Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Africans
Koichi Makigami
Hiromichi Sakamoto

Trans Primitive Atmosphere

(Fulldesign Records, FDR-1017) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Yugawara no Inoshishi (Dash Forward) (3:28)
  2. Afro Shunkashuto (5:51)
  3. Hana to Chiri (13:40)
  4. Fantastic Sosen (10:54)
  5. Tsuno Ken a Go-go (6:10)
  6. Kuchu Dokusho Shukan (4:06)
  7. Laundry of the Dead (10:38)

Africans
Masataka Fujikake: drums, electronics
Ken Tsunoda: drums, percussion
Mari Sekine: percussion, voice
Toshiyuki Ichiraku (1, 3-7): drums, junk, ceramic disc, pottery piece
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto (1, 3-7): trap drums, metals

Koichi Makigami (1, 3, 5): voice, theremin, trumpet, electronics, etc.
Hiromichi Sakamoto (2, 4, 6, 7): cello, electronics, voice, etc.

Tracks 1, 3, 5 recorded live at Rooster Northside, Tokyo, April 28, 2009
Track 2 recorded live at Stormy Monday, Yokohama, July 22, 2008
Tracks 4, 6, 7 recorded live at Rooster Northside, Tokyo, August 25, 2009
Engineered and edited by Masataka Fujikake
Mastered by Mitsuo Koike at AST Mastering
Design by Fulldesign

Released in October 2010
Track 2 is a remixed version of "Afro Africa," on the CDR Hiromichi Sakamoto x Africans (Fulldesign Records, FCDR2006).