Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden

Structure et Force

(P-Vine Records, PCD-18508) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Structure I - La Structure de la Magie Moderne (11:12)
  2. Structure II - La Structure de l'Amérique Médiévale (8:12)
  3. Structure III - La Structure du Solide Rotatoire et de la Prostitution (12:53)
  4. Structure IV - La Structure du Temple et du Paradis (13:21)
  5. Structure V - La Structure du Port et des Lieux de Plaisir (11:37)
  6. Structure IV - La Structure de l'Extraction de la Bouteille de Champagne (5:00)

All music composed and arranged by Naruyoshi Kikuchi except (1), composed by Naruyoshi Kikuchi with Masayasu Tzuboguchi; (4) and (5), arranged by Naruyoshi Kikuchi with Masayasu Tzuboguchi

Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: conductor, CD-J, keyboard
Jason Shalton: guitar
Koki Takai: guitar
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
Nobuo Fujii: drums
Masaki Kurihara: bass
Kenta Tsugami: soprano saxophone
Gosekky: tenor saxophone
Masayasu Tzuboguchi: synthesizers, electronics
Gen Ogimi: percussion
Masaki Yoshimi: tabla
Takero Sekijima: tuba
Taisei Aoki: trombone
Shiro Sasaki: trumpet

Itoken: drums (2 and 6)

Produced by Naruyoshi Kikuchi
Recorded by Kenji Konishi at On Air Azabu Studio, Baybridge Studio, and Rojam Japan; assisted by Nobuyuki Morita and Hitomi Joko at On Air Azabu Studio, by Hisayoshi Kondo at Baybridge Studio, and by Naoki Kakuta at Rojam Japan
Edited and mixed by Shigeki Namakura at Andy's Studio and Kivori Record Studio
Mastered by Masayo Takise
French translation by Hajime Fukuda
Artwork, layout, and design by Luke Quigley

Released in September 2003