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Masaki Batoh

Complete Solo Works of Masaki Batoh

(Super Fuji Discs, FJSP283/284) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

  1. Kikaokubeshi (2:16)
  2. Tuchigumo (4:00)
  3. Kumano Codex 1 (5:16)
  4. Benthos (14:11)
  5. Ebb (0:48)
  6. Death Star (5:30)
  7. Kumano Codex 5 (4:12)
  8. Eye Tracking Test (5:06)
  9. Magakami (9:01)

Disc 2

  1. A Ghost from the Darkened Sea (4:55)
  2. Sham no Umi (2:43)
  3. Kumano Codex 2 (3:56)
  4. Kumano Codex 3 (8:51)
  5. Kumano Codex 4 (3:49)
  6. World of Pain (4:13)
  7. Yoo Doo Right (3:24)
  8. Spooky (4:28)
  9. Yoo Doo Right (3:49)
  10. Hanmyau (3:58)
  11. Dominoes--Celebration for the Gray Days (6:12)

All music and words by Masaki Batoh, except "World of Pain" [Collins], "Yao Doo Right" [Can], and "Dominoes" [Barrett]

All instruments played by Masaki Batoh, except Kazuo Ogino (Celtic harp on track 6/disc 2, recorder on track 9/disc 2, piano on track 10/disc 2), Koji Fujii (congas on track 7/disc 2), and Akihito Obama (shakuhachi on tracks 4 and 5/disc 2)

Tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 9/disc 1 and tracks 1, 2, 6-8/disc 2 recorded at home, 1995-1996
Tracks 3, 7, 8/disc 1 and tracks 3-5, 9-11/disc 2 recorded by Satoru Fujii
Tracks 9-11/disc 2 recorded live in Tokyo, January 19, 2004
Remastered by Kazuo Ogino
Artwork by Takuya Kitamura
Includes Japanese liner notes and track notes by Masaki Batoh

Released in September 2017
Originally released on the 12" EP A Ghost from the Darkened Sea (The Now Sound) in 1995, the LP Kikaokubeshi (The Now Sound) in 1996, and the LP/CD Brain Pulse Music (Drag City) in 2012, except tracks 9-11/disc 2, released here for the first time