Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Maher Shalal Hash Baz

C'est la Dernière Chanson

(7e.p., epcd 054-6) (Japan) (3-CD set)

Disc A

  1. À Paris I (0:11)
  2. À Paris II (0:10)
  3. À Paris III (0:27)
  4. À Paris IV (0:59)
  5. Cidre Pays d'Auge (0:18)
  6. Good-bye Lili (0:31)
  7. Muscari So Do I (0:18)
  8. Field Horsetail & Equisetum Arrense (0:16)
  9. Nakazaki (0:16)
  10. Landing Cards (0:24)
  11. After Landing (0:12)
  12. Tall Bookshelf (0:06)
  13. Water in Convenience Store (0:29)
  14. Mai Dance (0:35)
  15. Mai Dance (0:14)
  16. Forty Eight (0:12)
  17. Northern Line (0:14)
  18. And They Will Certainly Tire Themselves Out (0:25)
  19. The Scarlet Letter (0:11)
  20. Liquor (0:10)
  21. Il Fait Froid (0:15)
  22. An Afternoon (0:06)
  23. Burnet (0:51)
  24. Chindon (0:17)
  25. A Juvenile Delinquent Who Sits Up Straight (0:13)
  26. Recess (0:11)
  27. Scenery of Night (0:06)
  28. Touring (1:41)
  29. Job (lyrics from Job 38 translated by Namio Kudo) (2:29)
  30. Kaiware Sprouts (0:14)
  31. Machinations in Your Days (1:22)
  32. Scenery of Night II (0:12)
  33. Higashiginza (0:28)
  34. McCloud (0:54)
  35. Las Autumn (1:58)
  36. Yanjing Beer (0:12)
  37. Scopelophila Cataractae (1:04)
  38. Mobile Memo 2 (0:13)
  39. Mobile Memo 3 (0:10)
  40. Freshwater Crab (0:24)
  41. A Bakery (0:13)
  42. A Café (0:20)
  43. Mountain Dove (0:20)
  44. Mobile Memo I (0:21)
  45. Soupy (0:12)
  46. Sayonara (lyrics by Chuya Nakahara) (0:44)
  47. Je.. (1:21)
  48. Mr. Kamiyama, a Teacher (0:09)
  49. Hard (0:22)
  50. The Button Picked Up in the Moonlight (lyrics by Chuya Nakahara) (1:08)
  51. The Saddest Song in the World (0:56)
  52. This Is a Guitar. It Sounds When You Touch (0:19)
  53. Forgetting (1:28)
  54. Cherry Blossom (0:12)
  55. Almost Full Moon (0:11)
  56. Gilles Deleuze 1977 (0:14)
  57. Around SDLX, Roppongi (0:14)
  58. Face to Face in the Water (0:15)
  59. A Roadie (0:13)
  60. The Birth of Tableau (0:09)
  61. Chou Napa (0:15)
  62. Twisted Organic Vegetable (0:07)
  63. Two Endless Rows of Whales (0:15)
  64. Sendai City (0:44)
  65. My Heart Also Abandoned Me (1:12)
  66. Human Body as a Ceramic Sensor (0:17)
  67. Juan Goytisolo (0:17)
  68. Water Bears (0:20)
  69. A Hole Dug to Be Filed (0:08)
  70. Stamp (0:07)
  71. In Debt to Heaven (0:10)
  72. Cut with Its Own Space (0:26)
  73. Death Has Come Up through Our Windows (0:51)
  74. About a Relief (0:22)
  75. Telephone Bill (0:07)
  76. A Portrait of Tsukasa Takahashi (0:18)
  77. Book Exists Only Outside, Only by the Outside (0:15)
  78. Honey, Don't Cry (0:19)
  79. The Old Song Recalled (0:38)
  80. I Am Not Ignorant of His Designs (0:21)
  81. Construction Noise on E (0:25)
  82. Eye Ball (0:21)
  83. Minamiasagaya (0:09)
  84. Warm Winter I (0:27)
  85. Warm Winter II (0:39)
  86. James Turrell's Open Field (1:04)
  87. Rainy Morning (0:43)
  88. Cognitive Therapy (0:10)
  89. Tenniscoats (0:08)
  90. Harimazuka Bus Stop (0:18)
  91. Soundscape of a Night II (0:14)
  92. Immanent Ridge Line (0:20)
  93. Strong Setting Sun (0:10)
  94. Moon Halo (0:39)
  95. A Dream of White II (1:19)
  96. 21 Ans (0:27)
  97. Donne-moi à Boire (1:46)
  98. Big Moon (0:25)
  99. Big Funeral (0:32)

