
44/ Isuzu (Yoshihide) 1:48
45/ Daihatsu (Yoshihide) 0:29
46/ Konica (Yoshihide) 0:29
47/ Maxell (Yoshihide) 0:38
48/ Contax (Yoshihide) 0:11
49/ Roland (Yoshihide) 1:19
50/ Fujitsu (Yoshihide) 0:35
51/ Seiko (Yoshihide) 0:49
52/ TDK (Yoshihide) 0:36
53/ Sanyo (Yoshihide) 0:04
54/ Kao (Yoshihide) 0:31
55/ Shiseido (Yoshihide) 0:35
56/ Marubeni (Yoshihide) 0:34
57/ Sekisui (Yoshihide) 0:24
58/ Kanebo (Yoshihide) 1:07
59/ Jal (Yoshihide) 0:08
60/ Fuji Jyuko (Yoshihide) 0:17
61/ Crown (Yoshihide) 0:48
62/ Uniden 21 (Yoshihide) 0:32
63/ Brother (Yoshihide) 0:12
64/ Minolta (Yoshihide) 0:16
65/ Komatsu (Yoshihide) 1:27
66/ Ito Chu (Yoshihide) 1:51
67/ Parco (Yoshihide) 0:09
68/ Oki (Yoshihide) 0:39
69/ Amano (Yoshihide) 0:28
70/ Bandai (Yoshihide) 0:35
71/ Renown (Yoshihide) 0:30
72/ Sogo (Yoshihide) 1:14
73/ Takeda (Yoshihide) 0:10
74/ Kubota (Yoshihide) 1:19
75/ Konami (Yoshihide) 0:12
76/ Amada (Yoshihide) 0:06
77/ Korg (Yoshihide) 0:01
Otomo Yoshihide: DAT, MD, turntable, etc; Yamatsuka Eye (3,7,16,30,36,44,
49,57,64,70,74): voice; Tenko (8,21,47,65): voice.
1993 - Extreme (Australia), XCD 024 (CD)
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017 - NEU KONSERVATIW: various artists
This record features Altered States, P.O.N., Koenji-Hyakkei, Tipographica,
Dennis Gunn, Bass Army, Doom, E-Trance, Demi Semi Quaver, Dissecting Table,
Optical-8, Royal Squeeze It, Ground Zero, God Mountain Orchestra.
Otomo Yoshihide plays on one track with Ground Zero:
14/ Null & Void-Preview
Recorded at Gok Sound, Tokyo between 1992-1993
Mastered at Lost Space, Tokyo in 1993
Otomo Yoshihide: turntable; Chino Shuichi: piano, synthesizer; Hirose Junji:
saxophone; Kato Hideki: bass; Kimoto Kazuyoshi: bass; Uemura Masahiro:
drums; Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar; Tony Buck: sampler, percussion; Yamatsuka
Eye: voice; Takara Kumiko: percussion, toys; Akioka Oh: Bandlim.
1994 - God Mountain (Japan), GMCD-009 (CD)
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018 - BUG: Optical 8
Hoppy Kamiyama: keyboards, violin, etc; Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntables;
Masafuni Minato: drums; Reck: bass, guitar, vocals.
1994 - God Mountain (Japan), GMCD-011 (CD)
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019 - ETERNAL BLUE EXTREME - AN ASIAN TRIBUTE TO DEREK JARMAN: various artists
This record features Merzbow, C.C.C.C., Juno, Otomo Yoshihide, I.666, Aube,
PNF, Z.S.L.O.
Otomo Yoshihide plays solo on two tracks:
4/ The Garden of Nuclear Reactor (Blue Mix) 8:02
7/ Speed Star (Blue Mix) 4:37
Recorded for MUJURYOKU-TV (NHK-BS) in March 1994
Mastered at Lost Space, Tokyo on September 12, 1994
Otomo Yoshihide: sampler, guitar; Aya: voice.
1994 - Somnus Productions Ltd. (Canada), SM-001 (CD)
Note: limited edition of 449.
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020 - BLOOM: Kingjoe
Sasaki Hideaki: electric machines, tapes, voice, video & films; Masuko Ju:
electric guitar, keyboard & c (?); Irifune Tetsuya: samples, computer & c
(?);
???? - B-LOW RECORDS (Japan), B-TR-001-4 (CT)
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021 - MELTCITY: Kingjoe
Sasaki Hideaki: electric machines, tapes, voice, video & films; Masuko Ju:
electric guitar, keyboard & c (?); Irifune Tetsuya: samples, computer & c
(?); Otomo Yoshihide: self-made junk guitar.
???? - B-LOW RECORDS (Japan), B-TR005 (CT)
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022 - SPYCOOK: Kingjoe
???? - B-LOW RECORDS (Japan), B-TR006 (CT)
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023 - THE BLUE KITE - A HISTORY UNTOLD, A MEMORY UNFOLDS...: Otomo Yoshihide
Soundtrack of a film by Tian Zhuangzhuang.
