Hikashu

Ikirukoto

(Makigami Records, MKR-0004) (Japan) (CD)

1. Ikirukoto (4:52)
2. Digital Frankenstein (4:47)
3. Maeniitanowa (6:01)
4. Elaborate (4:00)
5. Nohchidori (6:36)
6. Beto Beto (7:10)
7. Koukin in Manhattan (1:46)
8. Song of Platypus (9:41)
9. A Boiled Egg by the Tradition (6:13)
10. Aurora (10:35)

Hikashu
Koichi Makigami: vocal, theremin, cornet, koukin
Freeman Mita: guitar, sampler
Masami Sakaide: bass
Kazuto Shimizu: piano, Hammond B-3, Fender Rhodes, bass clarinet

Ikue Mori (2): electronics
Okkyung Lee (5): cello

Recorded by Kenji Shimoda at Kampo Studio, New York, March 8-10, 2007
Mixed by Masami Sakaide
Mastered by Scott Hull at ScottHull Mastering
Produced by Koichi Makigami
Photo by Kaori Sato
Illustration by Imiri Sakabashira
Design by Aki Hirabayashi
Includes a 20-page booklet with illustrations and song lyrics (in Japanese)

Released in April 2008

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