Meeting at Off Site Vol. 1

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Released in April 2002
Purchase price in Japan: 2,000 yen (tax not included)
(For purchase outside of Japan, prices vary.)

• Toshimaru Nakamura and Tetuzi Akiyama, with guests as indicated in the track list below
• Liner notes in English and Japanese by Toshimaru Nakamura
• Recorded live by Tetuzi Akiyama and Taku Sugimoto at Off Site in Yoyogi, Tokyo, 2000-2001
• Compiled, edited and mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura
• Produced by Toshimaru Nakamura and Yoshiyuki Suzuki
• Packaged in a cardboard jacket
• CD and jacket design by Masae Tanabe

Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board)
Tetuzi Akiyama (guitar, turntable, contact microphones)

1. Ami Yoshida (voice), Brett Larner (amplified ukelin), Nakamura, and Akiyama (7:40)
2. Thomas Ankersmit (sax), Taku Sugimoto (guitar), Nakamura, and Akiyama (6:32)
3. Tetsuro Yasunaga (electronics), Nakamura, and Akiyama (5:07)
4. Toshihiro Koike (trombone), Taku Sugimoto (guitar), Nakamura, and Akiyama (7:50)
5. Utah Kawasaki (synthesizer), Nakamura, and Akiyama (8:44)
6. Jason Roebke (bass), Taku Sugimoto (guitar), Nakamura, and Akiyama (11:53)
7. Otomo Yoshihide (guitar), Gregor Hotz (sax), Taku Sugimoto (guitar), and Akiyama (7:01)
8. Michel Henritzi (MD players, electronics), Taku Sugimoto (guitar), Nakamura, and Akiyama (4:34)
9. Sachiko M (sampler with sinewave), and Bruno Meillier (synthesizer, electronics) (5:06)
10. Seymour Wright (sax), Nakamura, and Akiyama (4:33)

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