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Ground Zero

Revolutionary Pekinese Opera

(Trigram, TR-P 909) (CD)

  1. 6 Seconds 4 Frames (0:06)
  2. Opening - Japanese Economy (9:27)
  3. Consume Mao (1:32)
  4. Thema Mao 1 (2:05)
  5. Red Mao Book (4:23)
  6. Frankfurt Mao (2:00)
  7. Maologue (4:52)
  8. Blue Mao (7:02)
  9. Ronald Mao (0:39)
  10. Enka Mao (1:14)
  11. Pink Mao (1:27)
  12. Maology (1:28)
  13. Thema Mao 2 (0:51)
  14. Slogan (0:51)
  15. Grand Finale (1:11)
  16. International (1:43)
  17. 5 Seconds 4 Frames (0:06)

Ground Zero:
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar (10, 13), turntables
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar, effects
Sachiko M: voice (11), sampler
Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
Masahiro Uemura: enka keyboard (10), drums
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: voice (11, 12), drums, percussion

Guests:
DJ-MAO: samples (2, 3, 11, 13, 14, 17)
Kazuhiro Nomoto: bass clarinet (2)
AYA: voice (5)
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: tenor sax (10, 13)

Mao Singers (14, 15):
Sachiko M, haruna ito, Tsuguto Tsunoda, Masahiro Uemura, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, Mitsuru Nasuno, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, and Yoshihide Otomo

Sampled guests:
Original Pekinese Opera groups (2-8, 11-15)
Heiner Goebbels: piano, etc. (2, 4-7, 9, 11-13)
Alfred 23 Harth: sax, etc. (2, 4-7, 9, 11-13)
Jon Rose: violin (3, 11)
Norimizu Amaya: telephone samples (2)
Osamu Hashimoto: voice (3)
Steve Beresford: voice (3)
Rudolf Ebner: voice, etc. (11, 12)
Compostela: 9

All music by Yoshihide Otomo, the performers, and the sampled guests.

Recorded and mixed in March 1995 by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo
Mastered on April 4, 1995 by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, New York City
Photography and art direction: Hideaki Sasaki
Artwork: Chikaco Oishi
Produced by Yoshihide Otomo

Released 1995