1/ Main Title - Short Version 0:12
2/ Crow Song - Opening 0:25
3/ Main Title - Long Version 1:51
4/ Wedding Song 0:45
5/ Newly - Married Couple 0:36
6/ Crow Song - Birth 1:00
7/ Courtyard -1 Childhood 4:49
8/ The Blue Kite -1 0:50
9/ Anxiety 1:13
10/ Parting 0:31
11/ Letter 0:34
12/ Sparrow 1:42
13/ Crow Song - Toy Clocken Version 1:02
14/ Repentance 0:50
15/ Main Title - Altered Version 0:51
16/ Courtyard -2 0:54
17/ Crow Song - Moving 1:24
18/ Children Fight 1:14
19/ Crow Song - Mother & Son 0:23
20/ The Blue Kite 2 1:24
21/ Undercurrent 1 4:11
22/ Undercurrent 2 2:36
23/ Courtyard 3 1:20
24/ Courtyard 3 -Altered Version 1:20
25/ Crow Song - Mother & Son -2 0:46
26/ Anxienty - Altered Version 1:12
27/ Crow Song - Culture Revolution 3:14
28/ Crow Song - Ending 0:20
29/ Ending Title 1:12
(4,5,12,18) are sound effects from the film
(3,7,21,22,24) are additional recordings for the CD
(11,15,26) are altered take from the film
Recorded by Kondo Yoshiaki at GOK Sound, Tokyo on April 6 and 7, 1993
Otomo Yoshihide: sampler, cymbals; Chino Shuichi: piano, toy piano, prepared
piano; Akioka Oh: bandlin (brazilian mandolin); Takara Kumiko:percussions,
toy glocken, vibraphone, additional synthesizer; Uchihashi Kazuhisa (7):
electric guitar; Noda Shigenori (9,26): jew's harp; Yi Tian (2,28): vocal;
Lu Liping (3): vocal; Chen Xiaoman (27): narration.
1994 - Trigram (Japan), S & T 001 (CD)
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024 - LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA LIVE: Altered States featuring Otomo Yoshihide
1/ Motif B
2/ Chain Reaction
3/ Improvisation #1
4/ Improvisation #2
5/ Motif B Improvisation #3
6/ Improvisation #4
7/ Ground Zero
8/ (Japanese title)
9/ Lithuania Mix
(1,2) recorded at Estonian Radio on October 6, 1993
(3,4,5,6,7,8) recorded at Talinn international Festival on October 7, 1993
(8,9) recorded at Vinius Jazz Festival on October 9, 1993
Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar, effects; Nasuno Mitsuru: bass; Yoshigaki
Yasuhiro: drums; Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar.
1994 - Trigram (Japan), TR-P 903 (CD)
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025 - ALL AT ONCE AT ANY TIME: David Moss, John King, Otomo Yoshihide
1/ The Big Hit (DM,JK,OY) 1:39
2/ Baby Blues For Marilyn (DM,JK,OY) 3:29
3/ Fast Talking (DM,JK,OY) 4:17
4/ DJ Polka (DM,JK,OY) 1:15
5/ The Soft One (DM,JK,OY) 3:29
6/ Baby Fat (DM,JK,OY) 5:28
7/ Choto Mate (DM,JK,OY) 5:17
8/ React Alot (DM,JK,OY) 6:51
9/ The Show (DM,JK,OY) 1:58
10/ Yonatano (DM,JK,OY) 3:32
11/ No Name For Now (DM,JK,OY) 5:41
12/ Unplugged (DM,JK,OY) 4:05
13/ Surfing The High C's (DM,JK,OY) 2:38
Recorded live on May 20, 1994 at the 11th Festival International de Musi-
que Actuelle de Victoriaville
John King: guitar, vocals; David Moss: drums, electronics, vocals; Otomo
Yoshihide: turntables, guitar, samplers, vocals.
1994 - Victo (Canada), Victo cd029 (CD)
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026 - CYBERBAND: Richard Teitelbaum
1/ Hard Ticket (TC,FF,GL,RT,MW,CZ) 8:13
2/ Emperor Walks (The Marionette) (Teitelbaum) 7:32
3/ Sunrise On The Spraul (TC,FF,GL,RT,CZ) 7:24
4/ Duo (Frith, Lewis) 5:34
5/ Whirled Bands (FF,OY,RT) 7:37
6/ Running Up And (FF,RT,CZ) 8:08
7/ Coming Abstractions (FF,GL,OY,RT,MW,CZ) 15:34
Recorded live during the 1993 Moers Festival
Richard Teitelbaum: synthesizers, samplers; George Lewis: trombone, synthe-
sizer; Tom Cora: cello; Fred Frith: guitars, electronic; Otomo Yoshihide:
turntables, cd-player; Michael Waisvisz: synthesizers; Carlos Zingaro: vio-
lin.
