Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Michinori Toyota

Pop Life

(Bumblebee Records, BBCDE-034) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Kotoba wa Akita (3:00)
  2. Kakurenbo (3:06)
  3. Futari no Heya (3:18)
  4. Sanpomichi (4:08)
  5. Yoru no Kokoro (2:59)
  6. Playboy Blue (5:24)
  7. Hatsukoi no Theme (1:26)
  8. Maboroshikun (4:13)
  9. Gotanda nite (3:54)
  10. Peace Music (2:22)
  11. Pop Life (3:30)
  12. For You (10:17)
  13. 14 Ban Home (5:46)
  14. Atami nite (4:26)
  15. Star Fruits Surf Rider (4:21)

Words and music by Michinori Toyota, except track 15, by Keigo Oyamada

Michinori Toyota: vocal, guitar

Taku Unami: keyboards (10)
Yoshio Kuge: drums (14)
Kenji Ueda: bass (14)
Dr.kyOn: keyboards (14)
Kazuhide Yamaji: guitar (14)
Naoyuki Uchida: live PA (14)
Shoji Ikenaga: melodion, maracas (15)

Tracks 1, 4, 7, 12, and 13 recorded and mixed by Michinori Toyota
Track 2 recorded by Naoyuki Uchida and mixed by Taku Unami
Track 3 recorded live at Theater Poo, Tokyo, April 1, 2006
Tracks 5 and 9 recorded and mixed by Naoyuki Uchida
Track 6 recorded live at Noon, Osaka, October 3, 2008
Tracks 8, 10, and 11 recorded and mixed by Taku Unami
Track 14 recorded live at O-Nest, Tokyo, December 29, 2007
Track 15 recorded by Naoyuki Uchida, and mixed by Naoyuki Uchida and Taku Unami
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-13, and 15 recorded at L.D.K. Studio, Loop-Line, Hibari Studio, MT's room, and MJO's room
Mastered by Soichiro Nakamura
Design by Takuya Yamada
Photo by Yusuke Nishimitsu
Produced by Michinori Toyota

Released in January 2009