Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Optical-8
Melt Banana
Elliot Sharp
Zeena Parkins

Chipfarm

(God Mountain, GMCD 016) (CD)

  1. Trash or Not? (YaSuKo O./Melt Banana) (1:04)
  2. Spynetwork (Parkins) (2:03)
  3. Carps & Crows (Sharp) (4:07)
  4. Uknown Mix-2 (Otomo) (2:21)
  5. Invisible Thread (Kamiyama) (3:43)
  6. Yes, We're! 1 (Sharp, Parkins) (1:53)
  7. Blunberbus (Sharp, Parkins) (4:18)
  8. Hurry Sundown 1 (Parkins) (0:32)
  9. Hurry Sundown 2 (Parkins) (1:52)
  10. Where the Sidewalk Ends (Parkins) (0:16)
  11. Plot Cake (YaSuKo/Melt Banana) (1:20)
  12. Grenstale No.13 (Otomo) (0:43)
  13. Yes, We're! 2 (Sharp, Parkins) (1:51)
  14. Vilnius-3 (Otomo) (0:08)
  15. Banana Fiction (Sharp, Parkins) (7:38)
  16. Switch (Kamiyama) (0:46)
  17. Whirlpool (Sharp, Parkins) (3:37)
  18. Noh Surf (Sharp, Parkins) (1:33)
  19. Ritty (Sharp) (10:06)
  20. Melt-Lemon-3 (Otomo) (2:08)

Optical-8:
Hoppy Kamiyama (2, 3, 5, 7-10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19): synthesizers, samples, electric-violin, tapes, gram-pot
Yoshihide Otomo (2-5, 7-10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20): guitar, turntables
Reck (2, 3, 5, 7-10, 16, 17, 19, 20): bass
Masafumi Minato (2, 3, 5, 7-10, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20): drums

Melt Banana (1, 11, 15):
YaSuKo O.: vocal
Agata: guitar
Rika mm': bass
Toshiaki Sudoh: drums

Elliot Sharp (1-3, 5-19): doubleneck guitarbass, sustainer guitar, soprano sax, samples
Zeena Parkins (1-13, 15-19): electric harp, melodica, voice, samples, tapes

Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo in November 1994
Mastered by Yoshiaki Kondo at Kojima Recordings, Tokyo in March 1995
Art work and design: Opium
Produced by Chipfarm

Released 1995