1994 - Moers Music (Germany), 03000CD (CD)
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027 - VIOLIN MUSIC FOR SUPERMARKETS: Jon Rose
1/ Kettle Piece (Rose) 2:40
2/ Mozak (Rose) 1:46
3/ What Shall We Buy? (Rose) 2:19
4/ Window Shopping (Hank Williams) 2:04
5/ The Mouth With Shopping List (Rose) 2:44
6/ In The Queue (Rose) 1:28
7/ Techno Soap (Rose) 4:05
8/ Shopping In Italy (Rose) 0:50
9/ Shopping For The Bird (Rose) 2:43
10/ Tribal Chant (Rose) 1:08
11/ Shopping In Tuva (Rose) 3:51
12/ Screwing (Rose) 1:44
13/ All Gotta Go (Designer Violins Too) (Rose) 1:02
14/ Shopping In Paris (Rose) 1:23
15/ Sharks Feeding (Rose) 1:18
16/ Post Cold War Shopping (Rose) 0:58
17/ Japanese Porn Ads (Rose) 3:24
18/ A Mystic Experience (Rose) 1:36
19/ Metal Car Advertising (Rose) 3:25
20/ The New Car (Chadbourne) 1:51
21/ Shopping For Spare Parts (Rose) 0:37
22/ Auction Of Priceless Jazz Records (Rose) 3:22
23/ Budget Soap (Rose) 2:32
24/ Shopping Mall Choir (Rose) 3:04
25/ Shopping In Bangkok (Rose) 3:48
26/ Pumping The Metaphor (Rose) 2:04
27/ Princess & Zuba (Rose) 1:16
28/ Department Store (Shopping) (Seaton) 2:36
29/ Picking Thru The Garbage (Rose) 2:16
30/ The Chair That Thought It Was A Violin In A Firesale
(Rose) 0:30
31/ Hey Diddle Diddle (Rose) 3:20
32/ Ray And Rayline (Rose) 4:03
33/ Mum's The Word (Rose) 0:35
Jon Rose: vocals, 19-string cello, sampling, ring modulator violin, piano,
fake sting orchestra; Lucy Bell: soap acting; Miranda Otto: soap acting;
Brian Rooney: soap acting; Noah Taylor: soap acting; The Orchestra Of
Ancient Guts (2); Eugene Chadbourne (4,20,29): vocals, banjo; The Checkouts
(4); Natasha Pschenitschkowa (6); The New Market Economy Gypsy Orchestra
(6); Tristan Hosinger (9): cello, vocal text; Sainkho (11): vocal, text;
Lauren Newton (12,26): vocal; Otomo Yoshihide (17): contribution (?);
Matsubara Sachiko (17): vocals; Jimmi 'Interactive' Rosenberg (19); Chris
Cutler (21,27): text; Frank Schulte (22): records; Choir Of The Aufruhr
(24); Fred Frith (25): opens his guitar case; Laura Seaton (28): violin,
vocal; Erik Friedlander (28): cello; Kevin Norton (28): drums, vocals,
samples; Chris De Chiara (31): computer programming.
1994 - Megaphone Records (USA), Megaphone 016 (CD)
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028 - KARADA WA OTO O DASU MONO: Bass Army
1/ Crossfire (Hideki)
2/ Karada Wa Oto O Dasu Mono (Hideki)
3/ Infliction (Masahiro)
4/ Politics of Hate (Hideki)
5/ Sneak Attack (Hideki)
6/ Himitsu Keisatsu/Sorekara (Hideki)
7/ Skirmish (Hideki, Kazuyoshi, Masahiro)
8/ Implosion (Hideki, Kazuyoshi, Masahiro)
9/ Vanishing Point (Hideki)
10/ National Front (Kazuyoshi)
11/ Uwatte Inai Koto Ga Aru (Hideki)
12/ Ashes to Ashes (Hideki)
Kato Hideki: bass, voice, noise; Kimoto Kazuyoshi: bass, voice; Uemura
Masahiro: drums, voice, bass; Otomo Yoshihide (2,6): turntables.
1994 (?) - Trigram (Japan), TR-P 907 (CD)
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029 - MONOGATARI: AMINO ARGOT: Otomo Yoshihide, Carl Stone
1/ Direction of the Tale
2/ Audio Ink Tradition
3/ Travel Theory
4/ Do a Kurd Initiation
5/ Known/Unknown
6/ Ain't Kind Audio Riot
(1) recorded in Tokyo on June 22, 1994
(2) recorded in San Francisco on July 31, 1994
(3) recorded in Tokyo on August 15, 1994
(4) recorded in San Francisco on August 30, 1994
(5) recorded in Tokyo on September 10, 1994
(6) recorded in San Francisco on September 30, 1994
Otomo Yoshihide (1,3,5); Carl Stone (2,4,6).
1994 - Trigram (Japan), TR-P 908 (CD)
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030 - MULTIVERSE: Peril
1/ Sheer Bloody Mindedness 1:04
2/ Hit Bit 0:52
3/ Snatch and Grab 1:59
4/ Jazz 1:26
5/ Illegal Alien 5:58
6/ Silent Masses 3:01
7/ 06 0:18
8/ Hit and Run 4:55
9/ Ascension 1:28
10/ Dancing on the Heads of the Scum of the Earth 1:58
11/ Darwin 0:21
12/ 07 0:28
13/ New Peril 5:39
14/ Michael Johnson 0:58
15/ Bern Baby, Bern 2:25
16/ 08 1:08
17/ Anger\Fun 0:32
18/ Dumb Drum Dub 0:35
19/ Regimental Anxiety 1:59
20/ Peppermint Lounge 1:29
21/ Aquamarine 4:55
Recorded and mixed at studio Boterdiep (Holland), July-October 1993
Tony Buck: drums, samples, machines, vocal; Otomo Yoshihide: turntables,
guitar; Sheridan: guitar; Thierry Fosmale: bass.
