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Ground-Zero

Revolutionary Pekinese Opera

(Trigram, TR-P 909) (Japan) (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:
Otomo Yoshihide: guitar (10, 13), turntables
Uchihashi Kazuhisa: 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, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, and Otomo Yoshihide

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 Otomo Yoshihide, the performers, and the sampled guests.

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

Released in 1995