Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kohsuke Atari

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(Jabara Records, JAB-28) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Asabana (4:44)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal, samshin
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Ken Kasai: ukulele
    Shunya Mori: bouzouki
    Toshiki Nagata: contrabass
    Tomohiro Yahiro: percussion

  2. Kubanufa (4:16)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Ken Kasai: ukulele
    Shunya Mori: bouzouki
    Maiya Barouh: flute
    Kenichi Ohsawa: glockenspiel
    Junichi Morita: handclap

  3. Magaryo Takachiji (6:40)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Ken Kasai: guitar
    Shunya Mori: ukulele
    Sachi Hayasaka: saxophone
    Toshiki Nagata: contrabass
    Tomohiro Yahiro: berimbau

  4. Ikyoure (6:21)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Ken Kasai: guitar
    Kenichi Ohsawa: tuba
    Shunya Mori: keyboard

  5. Shougachigin (3:37)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Ken Kasai: guitar
    Shunya Mori: piano
    Keiko Azuma: violin
    Junichi Morita: glockenspiel
    Maiya Barouh: mridang

  6. Rankanbashi (4:28)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Ken Kasai: ukulele
    Shunya Mori: keyboards
    Sachi Hayasaka: saxophone
    Toshiki Nagata: contrabass
    Tomohiro Yahiro: percussion

  7. Agareyunu Harukana (3:56)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal, slide whistle
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Ken Kasai: mandolin
    Maia Barouh: flute
    Shunya Mori: mridang, tambourine
    Junichi Morita: shaker

  8. Tokunoshima-Bushi (5:43)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Keiko Azuma: violin
    Shunya Mori: piano
    Maiya Barouh: mridang
    Ken Kasai: tambourine

  9. Hounen-Bushi (5:19)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Ken Kasai: ukulele
    Shunya Mori: bouzouki
    Sachi Hayasaka: saxophone
    Toshiki Nagata: contrabass
    Tomohiro Yahiro: percussion
    Shinsaku Nakano: shaker
    Kazumi Nishi, Sato Yanai, Rieko Hirano, Junichi Morita: backup vocals

  10. Chukkyari Asabana (4:21)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal, samshin
    Kazumi Nishi: vocal
    Tomohiro Yahiro: percussion

  11. Amagurumi (4:19)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Kenichi Ohsawa: tuba
    Sachi Hayasaka: saxophone
    Toshiki Nagata: contrabass

  12. Muchakana (6:14)
    Kohsuke Atari: vocal
    Kazumi Nishi: side vocal
    Ken Kasai: mandolin
    Keiko Azuma: violin
    Toshiki Nagata: contrabass

  13. Asabana (2:38)
    Kohsuke Atari: samshin
    Ken Kasai: ukulele
    Shunya Mori: bouzouki
    Toshiki Nagata: contrabass
    Tomohiro Yahiro: percussion

Produced by Junichi Morita
Recorded by Hiroshi Ogawa at La Forte concert studio, Tokyo, May 22-23, 2004
Mastered by Hiroshi Ogawa at Studio Pelan*Pelan, June 16, 2004
Photos by Junichi Morita
Design and illustration by Sato Yanai
Includes track notes by Mori-jun

Released in September 2004