1995 - Sound Factory (Hong Kong), SFCD 015 (CD)
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031 - OTOMO YOSHIHIDE EARLY WORKS I '81: Otomo Yoshihide
1/ Religion-4 17:55
2/ Guitar Solo 2:26
3/ Religion-3 2:45
4/ Sax of a Kind + PB Radic'84 2:45
5/ Religion-1 3:23
6/ Religion-2 2:22
7/ NS-500 8:36
(1) recorded live at Otomo's Apt., Japan in 1985
(2) recorded live at Goodman in Tokyo, Japan in 1981
(3) recorded live at Otomo's Apt., Japan in 1985
(4) recorded live at Kogakuin-Univ. in Tokyo, Japan in 1984
(5) recorded live at Otomo's Apt. in Tokyo, Japan in 1983
(6) recorded live at Doin' Studio in Tokyo, Japan in 1984
(7) recorded live at Meiji-Univ. in Tokyo, Japan in 1982
Mastered at Toho Tsushin Studio in Fukushima, Japan in January 1994 (no
overdubs)
Otomo Yoshihide: turntable, tape, radio, guitar, violin, voice, synthesizer,
el-springs, toys, tape edit; Sakamoto Taisuke (4): guitar; Watanabe Norifumi
(4): guitar; Usui Naoto (4): bass; Nagahama Yoshikuni (4,7): drums; Im Lim
Soowoong (7): tenor; Kato Masao (7): bass.
1994 - Our-Touch-Records (Japan), Maboroshi-no-sekai P-0010 (CT)
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032 - CRUEL BEASTS: various artists
This tape features Makigami Koichi, Yamamoto Seiichi, Children Coup D'Etat,
Piranezi, Yoshida Tatsuya, Harpy, Yoshimi Good, Soh Band.
Otomo Yoshihide plays solo on two tracks:
5/ Mujuryoku TV 4:50
6/ Double Void 0:16
(5) recorded at Lost Space, February 1994
(6) recorded at Lost Space, August 1994
Otomo Yoshihide: hard disk sampler, guitar, turntable.
1994 - Our-Touch-Records (Japan), Maboroshi-no-sekai B-0018 (CT)
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033 - GENDER: Optical*8
1/ Dare To Be "Uncool" (Y. Kondo, Kamiyama) 8:44
2/ Blessed Bloomer (Optical*8) 7:56
3/ Otto Hypnosis (Optical*8) 24:05
4/ Disposable Heros Do "Lunch" (Optical*8) 8:41
Recorded and mixed in April/May 1994
Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizers, smaples, neuz-violin, gram-pot; Reck: bass,
guitar; Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntables; Masafumi Minato: drums, toy
steel drum.
1995 - God Mountain (Japan), gmcd014 (CD)
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034 - DA VI DE BO: Kirihito
Shunsuke Hayakawa: drums, percussion, vocals; Ken Takehisa: vocals, guitar,
Casiotone; Otomo Yoshihide; Reck; Haruna Shusaku: trumpet, elephant-stick.
1995 - God Mountain (Japan), GMCD-019 (CD)
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035 - ETHEREALIZE: Ground Zero
Otomo Yoshihide; etc.
???? - ???, ??? (7")
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036 - KAKUMEI KYOUGEKI - REVOLUTIONARY PEKINESE OPERA: Ground Zero
1/ 6 Seconds 4 Frames 0:06
2/ Opening - Japanese Economy 9:27
3/ Consume Mao 1:32
4/ Thema Mao 1 2:05
5/ Red Mao Book 4:23
6/ Frankfurt Mao 2:00
7/ Maologue 4:52
8/ Blue Mao 7:02
9/ Ronald Mao 1:27
10/ Enka Mao 1:14
11/ Pink Mao 1:27
12/ Maology 1:28
13/ Thema Mao 2 0:51
14/ Slogan 0:51
15/ Grand Finale 1:11
16/ International 1:43
17/ 5 Seconds 4 Frame 0:06
Recorded and mixed by Kondo Yoshiaki at GOK SOUND, Tokyo on March 1995
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar; Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar, effects;
Matsubara Sachiko: sampler, voice; Nasuno Mitsuru: bass; Uemura Masahiro:
drums, enka keyboard; Yoshigaki Yasuhiro: drums, percussion, voice; DJ-MAO
(2,3,11,13,14,17): samples; Nomoto Kazuhiro (2): bass clarinet; AYA (5):
voice; Kikuchi Naruyoshi (10,13): tenor.
Sampled Guests are:
Original Pekinese opera groupes (all tracks, except 1,9,10,16,17); Heiner
Goebbels (2,4,5,6,7,8): piano, etc; Alfred 23 Harth (2,4,5,6,7,8): sax, etc;
Jon Rose (3,11): violin; Amaya Norimizu (2): telephone samples; Hashimoto
Osamu (3): voice; Steve Beresford (3): voice; Rudolf Ebner (11,12): voice,
etc.
1995 - Trigram (Japan), TR-P 909 (CD)
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037 - NULL & VOID: Ground Zero
1/ Null & Void: Introduction 0:41
2/ Null & Void: TV-Q Missile 7:20
3/ International -1 8:55
4/ Null & Void: Left Side 1:32
5/ Movie -1 5:39
6/ Null & Void: Right Side 1:30
7/ Movie -2 9:01
8/ International -2 9:45
9/ Null & Void: Continued 3:53
Recorded & mixed by Kondo Yoshiaki at Gok Sound, Tokyo, July-August 1993
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, CD, DAT, MD, guitar, sampler; Chino Shuichi
(2,5,7,8,9): piano, synthesizer, small electronics; Hirose Junji (2,7,8):
tenor, soprano; Uchihashi Kazuhisa (2,5,7): guitar; Kimoto Kazuyoshi (2,5,
7,8): bass, violin; Uemura Masahiro (2,5): drums; Kato Hideki (5): sampled
contrabass; Takara Kumiko (8): percussions; Akioka Oh (8): bandrin; Nelson
Hiu, Dickson Dee and his family, Xper Xr: sampled voice and etc.
