Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Jim O'Rourke
Akira Sakata
Yoshimio

Hagyou

(B.J.L., DDCJ-7002) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Dancing Sea Lions (12:03)
  2. A Vessel on a Foggy Night (5:51)
  3. Hagyou--Hukuwa-Uchi--Hamabe no Uta (18:27)
  4. The Water Pipes Burst in the Cold Whether (4:01)
  5. Mother and Who? (7:49)

All music by Jim O'Rourke, Akira Sakata, and Yoshimio, except "Hamabe no Uta"

Jim O'Rourke: guitar, piano, keyboard
Akira Sakata: alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, voice
Yoshimio: percussion, piano, voice

Recorded live by Yoichi Tokunaga at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, 2006
Edited and remixed by Jim O'Rourke in Tokyo, 2007
Mastered by Atsuo Fujita
Produced by Jim O'Rourke
Cover painting by Bikky Sunazawa
Design by Takafumi Kitsuda

Released in February 2008