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Agencement

Agencement 1: Early Works 1983-1986

(Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 4)

(Edition Omega Point, OPX-004) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Cylindre 2 [exerpt] (5:48)
  2. Rout 83 (6:30)
  3. Pico-01A (23:58)
  4. Pico-01B (24:42)
  5. Untitled (2:47)

All music by Hideaki Shimada

Agencement
Hideaki Shimada: violin (1-5), autoharp (1, 4), distortion unit (1), 2 reel-to-reel tape recorders (1), MS-50 Korg synthesizer (2), other electronics (2, 4), 8-channel magnetic tape (4), cheap tape recorder (5), percussion objects (5)

Recorded in 1984 (1), 1985 (2), summer 1985 (3), summer 1985-autumn 1986 (4), and 1983 (5)
Track 4 mixed in October 1986
Drawings by Hideaki Shimada
Design by Shin Akiyama
Includes liner notes by Hideaki Shimada in Japanese and English

Released in 2010
Limited edition of 500
The complete version of track 1 originally released on a private audiocassette in 1984
Tracks 2 and 5 previously unreleased
Tracks 3 and 4 originally released on Agencement's LP Agencement (Pico-01) in 1986