1995 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7204 (CD)
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038 - SWITCHBOX: Frank Schulte
The Theme of Switchbox is communications systems, electronic networks,
communication situations. The player/listener visualises households, units
which represent their personal musical language, and their individual
preferences.
1/ untitled
2/ untitled
3/ untitled
4/ untitled
5/ untitled
Recorded from May to December 1994 in Cologne
Frank Schulte: synthesizers, sampler, tapes, records, vocals, conductor;
Anna Homler: vocals, toy instruments; Frank Gratowski: reeds; Thomas
Heberer: trumpets; Axel Otto: soundtables, toys, tapes; David Moss: drums,
vocals, electronics; Jon Rose: vocals, electronics; Andres Bosshard: tape-
machinery, computer, matrix sound editing; Frank Samba: drums; Otomo
Yoshihide: turntables, electric guitar; Dieter Manderscheid: kontrabass;
Waldemar Rogoya: speaker; Bernard Mixon: speaker; Peter Schweiger: speaker.
1995 - Recommended/No Man's Land, nml 9421 (CD)
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039 - KANG TAE HWAN: Kang Tae Hwan
Solo and duos with Ned Rothenberg and Otomo Yoshihide.
1/ Solo I (Kang Tae Hwan) 14:01
2/ Duo I (Kang, Rothenberg) 8:03
3/ Duo II (Kang, Yoshihide) 15:11
4/ Solo II (Kang Tae Hwan) 14:11
5/ Trio (KTH, NR, OY) 19:22
(1,2,4) recorded at cafe Amores (Hofu) on September 1, 1994
(3,5) recorded at Pepperland (Okayama) on August 30, 1994
Kang Tae Hwan: alto; Ned Rothengerg: alto, bass clarinet; Otomo Yoshihide:
turntables.
1995 - Chap Chap, CPCD-001 (CD)
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040 - VIOLIN MUSIC IN THE AGE OF SHOPPING: Jon Rose
1/ Traditional Shopping Call (Rose) 1:36
2/ TV Shopping (A. Kent) 3:24
3/ A Channel Surfer's Guide to the Information Industry
(Rose) 2:58
4/ Elevator Girls (Rose) 3:00
5/ Shopping Trolley Wars (Rose) 2:39
6/ Temptation (trad) 3:11
7/ Blind Faith (Rose) 1:52
8/ Packaging / No Service Alarm Sequence (Rose) 1:21
9/ Dream (B. Bryant) 3:12
10/ The Shopping List (A) (Rose) 2:57
11/ Is It Me? (Rose) 1:38
12/ The Gift (Rose) 1:20
13/ Shopping World (Rose) 1:56
14/ The Shopping List (B) (Rose) 5:14
15/ The Garbage Round Waltz (Rose) 4:05
16/ Closing Down Sale (Rose) 1:58
17/ Oo! That's Nice (Rose) 2:18
18/ Tribal Chant (Rose) 3:21
19/ Selling The Water (Rose) 1:13
20/ It's a W(rapp) (Rose) 0:56
21/ Let Me Sell You A Smile (C. Chaplin) 4:32
22/ A Talking Machine (Rose) 0:37
Recorded at Taktlos 94 Festival, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland on March
28, 1994
Jon Rose: concept, text, arrangements, violin, interactive samples, muzak,
toy violins, voice; Shelley Hirsch: voice; Chris Cutler: drums, electronic
percussion, packaging; Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar, samples, muzak,
location shopping recordings; Irene Schweizer (?): piano; Matsubara Sachiko,
Noda Shigeroni: elevator girls recordings; Rik Rue: shopping list compila-
tion.
1995 - Intakt Records (Switzerland), Intakt CD 038 (CD)
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041 - SUMMER SNOW: Otomo Yoshihide
Soundtrack for a movie by Ann Hui.
1/ *
2/ Summer Snow
3/ Ah-ngor's Teme
4/ Lost March - city version
5/ *
6/ The Thread Snaps
7/ Left Behind
8/ Lost March - alternate take
9/ The Twilight Years
10/ Speed Techno (Yoshihide, Shimizu Ikuo)
11/ Strange Japanese Dance Music (Yoshihide, Isso Yukihiro,
Uemura Masahiro)
12/ The Clam
13/ Lost March - town version
14/ To Live
15/ Repose
16/ *
17/ Pigeons on the Roof (Yoshihide)
18/ Ah-ngor's Theme - reprise (Yoshihide)
"*" traditional music from the film
Recorded at EARTH STUDIO, Yotsuya P3, environment and Lost Space, Tokyo
in November 1994
Chino Shuichi: school organ, sampler; Matsumoto Osamu: trombone, bass tromb-
one, euphonium; Kikuchi Naruyoshi: tenor, soprano; Uchihashi Kazuhisa: elec-
tric guitar, tenor ragged banjo; Uemura Masahiro: drums; Yoshigaki Yasuhiro:
djembe, cymbals; Otomo Yoshihide: electric guitar, sampler; Jim O'Rouke (2,
20): electric guitar; Isso Yukihiro (12): shino-bue; Okura Masahiko (14):
Indian double reed pipe; Shimizu Kunio (11): drum machine; Yoshimi (11):
sampled voice; Aya (11): sampled voice.