Disc B

  1. Matsuyama Jazz (0:12)
  2. The Rear of the Cape (0:23)
  3. At Dusk (0:21)
  4. Vegan (0:12)
  5. Household Management (0:57)
  6. Original Burnet (0:24)
  7. Shofar Inevitable (0:06)
  8. Set Things Straight (0:14)
  9. A Stream Going Down inside the Chest (0:12)
  10. Congestion on the Way to the Fireworks Display (0:18)
  11. Air Conditioned I (0:11)
  12. Air Conditioned II (0:12)
  13. Letter from Bill Wells (0:27)
  14. Slipping Body without Singing (0:14)
  15. Flea Market (0:17)
  16. Toward Daybreak (0:12)
  17. Hight (0:11)
  18. Failed Beginning (0:16)
  19. Evil (0:23)
  20. Red and White Plum Blossom (0:12)
  21. Whitey Buckwheat Noodle (0:11)
  22. Entrance Ceremony (0:08)
  23. Letteratura di Waseda (0:05)
  24. Hierachy 10/6 (0:26)
  25. Memorial (2:11)
  26. More Errors (2:51)
  27. Dancing on the Ball (0:14)
  28. LAPD (0:24)
  29. Bread of Distress, Water of Oppression (1:01)
  30. A Constellation (0:14)
  31. Tableau That Peels Off (0:16)
  32. Homeless Vehicle (0:06)
  33. A Bowl (0:39)
  34. June 6 (0:12)
  35. Cold in the Hot (0:07)
  36. Chaudelande I (0:12)
  37. Chaudelande II (0:29)
  38. Psalm 36:9 (0:23)
  39. Had a Show at Mono (0:22)
  40. Various Stages (0:10)
  41. Dance with Cartilage (0:08)
  42. Hyacinth Cavalry (0:17)
  43. Grace Period (0:13)
  44. Crape Myrtle (0:05)
  45. Right Arm (0:09)
  46. Bitter Cold (0:10)
  47. Cartridge Family (0:18)
  48. A Quitter (0:08)
  49. Snared (0:08)
  50. Malfocusing (0:12)
  51. Hesitating in Beer Up in the Sky (0:09)
  52. Do Not Swear by the Heavens (0:07)
  53. Do Not Swear by the Earth (0:08)
  54. Shouldn't Have Sworn (0:06)
  55. Bonfire in Morning (0:07)
  56. Kakejiku (0:13)
  57. Marshall in Shinjuku (0:15)
  58. Human Body as a Ceramic Sensor II (0:06)
  59. On the Deep Sea (0:21)
  60. Blackout (0:05)
  61. Work on Haily Day (0:05)
  62. Please Take Care (0:06)
  63. Hook (0:22)
  64. Kabira Bay (0:04)
  65. Bonesetting Seitai Clinic (0:16)
  66. Wildcat Pottery Association (0:12)
  67. Mont Blanc (0:10)
  68. Yushima (0:15)
  69. Saul (0:21)
  70. An End Burnt & Stuck (0:11)
  71. An End Discolored (0:10)
  72. The Day Before of Black (0:10)
  73. Toreinam@hotmail.com (0:14)
  74. SNS Is Your Sad Daily Bread (0:05)
  75. Vietnamese in the States (0:10)
  76. Nakameguro (0:10)
  77. C'est la Dernière Chanson (0:04)
  78. A Mould (0:17)

Disc C: Outtakes

  1. À Paris IV (0:56)
  2. Cidre Pays d'Auge (0:14)
  3. Field Horsetail and Equisetum Arrense (0:15)
  4. Nakazaki (0:16)
  5. Landing Cards (0:25)
  6. Landing Cards (0:40)
  7. After Landing (0:11)
  8. Tall Bookshelf (0:06)
  9. Mai Dance (0:28)
  10. Mai Dance (0:13)
  11. Forty Eight (0:10)
  12. Northern Line (0:15)
  13. And They Will Certainly Tire Themselves Out (0:28)
  14. The Scartet Letter (0:10)
  15. An Afternoon (0:05)
  16. Burnet (0:55)
  17. Chindon (0:33)
  18. A Juvenile Delinquent Who Sits Up Straight (0:12)
  19. Scenery of Night (0:03)
  20. Job (2:59)
  21. Machinations in Your Days (1:25)
  22. McCloud (0:55)
  23. McCloud (0:38)
  24. Scopelophila Cataractae (1:31)
  25. Mobile Memo 2 (0:13)
  26. Hard (0:23)
  27. The Saddest Song in the World (0:56)
  28. The Saddest Song in the World (0:56)
  29. Dark Roasted (0:13)
  30. Face to Face in the Water (0:17)
  31. Sendai City (0:46)
  32. My Heart Also Abandoned Me (1:11)
  33. Water Bears (0:25)
  34. Stamp (0:08)
  35. In Debt to Heaven (0:14)
  36. Cut with Its Own Space (0:26)
  37. The Old Song Recalled (0:31)
  38. Eye Ball (0:20)
  39. Harimazuka Buss Stop (0:17)
  40. Moon Halo (0:43)
  41. A Dream of White II (0:47)
  42. Hurried Funeral (0:19)
  43. Household Management (0:35)
  44. Shofar Inevitable (0:56)
  45. Congestion on the Way to the Fireworks Display (0:19)
  46. Air Conditioned I (0:12)
  47. Toward Daybreak (0:12)
  48. Failed Beginning (2:34)
  49. Red and White Plum Blossom (0:15)
  50. Entrance Ceremony (0:05)
  51. Hierarchy 10/6 (0:22)
  52. More Errors (1:24)
  53. The Constellation (0:13)
  54. June 6 (0:12)
  55. Cold in the Hot (0:08)
  56. Cold Rain (2:17)
  57. Cold Rain (2:23)
  58. Psalm 36:9 (0:24)
  59. Crape Myrtle (0:15)
  60. Work on Haily Day (0:10)

All composed by Tori Kudo, 2005-2007
Performed by Maher Shalal Hash Baz

Recorded by Manuel Pasdeloup and Teruki Tamayanagi at Studio Chaudelande, St. Pierre-Eglise, France, June 11-16, 2007
Mixed and mastered by Hiromits Shoji at Sara Disc
Design by McCloud Zicmuse

Released in July 2009
Originally released in July 2009 on the U.S. label K Records as 2-CD set (KLP210) without Disc C
All tracks on Disc C appear for the first time in this Japanese version.