Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Akio Suzuki

Odds and Ends

(Hören, MIMI-012/13) (Japan) (2-CD set)


Disc 1

  1. Analapos-'70
    Anapolos (echo-instruments)
    Recorded by Junko Wada at Space in the Sun, Amino, Kyoto, October 18, 1990

  2. Time's Hole #2
    Request piece for Minami Gallery
    Recorded by Akio Suzuki at Studio Mezzo, Tokyo, 1975

  3. Blue from Gold
    Akio Suzuki: piano
    With Junko Wada (action painting)
    Recorded by Junko Wada at Studio Mezzo, Tokyo, 1985

  4. Ancient Hill
    "Object for a single person" and stand-type Analapos-'70
    Recorded by Junko Wada at Miya-House, Tango, Kyoto, January 3, 1994

  5. Aeolian Harp
    Analapos, A-'70
    For the NHK film "Artist in Sound"
    Recorded by Kimio Honma at sand dunes, Hamaoka, 1982

  6. als - ob
    With Junko Wada (dance)
    For Urbane Aboriginate VIII, Berlin
    Recorded by Junko Wada at Hotarukago, Tango, Kyoto, October 17, 1992

Disc 2

  1. Ha Go Ro Mo
    Suzuki-type glass harmonica, or De Koolmees
    Recorded by Junko Wada at Hotarukago, Tango, Kyoto, July 25, 1996

  2. Howling Objects - '76
    Two FM receivers, two wireless microphones, and eight rolled-up sheets of paper
    Recorded by Junko Wada at Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany, 1987

  3. Plate Juggling - '79
    Three direct-cut discs and three portable record players
    Recorded by Junko Wada at Studio 200, Tokyo, November 12, 1984

  4. Ha Cha Me Cha - Drumming
    Bamboo drum
    Recorded by Junko Wada at Hotarukago, Tango, Kyoto, June 7, 1992

  5. Ta Yu Ta I #2
    Four bamboo flutes
    For Ensemble Zwischentöne, Berlin
    Recorded by Akinori Yamasaki at Kirifuri-Halls, Amino, Kyoto, May 26, 2001

Original instruments by Akio Suzuki

Mastered and mixed by Yasushi Utsunomia
Sleeve design by Akio Suzuki
Photos by Junko Wada, Keiichi Tahara, and Hiromu Yamamoto
Layout and art direction by Masahiko Ohno
Includes liner notes in Japanese and English by Akio Suzuki, Joji Yuasa, David Toop, Jim O'Rourke, EYE, and Yasushi Utsunomia (English translations by Alan Cummings)

Released in 2002