1995 - Kim Workshop / Sound Factory (Hong Kong), STK003 (CD)
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042 - CHIPFARM: Optical-8 + Melt Banana + Elliot Sharp + Zeena Parkins
1/ Trash or Not? (Yasuko O, Melt-Banana)
2/ Spynetwork (Parkins)
3/ Carps & Crows (Sharp)
4/ Uknown Mix-2 (Otomo)
5/ Invisible Thread (Hoppy)
6/ Yes, We're! 1 (Sharp, Parkins)
7/ Blunberbus (Sharp, Parkins)
8/ Hurry Sundown 1 (Parkins)
9/ Hurry Sundown 2 (Parkins)
10/ Where the Sidewalk Ends (Parkins)
11/ Plot Cake (Yasuko O, Melt-Banana)
12/ Grenstale No.13 (Otomo)
13/ Yes, We're! 2 (Sharp, Parkins)
14/ Vilnius-3 (Otomo)
15/ Banana Fiction (Sharp, Parkins)
16/ Switch (Hoppy)
17/ Whirlpool (Sharp, Parkins)
18/ Noh Surf (Sharp, Parkins)
19/ Ritty (Sharp)
20/ Melt-Lemon-3 (Otomo)
Recorded in November 1994
Optical-8: Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizers, samples, electric-violin, tapes,
gram-pot; Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables; Reck: bass; Masafumi Minato:
drums.
Melt Banana: Yasuko O: vocal; Agata: guitar; Rika mm: bass; Sudoh toshiaki:
drums.
Elliot Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass, sustainer guitar, soprano sax, samples.
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, melodica, voice, samples, tapes.
1995 - God Mountain (Japan), gmcd-016 (CD)
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043 - WOHLSTAND - GERMAN-JAPANESE NOISE-COMPILATION: various artists
This record features Ufo or Die, Funf, Ground Zero, Melt Banana,
Knochengirl, Merzbow, Kissfreak Steven, Omoide Hatoba, Party Generator,
Zeni Geva, Mutter, Dead Chickens, Ruins, Surrogat, Trickbeat, Violent Onsen
Geisha, Space Streakings, Sielwolf, Null, HP Neidhardt.
3/ ZERO 890604/China White (Ground Zero)
Recorded at Gok Sound, Tokyo
Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar; Kato Hideki: bass; Uemura Masahiro:
drums; Hirose Junji: tenor, soprano; Chino Shuichi: keyboards, piano; Eye
Yamatsuka: vocals (on China White).
1995 - Human Wreckords (Germany), HW 012 (CD)
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044 - RIDDLE OF LUMEN: various artists
This record features Drill Man, PON, U, Peregrini, Otomo Yoshihide, Soap-Joh
Henshi, O.A.D., Solmania, bidgliba, Romp, EQ, Live Under The Sky.
Otomo Yoshihide plays on two tracks in solo:
5/ N.N. Scum
12/ International-Short Mix for T.S
Recorded in January and February 1994
Mastered at Lost Space, Tokyo in August and September 1994
Otomo Yoshihide: hard disk recorder, records, TV.
1995 - F.M.N. Sound Factory (Japan), FMC-001 (CD)
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045 - SOLO LIVE IN KYOTO '92: Otomo Yoshihide
1/ Paris-Peking-1
2/ Paris-Peking-2
3/ /Paris-Peking-3
4/ Paris-Peking-4
5/ Paris-Peking-5
6/ Jazz Avan-Garde Chronicle-1
7/ /Jazz Avan-Garde Chronicle-2
8/ Jazz Avan-Garde Chronicle-3
Recorded solo live at Quest in Kyoto, Japan on November 7, 1992
(4) recorded live at Bungei-za in Kyoto, Japan in May 1993
Mastered at Lost Space in Tokyo, Japan in September 1993
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, CD player, guitar.
