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Maher Shalal Hash Baz

L'Autre Cap

(7e.p., epcd 034/5) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

  1. Suspended Season (2:43)
  2. Joab (3:28)
  3. Portland Town (2:11)
  4. Kamakura (3:13)
  5. A Big Hug (0:45)
  6. Way Out (0:52)
  7. How Long Will You Forget Me? (2:30)
  8. Miserable Man (0:49)
  9. Sheep Are Seeing Me (1:09)
  10. One That Is Missing Here (1:31)
  11. First Love (1:16)
  12. Misaki (1:49)
  13. Shiogamori (0:51)
  14. Garland Has Gone Forth (0:30)
  15. Eve, Mary, or Juliet (2:20)
  16. Different Daylight (2:38)
  17. The North Sea (3:09)
  18. A & U (2:04)
  19. Dove (1:21)
  20. Morning Glory (1:32)
  21. Seamless Garments (1:15)
  22. Moving without Ark (9:02)
  23. A Mere Form (0:39)
  24. Desperate (1:13)
  25. Kidneys (0:20)
  26. Salu & Zur (1:19)
  27. Giving Birth to You (1:21)

Disc 2

  1. Suspended Season (4:52)
  2. Joab (4:34)
  3. Portland Town (Derroll Adams) (2:29)
  4. Kamakura (4:12)
  5. A Big Hug (1:15)
  6. Way Out (2:18)
  7. How Long Will You Forget Me? (3:07)
  8. Miserable Man (1:25)
  9. Sheep Are Seeing Me (1:32)
  10. One That Is Missing Here (1:36)
  11. First Love (1:59)
  12. Misaki (2:41)
  13. Shiogamori (1:24)
  14. Garland Has Gone Forth (0:23)
  15. Eve, Mary, or Juliet (2:21)
  16. Different Daylight (3:12)
  17. The North Sea (4:17)
  18. A & U (2:26)
  19. Dove (1:25)
  20. Morning Glory (1:49)
  21. Seamless Garments (1:08)
  22. Moving without Ark (10:01)
  23. A Mere Form (0:44)
  24. Desperate (2:19)
  25. Kidneys (0:28)
  26. Salu & Zur (1:14)
  27. Giving Birth to You (2:34)

Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Disc 1
Tori Kudo: vocal, electric guitar, Farfisa, musings
Aaron Hartman: upright bass
Annie Gilbert: trombone
Arrington de Dionyso: khoomii, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, electric guitar, percussion, piano, flute
Derek Johnson: cello
Ester Hernandez: flute, saw, vocal
Germaine Baca: drums
Hiroshi Tanabe: khoomii, percussion, gut bucket, grass
Kazutaka Fuke: percussion, accordion, sandal, grass
Koji Shibuya: drums, pianica, acoustic guitar, bell, percussion
Mako Hasegawa: bassoon, vocal
Melanie Valera: acoustic guitar, whistle
Naoki Otani: trumpet, vocal, shofar
Richi Tsukazaki: percussion, electric guitar
Shiro Kobayashi: trumpet, vocal, alto saxophone
Shiu Yeung Hui: pianica, saw, percussion, gut bucket
Takuya Sugimoto: violin, vocal, recorder
Teruki Tamayanagi: radio
Varren Lee: Farfisa

Disc 2
Tori Kudo: vocal, guitar
Takashi Ueno: alto saxophone, guitar
Naoki Otani: trumpet
Toshiaki Oba: drums
Seiichi Onozaki: alto saxophone
Shiro Kobayashi: trumpet, alto saxophone
Koji Shibuya: drums, keyboard, guitar
Jim O'Rourke: guitar
Takuya Sugimoto: violin, recorder
Tsukasa Takahashi: drums, percussion
Kanji Nakao: pocket saxophone
Mako Hasegawa: bassoon

All music and words by Tori Kudo except track 3, music by Derroll Adams, and track 17, words by Chuya Nakahara

Disc 1 recorded by Arrington de Dionyso at Dub Narcotic, Olympia, Washington, June 26-28, 2006
Disc 2 recorded live by Tahei Nishikawa at Jam, Shibuya, Tokyo, July 4, 2006
Mastered by Mark Greer at Bandit Audio (Disc 1) and by Masaki Tada and Koji Saito (Disc 2)

Released in January 2007
Disc 1 originally released in January 2007 on K Records as a CD and an LP also titled L'Autre Cap (KLP179)