Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kahimi Karie

It's Here

(Victor Entertainment, VICL-63613) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Nouveau Paradis (3:26)
  2. Time Travelers (4:39)
  3. The Silence in a Storm (5:03)
  4. Love Is the Fruit (7:11)
  5. Animal Architecture (3:27)
  6. Monkey & Me (4:48)
  7. I Come Here (4:08)
  8. Ce Monde Est Comme une Horloge (4:33)
  9. All (7:41)
  10. Our Bridge in the Sunshine (5:28)

All words by Kahimi Karie
Tracks 1-4, 6: music by Kahimi Karie
Track 5: music by Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O'Rourke, and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto
Tracks 7 and 8: music by Jim O'Rourke
Track 9: music by Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O'Rourke, and Seiichi Yamamoto
Track 10: music by Otomo Yoshihide

Kahimi Karie: vocals (all tracks), percussion (2)
Otomo Yoshihide: guitar (1, 2, 5, 8, 9), percussion (2, 3, 5), acoustic guitar (4, 10), sitar (6)
Jim O'Rourke: bass (1-3, 5-10), piano (1, 2, 4-10), guitar (2, 4, 6, 8, 10), percussion (2, 3, 5), pedal steel (2, 9, 10), trombone (5), harmonium (7)
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: drums (1-8, 10), percussion (1-5, 7, 8)
Seiichi Yamamoto: acoustic guitar (1), guitar (6, 8-10)
Yohei Takada: steelpan (2, 6)
Tomohiro Kato: voice (5)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: berimbau (6)

Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo and Yohei Hamamoto at GOK Sound, and by Tomoki Kanda at 3D Studio
Mixed by Jim O'Rourke
Mastered by Hiroshi Kawasaki
Produced by Kahimi Karie
French lyrics assistance by Tomohiro Kato
Art direction and design by Johan Prag
Cover photography by Hironobu Sato
Includes an insert with French and English lyrics (and Japanese translations)

Released in June 2010