1994 - F.M.N. Sound Factory (Japan), FSF-005 (CT)
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046 - TATAKIURI - JAPAN/CHINA POINT OF SALES TOUR: Jon Rose, Otomo Yoshihide
1/ Dr.Rosenberg in Tian'an Men Square
2/ Ethno Shop
3/ Opening Time
4/ Seicho Tsugaru Tatakiuri-bushi
5/ Door to Door Salesman 1
6/ Bargain Hunt Cult
7/ Beautiful Elevator Girl
8/ Japanese Manga Shopping
9/ Shopping Requiem
10/ Mao's Techno Rave
11/ Door to Door Salesman 2
12/ In Badget Paradise
13/ Japanese Porm Ads 2
14/ Stereo Balance Test
15/ Daikoku-za TV shopping
16/ Sohran Shopping
17/ Door to Door Salesman 3
18/ Japanese Speedcore Shoppers
19/ Water Businessman
20/ Shopping Tour in Peking - Live in Peking
21/ Kaimono Urami-bushi
22/ Memories Shopping
23/ Japanese Doom Shoppers
(2,4,8,10,12,14,21) recorded at Gok Sound, Tokyo in April 1994
(3,6,7,9,13,19,22) recorded at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo in April 1994
(1,10,20) recorded in Peking, China in October 1994
(5,11,17) recorded in Australia, during Winter 1994
(16) recorded at Minami Aoyama Mandala, Tokyo in April 1994
(15) recorded at Daikoku-za, Urakawa, Hokkaido in April 1994
Dr.Johannes Rosenberg (1,10): voice; Mr. Aha May (1): voice; Tokyo Nammy (2,
12,16): sampled voice, voice; Jon Rose: violin, washing, voice, organ, back
vocals; Otomo Yoshihide: sampler, remix, turntables, guitar, DAT, back voc-
als, Doom Shop Singers; Tsunoda Tsuguto (2,4,6): sales samples; Matsubara
Sachiko (3,7,13,16,21): department girl, voice, elevator girl, samples, back
vocals; Sato Michihiro (4,16,21): tsugaru-shamisen; Marie-Mart (5,11,17):
voice; Hojito Ryoji (5,13,17): Japanese salesman, piano, toys, Japanese
hardcore salesman; Nasuno Mitsuru (6,18,23): voice, Doom Shop Singers;
Nelson Hiu (6,9,16,19): Asian flute, voice, back vocals; Kimoto Kazuyoshi
(6): violin; Shimizu Masaki (6): bass; Yoshigaki Yasuhiro (6,23): drums,
voice, Doom Shop Singers; Noda Shigenori (7,23): elevator girl samples,
manager; Makigami Koichi (8,14,17): voice; Jo 'Doc' Rosenberg (8): violin;
Uchihashi Kazuhisa (9,15): guitar; Jimmi Rosenberg (10): violin; DJ
Car-House (10): turntables; Mao Tse-Tung (10): voice; DJ Mao (10): remix;
Hoppy Kamiyama (13): synthesizers; Shiba Tetsu (13): pianica; Kuroda Kyoko
(16): piano, back vocals; Uemura Masahiro (16): drums, back vocals; Zhang
Chun Sheng (20): Er-hu; Hu Xin Hang (20): voice; Pinako (23): cult laughter;
Uchiyan (23): cult laughter.
1995 - Sank-Ohso Discs (Japan), CMDD-00017 (CD)
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047 - VISUAL WORKS: Hoppy Kamiyama
Hoppy Kamiyama: keyboards, guitar, effects, etc; Otomo Yoshihide: guitar;
Genya Kuwajima: computer processing; Me-cken: bass; Honey OK: voice; Hikaru
Yoshida: guitar.
???? - God Ocean (Japan), GOCD-001 (CD)
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048 - FREAK SMILE: Spank Happy
Otomo Yoshihide plays on three tracks:
1/ I Love You no Gyakushu 3:46
9/ Kanashimu Buttai 6:42
10/ USSR? 5:40
Hara Midori: vocal, chorus; Kikuchi Naruyoshi: saxes; Kono Shin: synthesi-
zers, Hammond; Imahori Tsuneo (1): guitar; Uemura Masahiro (1): drums; Otomo
Yoshihide: turntable, handmade-guitar; Kuwano Sei Strings: strings;
Uchihashi Kazuhisa (9): guitar; Nasuno Mitsuru (9): bass; Yoshigaki Yasuhiro
(1): drums, guitar solo; Kikuchi Narusyohi (9): tenor; Kubota Haruo Graucho
Putiatih (10): guitar; Chico Godwsky (10): bass; Karl Muraviyou (10): drums;
Asa-chang (10): drums, percussions.
1995 - Toshiba EMI (Japan), TOCT-8893 (CD)
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049 - WHAT SOUND VOL.2 - OM MANI PADME HUM: various artists
This record features TATS Lau, Asmus Tietchems/Arcane Device, John Waterman,
Premature Ejaculation, Phallus Dei, Art Decade, Delir Noir, Otomo Yoshihide,
Nelson Hiu, I.666, Ground Zero, PNF.
Otomo Yoshihide plays on four tracks, two solo:
9/ Languag.TNT
10/ Music.TNT
(9) recorded live at Quest, Kyoto in October 1992
(10) recorded at Lost Space, Tokyo in June 1993
Otomo Yoshihide.
and two with Ground Zero:
13/ Ground Zero GNP MTX
14/ Shock Price MATO-MTX
(13) recorded at Gok Sound, Tokyo in February 1992 & 1993
(14) recorded at Gok Sound, Tokyo in February 1992 & live at Shinjuku Pit
Inn, Tokyo in August 1992
Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntables; Kato Hideki (13): bass; Uemura
Masahiro: drums; Tony Buck (13): drums; Chino Shuichi: keyboards; Hirose
Junji: saxophone; Hoppy Kamiyama (14): piano; Yamatsuka Eye (14): voice;
Kimoto Kazuyoshi (14): bass.
???? - Sound Factory Records (Hong Kong), SFCD-007 (CD)
Note: the first edition of this CD has a jacket covered with a wire netting.
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050 - HIMITSU NO KNIFE: Phew
Otomo Yoshihide plays on four tracks:
4/ Isoganakereba
5/ Hana Ga Kireina Wake
10/ Itsuka
11/ Kyou No Nagori
Recorded and mixed at Gok Sound and Snail Shell, May and June 1995
Phew: vocal; Kondo Tatsuo: keyboard, programming, percussion, backing vocal;
Nisimura Yusuke: bass, guitar, percussion, backing vocal; Yamamoto Hisato:
guitar, backing vocal; Uemura Masahiro: drums, percussion; Otomo Yoshihide:
turntables, guitar, backing vocal.
