Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Hikashu

Watashi no Tanoshimi

(Bridge, EGDS-54) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Melon no Naka no Hitsuji (15:25)
  2. Ryoushi to Tentomushi (17:02)
  3. Lion no Chokyo (14:57)
  4. Sore ga Watashi no Tanoshimi (6:49)
  5. Hand-joe no Tsuno (5:59)
  6. Ah no Niho Sanpo (8:42)

Tracks 5 and 6 are bonus tracks on the reissue only.

All compositions by Hikashu

Hikashu
Koichi Makigami: bass (1-4), voice (1-4), cornet (1-4), digital effects (5, 6), chorus (5)
Masamichi Mitama: guitar (1-4, 6), chorus (5)
Makoto Inoue: synthesizer (1-6), chorus (5)
Yasushi Yamashita: piano (1-4)
Masami Sakaide: bass (5), chorus (5)

Guests:
Toshio Takagi: drums (1, 4)
Arako Hiro: violin (1, 4)
Toshiro Izumi: drums (2, 3)
Hand-joe All Stars (Akira Matsui, Kiyofumi Uesugi, Yasuhiro Suzuki): saxophone (5)
Jurgen Lehl: voice (6)
Ina Delcourt: voice (6)

Recorded at Studio Magnet, May 11 and 12 and November 28-30, 1982
Engineered by Yoichi Takizawa and Eiji Makino
Mixed by Takashi Fujii
Remixed at TD Sound Factory Studio, July 31 and August 7, 1984
Produced by Hikashu
Directed by Tadakazu Fukutomi
Art direction by Yasuo Yagi
Jacket and record design by Jurgen Lehl
Remastered by Seigen Ono
Includes the transcript of an interview of Koichi Makigami and Makoto Inoue by Hideo Kogure, conducted on June 23, 2010 (in Japanese)

Released in August 2010