Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Yuji Nakamura

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(Ug Records, ug-001) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Hokuo e no Akogare (5:10)
  2. Haru no Sogen (7:06)
  3. Sound Play - Sozo (3:38)
  4. Impulse (5:49)
  5. The Noise Is a Part of Life. (2:58)
  6. Byoshitsu de Neko to Tawamureru (2:44)
  7. Sound Play - Shigeki (3:23)
  8. Harmony and Disharmony (5:41)
  9. Murasaki (3:30)
  10. Kagami de Dekita Meiro (1:26)
  11. Sound Play - Yakudo (3:55)
  12. Seijaku ga Anji Suru Mono (4:00)
  13. Aru Asa no Katto (3:22)
  14. Ajisai (16:08)
  15. Sound Play - Yoin (1:12)
  16. Noramyu no Sanpo (3:18)

All played by improvisation

Yuji Nakamura (all tracks): soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, sounds (3, 7, 11, 15)
Chieko Ito (2, 5, 9, 13): piano
Masakazu Fujii (4, 8, 12): alto and soprano saxophones
Kappa (14): noise
Mitsuo Morooka (3, 7, 11, 15): noise, sounds
Saeko Oyama (3, 7, 11, 15): sounds
Kenji Koshide (3, 7, 11, 15): didj toy, laptop, sounds

Recorded by Mitsuo Morooka in Fukuoka in 2008: at Eye-Gang on February 17 (1, 10, 16), June 1 (4, 8, 12), and July 5 (14); at Leichhardt Cafe on September 6 (6); at Deja-vu on April 19 (2, 5, 9, 13); and at Art Space Tetra on September 6 (3, 7, 11, 15)
Mixed and mastered by Mitsuo Morooka
Produced by Yuji Nakamura
Painting by Tiny
Cover by Kenji Koshide
Photos by Yuji Nakamura, Mitsuo Morooka, and Kenji Koshide
Includes English liner notes by Yuji Nakamura

Released in 2009