1995 - Alida (Japan), CMDD-00010 (CD)
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051 - GURIGURI HOMELESS
1/ Enerugenki
2/ Kono Michi
3/ Uchu-ryoko
4/ Kumori Nochi Guriguri
5/ Sora-he
6/ Umi
(1-5) recorded at Gok Sound Studio, Tokyo
(6) recorded live at Club 251, Tokyo on 19th August, 1995
Masui Neko: timpani, metal percussion, dora, tam, uchikomi (programming?);
Aizawa Junichi: drums, percussion; Tamura Reiko: Tabra; Shimada Taku: voice;
Otomo Yoshihide (1-5): guest DJ, guitar; Sato Masanori (6): drums; Zazie
(6): DJ.
1995 - Assemblage Inc. (Japan), Space G79753 (CD)
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052 - DAYTONA: O.A.D.
Otomo is a guest player.
1995 - F.M.N. Sound Factory (Japan), FMC-003 (CD)
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053 - P53: p53
Otomo Yoshihide; etc.
1996 - ReR, ??? (CD)
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054 - LIVE: MC Hellshit, DJ Carhouse
1/ Buzzsaw Outlet
2/ Kick 'O' man
3/ I'm Eep
4/ QQQ
5/ Hit City
6/ My Mic
7/ EFO
8/ This is It!
9/ PPP
10/ Tendelic
11/ Sleep Help
12/ ?
DJ Carhouse is Otomo Yoshihide; MC Hellshit is Yamantaka Eye.
1996 - ????, ??? (CD-3)
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*** - PERSISTANCE DE LA MEMOIRE
Chris Cutler: drums, electronics; Lutz Glandien: keyboards, elctronics;
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, samplers, guitar; Zygmunt Krause: piano; Marie
Goyette: piano.
1996 - ???, ?? (CD)
Note: not released yet.
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*** - INJURED LP: Otomo Yoshihide + DJ Mao
1996 - F.M.N. Sound Factory (Japan), ??? (7")
Note: not released yet (planned for March 1996).
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| VIDEOS FEATURING OTOMO YOSHIHIDE |
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*** - PSYCHO DRIVE 1992: Kingjoe
Sasaki Hideaki: electric machines, tapes, voice, video & films; Masuko Ju:
electric guitar, keyboard & c (?); Irifune Tetsuya: samples, computer & c
(?).
???? - B-LOW FILMS (Japan), B-S9201 (VHS)
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*** - NOISE PROLIFERATION: Kingjoe
Sasaki Hideaki: electric machines, tapes, voice, video & films; Masuko Ju:
electric guitar, keyboard & c (?); Irifune Tetsuya: samples, computer & c
(?); Otomo Yoshihide: self-made junk guitar.
???? - B-LOW FILMS (Japan), B-S9202 (VHS)
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*** - MEMORY DISORDER: Otomo Yoshihide
This is a video of Otomo's solo perfomance.
1/ Barbital
2/ Meprobamate
3/ Psilocybin
4/ MDMA
5/ Atropine
6/ Imipramin
7/ Enkephalin
8/ Psilocin
9/ Placebo-9
Recorded live at Proto-Theater in Tokyo on June 20, 1993
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, CD, MD player, guitar; Sasaki HIdeaki: picture,
edition, direction; Nakazawa Shinichiro: assistant camera work.
B&W, Hi-Fi, 53min, VHS-NTSC
1993 - Trigram (Japan), TR-P 901 (VHS)
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*** - VARIETY: Balance of power
1/ bop1/creep
2/ bop2/society
3/ bop3/totem
4/ bop4/plasma
5/ bop5/document-1
6/ bop6/magazine
7/ bop7/a
8/ bop8/ethology
9/ bop9/bible
10/ bop10/sensible
11/ bop11/comunication
12/ bop12/result
13/ bop13/document-2
14/ bop14/trap
15/ bop15/seed-89
16/ bop16/service
(2,3,5,6,13,14) recorded in 1993 at STEIM, Amsterdam
(4,7,8,12,15,16) recorded in 1993-1994 at Lost Space (Tokyo, Kyoto,
Fukushima, Sendai)
(1,10) recorded in 1993 at B-LOW Studio, Tokyo
Picture edited in 1993-1994 at B-LOW studio, Tokyo
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, CD, MD player, sampler, guitar; Terasaki
Keitaro (2): computer remix; Nelson Hiu (8): sampled chinese reed; Hirose
Junji (15): sax; Yasuaki Mamoru (8): camera; Morishita Masaki (11,12):
camera; Aoyama Yasutomo (11,12): installation.
B&W stereo Hi-Fi, 30min VHS-NTSC
1994 - Trigram (Japan), TR-P904 (VHS)
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*** - PSYCHO DRIVE 1992: Kingjoe (Trigram (Japan), B-S9201)
*** - NOISE PROLIFERATION: King Joe (Trigram (Japan), B-S9202)
*** - EXIT-B9: film by Sasaki Hideaki (Trigam (Japan), B-S9002)
*** - KICKS: film by Sasaki Hideaki (Trigam (Japan), B-S9006)
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Patrice L. Roussel
prou...@ichips.intel.com